no signal after installing new graphics card

[fdny105]

recently purchased x1950 pro agp card and get no signal on
monitor,wasnt bad card cause i had them send me another its
from powercolor also tryed a new visiontek 1950 and same problems.Also tryed new beefed up 650w psu so i no its not that
when i put my 66oogt back in everything works fine,but when i try new cards i get beeps like when always booting up and then black screen that says no signal.Cards are seated ok as well as rest of connections,read that i might have to disable motherboards on
board graphics but did not have to do this with 6600 it overroad
it automatically. Really scratchin my head here plz help.

Pent4 3.6 ghz
ecs elite group 915p-A mobo

 

[Flying-Q]

You said it right there. Disable onboard graphics.

It will interfere to some extent or other, this time 'or other' is nil display.


Hope it works. If it doesn't then look at motherboard manufacturer's website for compatibility and possible BIOS upgrade if it is listed as needed for the new card. Don't upgrade BIOS if it doesn't actually say it is an issue.

Q

 

[sailer]

Since you already had a video card in place, the on board graphics probably are turned off. You can doublecheck that in the BIOS. A more likely problem is that you have the drivers for the Nvidia card in place and they are not allowing the ATI based card to be recognized.

While you have the machine on with the Nvidia card in place, remove all the drivers associated with it. Then shut the computer off and put in the new ATI based card. It should boot up with a message that there is new hardware in place and it needs to be installed. Put in the disc that came with the new card and install its drivers. Your machine should work fine after that.

 

[slim142]

Hmmm this sounds really weird. Did you make sure you connected well the power connectors on the video card? Also, I would say update the BIOS, your mobo bios might need it.

 

[Proserpine]

I am having the very same problem with my new x1950xt.

It is a brand new computer:

Asus P5B deluxe
C2D 6600
x1950xt
650 W
etc..

It works when the driver is not installed, but when I install the driver, the signal cuts out right after windows loads.

 

[Slava]

Dude, you've got X1950 PRO AGP. It appears that 90% of them have problems. Read

THIS THREAD

Then decide for yourself what's your situation.

I feel for you. I was going to get me one of those X1950 PRO AGP. But it seems something is really messed up with its components, design or both. Hopefully ATI will figure things out and recall all these malfunctioning cards.

EDIT: Ah, scratch that thread. Just read this:

I did not realize that all variants of X1950 PRO AGP had the same problems. As ChetCV wrote about Sapphire:

"This is probably the same problem a lot of ppl are having with the x1950Pro (search Sapphire x1950Pro forums). I don't think it's a design flaw but a failure in one of the components. ATI designed the x1950Pro with digital VRM (voltage regulators) and did away with the capacitors nVidia still uses them even in the GF8800GTX. These digital VRM's are overheating or faulty causing improper voltage going to the GPU, Mem or both. This results in crashing the vid card and the whole system which you see as the "Black Screen/Standby Mode"

I am having the same problem with my PCI-E x1950Pro from Asus. With all the great reviews on this card and they never reported a problem I think a bad batch of cards is what we got. The only thing you can do is RMA and hope your replacement is in full working order."

Personally, I thought it might be possible to find a variant free of this issue but one of the guys said he tried Diamond, Visiontek, Sapphire and something else and they ALL had the same problem. So there -- gotta be those faulty digital VRM's.

 

[slim142]

Dude, you've got X1950 PRO AGP. It appears that 90% of them have problems. Read

THIS THREAD

Then decide for yourself what's your situation.

I feel for you. I was going to get me one of those X1950 PRO AGP. But it seems something is really messed up with its components, design or both. Hopefully ATI will figure things out and recall all these malfunctioning cards.

EDIT: Ah, scratch that thread. Just read this:

I did not realize that all variants of X1950 PRO AGP had the same problems. As ChetCV wrote about Sapphire:

"This is probably the same problem a lot of ppl are having with the x1950Pro (search Sapphire x1950Pro forums). I don't think it's a design flaw but a failure in one of the components. ATI designed the x1950Pro with digital VRM (voltage regulators) and did away with the capacitors nVidia still uses them even in the GF8800GTX. These digital VRM's are overheating or faulty causing improper voltage going to the GPU, Mem or both. This results in crashing the vid card and the whole system which you see as the "Black Screen/Standby Mode"

I am having the same problem with my PCI-E x1950Pro from Asus. With all the great reviews on this card and they never reported a problem I think a bad batch of cards is what we got. The only thing you can do is RMA and hope your replacement is in full working order."

