Windows can't fint my Ati Radeon Hd 4870 graphics card

Frenetz · Aug 30, 2013

I recently moved to a new address. After arriving and starting up the computer, my screen didn't work. I had to connect my monitor to the onboard graphic output instead of my usual output from my Ati Radeon Hd 4870. Then the CCC (Catalyst control center, graphics drivers for Ati Radeon Hd 4870) said that it cant find the graphics card. Dxdiag said that I used the onboard Nvidia (which is utter useless). Looking at the Radeon graphics card i can see the LED's blinking like always, as well as the fan turning.

Tried formatting the computer, tried reinstalling drivers to Radeon HD 4870, tried automatic driver install. No luck from any.

Did my Ati Radeon Hd 4870 simply just die from the transport? Is there any way to tell?

rolli59 · Aug 30, 2013

Have you re-seated it and re-attached power to it. Sometimes things get unsettled during moving.

mauller07 · Aug 30, 2013

check that the card did not get shifted out of its slot and that the supplemental pcie 6x power connectors are connected.

Frenetz · Aug 30, 2013

I tried re-seating the card, as well as cutting its power. I even read somewhere that resetting bios settings could help. It did not

Thanks for fast response though

mauller07 · Aug 30, 2013

try the other pcie 6x power connector on your psu, also reseat your ram.

Frenetz · Aug 30, 2013

Tried resetting ram as well, no luck. I will try the other power connector in 10 minutes as it is installing 74 of unlimited (103) amount of updates

Frenetz · Aug 30, 2013

Changing power connectors doesn't help either. Starting to think that the card is just dead somehow.

mauller07 · Aug 30, 2013

try using the other dvi port incase one has become damaged. usually when you use integrated graphics the discrete card will be disabled.

check that your integrated graphics are not overiding your discrete card, also try another pcie 16x slot if your motherboard has one.

Frenetz · Aug 30, 2013

Tried both dvi ports, no luck. No extra pcie 16x slot. This computer is quite old anyway, maybe i should start looking for a new

Thanks for the help anyway

rolli59 · Aug 30, 2013

Really sounds like the card died.

mauller07 · Aug 30, 2013

only other thing is to try the card in another computer, if it works then it could be the pcie 16x port on the motherboard that got damaged.

toyftw · Aug 30, 2013

rolli59 :

mauller07 :

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