You remembered to connect all of the necessary PSU connectors to it and your PSU is strong enough to power it right? If so, remove the card and reinstall it (making sure the monitor connector is secure). If you still get no video, you may have a DOA card. RMA it. It would help to know all your specs.
Put your old graphics card in. If it works, then maybe your pc can't handle your new graphics card or maybe it's just faulty. If i doesn't work well, I don't know.
ok where do i look for specs? and i think i did it correctly all i did was remove old one and replace with a new one. then when i restarted again it did same thing jus load up but black screen. i know its not monitor because i have another drive and it works. i will redo and try again. thanks for the help hopefully it works because it has everything on there that we need.
I had this same problem when i left the evil nvidia empire for ATi. What happened is not all of the old driver components uninstalled, so i put the old card back in (it ran at low res) found the leftover components and then removed them. After my new card was up and working i had some flickering issues so i updated my drivers and deleted catalyst control center
so if i damaged it would it have shocked me as well? cuz if thats the case no i didnt static shock it.mrred85
I remember when Tech TV, may it rest in peace, tested this misconception. According to their tests, static electricity is in no way strong enough to damage pc components...
"so if i damaged it would it have shocked me as well? cuz if thats the case no i didnt static shock it."
The amount of static that it takes to kill a motherboard or other component is one hundredths of what you get from, say, going down a slide in the winter. If you did shock your computer, you most likely would not have felt it or seen it.
When you're working on your PC you're supposed to ground yourself by wearing a special bracelet that plugs-in to an outlet
"According to their tests, static electricity is in no way strong enough to damage pc components..."
Then they're absolutely retarded since I've worked on and know people who repaired and built PCs and they will attest to the fact that static can and dos kill PC parts.
and i think i did it correctly all i did was remove old one and replace with a new one. then when i restarted again it did same thing jus load up but black screen.mrred85
Did you uninstall the drivers for the old card before you removed it and installed the new card? If you did, did you install the drivers for the new card?
"According to their tests, static electricity is in no way strong enough to damage pc components..."
Then they're absolutely retarded since I've worked on and know people who repaired and built PCs and they will attest to the fact that static can and dos kill PC parts.
DeckardLee
I've been repairing and building pc's for almost 20 years. Static electricity never killed one of my components. I've shocked components, and even grounded a shorted out motherboard (with much higher voltages) to components by accident. Still worked... For now, I'll trust my own experiences and TechTV. But if you've got any evidence to the contrary, I'll be glad to see it. Maybe we got lucky...
"According to their tests, static electricity is in no way strong enough to damage pc components..."
Then they're absolutely retarded since I've worked on and know people who repaired and built PCs and they will attest to the fact that static can and dos kill PC parts.
-GeordiLaForge-
I've been repairing and building pc's for almost 20 years. Static electricity never killed one of my components. I've shocked components, and even grounded a shorted out motherboard (with much higher voltages) to components by accident. Still worked... For now, I'll trust my own experiences and TechTV. But if you've got any evidence to the contrary, I'll be glad to see it. Maybe we got lucky...
Can you be 100% certain? While I personally have never had static kill a component, that I know of, I would not say it is not possible.
If it was not possible, then why do the manufactures go through such great links to protect aginst it?
I feel people over worry about static, but I definatly feel it is something worth taking precaution with.
Make sure everything is connected and see if there is a PSU connector on your mobo near the slot. I made the mistake of ignoring it a few times in my life since I learned on a PC that didn't have one.
"According to their tests, static electricity is in no way strong enough to damage pc components..."
Then they're absolutely retarded since I've worked on and know people who repaired and built PCs and they will attest to the fact that static can and dos kill PC parts.
opamando
I've been repairing and building pc's for almost 20 years. Static electricity never killed one of my components. I've shocked components, and even grounded a shorted out motherboard (with much higher voltages) to components by accident. Still worked... For now, I'll trust my own experiences and TechTV. But if you've got any evidence to the contrary, I'll be glad to see it. Maybe we got lucky...
Can you be 100% certain? While I personally have never had static kill a component, that I know of, I would not say it is not possible.
If it was not possible, then why do the manufactures go through such great links to protect aginst it?
I feel people over worry about static, but I definatly feel it is something worth taking precaution with.
Our car has shocked me much more intensely than any pc component. So I guess that there is a remote possibility. But I don't worry about it. I've got plenty of old pc parts though, so I may do a test of my own. All that I would need is a series of resistors and a power supply. If anyone has an assortment of resistors on hand, feel free to experiment....
so i redid install and it worked..thanks guys for all your input..it helped alot..i must of not put in correctly the 1st time. im glad i have this cool website now though.. so thanks alot
"I feel people over worry about static, but I definatly feel it is something worth taking precaution with."
My sentiments exactly.
As far as proof of what I say .. What could I possibly give you over the internet?
DeckardLee
I outlined a way to test the theory, but google offered up plenty of sites claiming to know for sure that static electricity can damage electronics....
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