Personally, I thought it might be possible to find a variant free of this issue but one of the guys said he tried Diamond, Visiontek, Sapphire and something else and they ALL had the same problem. So there -- gotta be those faulty digital VRM's.

Didnt know that, thanks for the advice, thats why I saw some very cheap 1950 pros in eBay, they were probably failures

 

[mpjesse]

how cheap? are they worth the time RMA'ing if dead?

[/wheels are turning...]

 

[mpjesse]

bah.. they're going for upwards of $300. no thanks.

 

[slim142]

I found like 2 weeks ago a Sapphire x1950 agp new in box for $250 and free shipping, still as you said, I would get them and rma them in case of any failure. But dont you think is rare somebody selling them for $250 new in box?

 

[Slava]

bah.. they're going for upwards of $300. no thanks.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Did he mean $300+ was cheap?! :roll:

Okay... here:

HIS -- $289.99

Sapphire -- $249.99

EDIT: Yo, even $250.00 new in the box is not cheap. Retail is $250.00-280.00. I would get a few for $150.00 to RMA though

 

[fdny105]

well thx for ever1s advice and input guess ill be returning these lemons
and start thinking more about joining the PCI-E crowd

 

[slim142]

those are good prices in newegg! but I beilieve I saw more than 250 on newegg before.

that menas ebay is right now not worth it

 

[mpjesse]

i guess people are willing to pay a premium for AGP based cards. in all fairness, it is the fastest AGP card on the market.

 

[slim142]

well you know there is always crazy people out there

btw havent see u in a long time

 

[mpjesse]

i've been around... i think i took a month or so off around x-mas. but it wasn't that long, was it?

 

[slim142]

Well I saw you after christmas, but not that much, you have been quiet most of this time.

 

[msjason]

just got my gecube x1950pro 2 days ago and works great no problems what so ever.

will run 3dmark 2006 today and will post up.


p4 3ghz ht
2 gb ddr4
2 x 80gb 7200 WD 8mb - striped + 1 80gb 7200 WD 8mb = 240gb
x1950pro agp 256 ddr3 gecube - just upgraded my 9800pro
(uses 2x power connectors, comes with splliter)
mobo: ga-8knxp rev 1.0 gigabyte
latest radeon catalyst driver
latest bios

 

[blade85]

i guess people are willing to pay a premium for AGP based cards. in all fairness, it is the fastest AGP card on the market.

eh?

well you have to if you wanna play the new games

plus i wouldnt exactly call it premium since the 7800GS by nvidia cost more and is slower. Iv already said this before but i used to have a 7800GS and i used it for about 5 months then sold it for the same amount on ebay as was the cost to buy a new x1950 pro . Personally i thought the price to be paid was well worth the performance gains iv got.

 

[slim142]

I would like to see your 3dmark scores

 

[msjason]

as i wrote my system is :
p4 3ghz ht
2 gb ddr4
2 x 80gb 7200 WD 8mb - striped + 1 80gb 7200 WD 8mb = 240gb
x1950pro agp 256 ddr3 gecube - just upgraded my 9800pro
(uses 2x power connectors, comes with splliter)
mobo: ga-8knxp rev 1.0 gigabyte
latest radeon catalyst driver
latest bios

benchmark ran with only (2x512ddr 400)
had avg antivirus and antispyware on, dont know how much it makes a difference - no o.c. done yet.

3dmark 2005 default settings = 6831
3dmark 2006 default settings = 3881

i must say that i got the card for about 200$ and games work great all in 1280x1024 4xAA 8xAF i get resnobale fps, ican get much higher if i lower AA and AF.

 

[MaxLatG]

I'm the guy who started that thread on the X1950 PRO AGP.
It acted like a heat issue, or it was suggested a motherboard combatablity (Asus P4V8X-MX) issue, but I know it wasn't the PS (Thermaltake 750W) for me. I ended up returning all three cards and instead am suffering with my GS7800 till April-May when I'll build a new toy.

Good luck.

 

[slim142]

pretty impressive results for such a system...

 

[msjason]

Thanks, now i am ready to test a little o.c.,

any new application to o.c. my x1950pro ?, i dont think ati tool will work with or am i wrong ?

with giga-byte 9600xt on my second rig i got a nice o.c. tool.

 

[blade85]

I would like to see your 3dmark scores

whos? mine?

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