I just made my first build. heres the specs
500 watt power supply
amd athlon 5000 cpu
2x 1 GB ddr2 ram
asus m2a-vm motherboard
geforce 8800 gts
320 GB seagate sata harddrive
xp pro
the problem is that when the 8800 gts is in the pci-e slot i get no display on my monitor. i downloaded the correct driver from nvidia but when i try to install, says i can't because there isnt the right hardware (well no **** graphics card isnt in). i assume i need the graphic card in to install drivers, but i cant get into windows to install drivers because i get no display when the card is in. my monitor is connected to the vga on the motherboard because it doesn't have dvi so cant connect directly to graphics card, is this the problem? is there vga to dvi adapter i can get so that i can connect the monitor directly to the card? or do i have to get a new monitor?
500 watt power supply
amd athlon 5000 cpu
2x 1 GB ddr2 ram
asus m2a-vm motherboard
geforce 8800 gts
320 GB seagate sata harddrive
xp pro
the problem is that when the 8800 gts is in the pci-e slot i get no display on my monitor. i downloaded the correct driver from nvidia but when i try to install, says i can't because there isnt the right hardware (well no **** graphics card isnt in). i assume i need the graphic card in to install drivers, but i cant get into windows to install drivers because i get no display when the card is in. my monitor is connected to the vga on the motherboard because it doesn't have dvi so cant connect directly to graphics card, is this the problem? is there vga to dvi adapter i can get so that i can connect the monitor directly to the card? or do i have to get a new monitor?