Dell Opti. GX280 Won't boot to Windows with Addon GPU
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JakerzXD
July 31, 2014 11:54:08 AM
Hi, I have recently received a Dell Optiplex GX280 (Full Tower) from a neighbor who is upgrading. When I got it, it was running Windows XP. It was filled to the top with viruses so I installed Windows 7 on it. Everything works great on it except for the on board video as there is no available Windows 7 driver for it. So, I installed a graphics card in it. After the graphics card was installed, it would boot past the Dell logo, but after I chose the disk to boot to it goes to a black screen for around 30 seconds and then it would boot to start up repair (Which doesn't fix the problem) Also, in start up repair the video on screen looks like it's 4 or 8 bit. Any advice?
The computers specs are....
Dell Optiplex GX280 Full Tower
Intel Pentium 4 530 3.00ghz with Hyperthreading
ATI Radeon Sapphire HD 2600 XT Dual
Version A07 Bios
2gb DDR2 Ram
Any suggestions? Thanks
-Jake
The computers specs are....
Dell Optiplex GX280 Full Tower
Intel Pentium 4 530 3.00ghz with Hyperthreading
ATI Radeon Sapphire HD 2600 XT Dual
Version A07 Bios
2gb DDR2 Ram
Any suggestions? Thanks
-Jake
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Mohammed12345
July 31, 2014 11:57:56 AM
JakerzXD
July 31, 2014 12:00:48 PM
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junkeymonkey
July 31, 2014 12:01:55 PM
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JakerzXD
July 31, 2014 12:10:55 PM
Thanks, however I forgot to mention that the card actually did work for a day or two in the Dell. It only stopped working after a Windows 7 update. I've tried rollbacking the system but it still doesn't boot properly. I've also tried reinstalling the drivers and flashing the bios, but still nothing.
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July 31, 2014 12:12:09 PM
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July 31, 2014 12:19:26 PM
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July 31, 2014 12:23:29 PM
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July 31, 2014 12:30:02 PM
JakerzXD
July 31, 2014 12:32:07 PM
junkeymonkey
July 31, 2014 12:35:37 PM
I was looking up that card it don't look to be such a high powered card and I feel it should work on that dell most times that's the issue
just try to go back to like when it never had the card in and reinstall it also it may have been a driver issue in some way older cards and newer drivers may not work well so if you got the driver disk from the card do a custom install and uncheck all but the ccc and the driver [don't install all that hd audio and what not ]
just try to go back to like when it never had the card in and reinstall it also it may have been a driver issue in some way older cards and newer drivers may not work well so if you got the driver disk from the card do a custom install and uncheck all but the ccc and the driver [don't install all that hd audio and what not ]
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JakerzXD
July 31, 2014 12:39:34 PM
junkeymonkey said:
I was looking up that card it don't look to be such a high powered card and I feel it should work on that dell most times that's the issue just try to go back to like when it never had the card in and reinstall it also it may have been a driver issue in some way older cards and newer drivers may not work well so if you got the driver disk from the card do a custom install and uncheck all but the ccc and the driver [don't install all that hd audio and what not ]
That's a great idea, and I will try it asap. Also, I just thought I'd let you know that I actually have a more rare version of the Sapphire 2600 XT with a gig of GDDR3 memory and 2 gpus which let's me use 4 monitors at once.
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junkeymonkey
July 31, 2014 12:44:05 PM
I was just at sapphire looking at that card
http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/downloads/?pid...
but did not see the Dual
http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/downloads/?pid...
but did not see the Dual
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JakerzXD
July 31, 2014 12:50:14 PM
junkeymonkey said:
I was just at sapphire looking at that card http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/downloads/?pid...
but did not see the Dual
Yeah, I was trying to find the dual on the same site and I couldn't find the drivers for it.
You can find mine here. http://www.madshrimps.be/vbulletin/f22/ati-dual-hd-2600...
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junkeymonkey
July 31, 2014 12:50:27 PM
heres another thing I was looking for .Dell recommends Microsoft® Windows XP® Professional
now is there dell support for windows 7 for that?? looking here it don't so your bask on your own support on a OS that is not officially supported
http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-suppo...
now is there dell support for windows 7 for that?? looking here it don't so your bask on your own support on a OS that is not officially supported
http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-suppo...
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July 31, 2014 12:54:06 PM
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junkeymonkey
July 31, 2014 1:09:24 PM
no if it works it works but .. things change in OS's and that board started with ms-dos so you using a os that was not even thought of when the board was made . like when you look at boards theres a supported os list for that board so if you use anything not on that list your back to at own risk
hard to say cause when your out side the compatibility zone its now all wild guesses
likw was there something in xp that has now been removed from 7 and this is some of the cause??
hard to say cause when your out side the compatibility zone its now all wild guesses
likw was there something in xp that has now been removed from 7 and this is some of the cause??
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junkeymonkey
July 31, 2014 2:31:37 PM
I cant find anything more -- so I guess you tried both cards ? amd shows these drivers for them cards with 7 64 bit
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop/legacy?pr...
windows 7 32 bit
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop/legacy?pr...
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop/legacy?pr...
windows 7 32 bit
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop/legacy?pr...
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