I just finished building a new computer (first time) and I have an Ati Radeon 9800 Pro 128 megs 256 bit.
When I turn power ON for first time expecting to see the BIOS screen (no OS installed yet)no video display at all...monitor pitch black....(computer does power up however).
QUESTION:
I connected my regular AGP connector (from the monitor) to the video card. But the Card comes with a VGA-DVI-I adaptor that fits into the back of the card. Should I use that adaptor instead of the regular VGA connector?
Also...I am not sure I configured properly the power connection to the card.
The card provides a power cable that has three connectors. One for the card
One for the Power supply
And the third one goes to the Hard Drive (that is the strange thing... in the owner's manual says to connect the third connector to the HARD DRIVE which means NO DIRECT POWER CABLE FROM THE POWER SUPPLY UNIT GOING INTO THE HARD DRIVE but instead the power connection is via video card...is that right?
Are there any other connections that need to be made to have video signal on the monitor?
The system
MOBO ABIT NF7 Sv2
CASE CHENBRO SPYDER
CPU AMD ATHLON XP 3000+BARTON
HD WD 120 GIGS
MEM 512 MEGS OF RAM (CORSAIR)DDR 400 PC 3200
PSU FORTRON FSP350 WATS "AURORA"
VIDEO ATIRADEON 9800PRO 128 MEGS 256 BITS
When I turn power ON for first time expecting to see the BIOS screen (no OS installed yet)no video display at all...monitor pitch black....(computer does power up however).
QUESTION:
I connected my regular AGP connector (from the monitor) to the video card. But the Card comes with a VGA-DVI-I adaptor that fits into the back of the card. Should I use that adaptor instead of the regular VGA connector?
Also...I am not sure I configured properly the power connection to the card.
The card provides a power cable that has three connectors. One for the card
One for the Power supply
And the third one goes to the Hard Drive (that is the strange thing... in the owner's manual says to connect the third connector to the HARD DRIVE which means NO DIRECT POWER CABLE FROM THE POWER SUPPLY UNIT GOING INTO THE HARD DRIVE but instead the power connection is via video card...is that right?
Are there any other connections that need to be made to have video signal on the monitor?
The system
MOBO ABIT NF7 Sv2
CASE CHENBRO SPYDER
CPU AMD ATHLON XP 3000+BARTON
HD WD 120 GIGS
MEM 512 MEGS OF RAM (CORSAIR)DDR 400 PC 3200
PSU FORTRON FSP350 WATS "AURORA"
VIDEO ATIRADEON 9800PRO 128 MEGS 256 BITS