Hey, I just purchased an ATI Radeon x1300, and after I hook everything up, upon turning on my system, my moniter isn't reading it, though when I plug my moniter back into my motherboard video, I get picture, despite the fact that I've disabled my onboard moniter.
I know the video card is running because I can feel the cooling fan's air blowing, so that couldn't be the problem.
I've also yet to install the drivers, since on the pamphlet, It seems I'd have to install the drivers while the card is plugged in, so I'm afraid installing drivers while my moniter is plugged into my motherboard will mess things up...or will it?
should I just go ahead and install the drivers from the CD?
btw, the new video card is AGP, and the one I just took out was PCI if that helps.
Hey, I just purchased an ATI Radeon x1300, and after I hook everything up, upon turning on my system, my moniter isn't reading it, though when I plug my moniter back into my motherboard video, I get picture, despite the fact that I've disabled my onboard moniter.
I know the video card is running because I can feel the cooling fan's air blowing, so that couldn't be the problem.
I've also yet to install the drivers, since on the pamphlet, It seems I'd have to install the drivers while the card is plugged in, so I'm afraid installing drivers while my moniter is plugged into my motherboard will mess things up...or will it?
should I just go ahead and install the drivers from the CD?
btw, the new video card is AGP, and the one I just took out was PCI if that helps.
WeaslesRkool
try taking out the card and snapping it into the socket, you might not have it in properly. if that doesnt work, just go ahead and install the drivers. you can always boot in safe mode or vga to remove the drivers if that doesnt work
When your system boots up, you should see a message on the start up screen somewhere saying "Press Del (appropriate key) to enter BIOS". Press it to get there. You should have a look round in the menu's for this option. I don't know exactly where it may be (if it's there), sorry.
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