My firend already posted the problem yesterday, but it seemed that no one could solve it, so I decided to write it again with more details...
So, yesterday, I bought the new GeForce 9600 GT 512MB GDDR3 and tried to install it, but something weird happened... First of all, my PC specs:
PSU: G-PRO P-4 500W ATX12V (DR-B500E)
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-945 GCMX-S2
Ram: 2GB
Processor:Intel Core2Duo E4500
Previous card: GeForce 8400 GS 256MB (to 512)
Anyway, I did everything as usual, just unplugged my old card and plugged in the new one. I should note that at first, I didn't connect it to PSU, because I never had such powerful cards and all I had to do is just plug em into the motherboard... Also, I didn't uninstall the old drivers, as I never did that before, I was always uninstalling the old drivers after I installed the new ones. And yes, I cleaned them with the Driver Cleaner, so there is no way it has something to do with it.
The problem is, that when I turned on the PC after I plugged the new card (and haven't plugged it to PSU), the PC turned on, the processor fan was spinning for a second and stopped, but the PC kept working as usual, It just didn't boot anything and my monitor said there was no signal.
After discovering that I also needed to plug it to PSU, I thought that this problem was solved, but the same thing continued: the fan was spinning for a second and stopped. The PC was turned on, but didn't boot anything.
Then I though that it would be best to leave it to the guys at the shop to just install it for me and that I should just plug the old card back... but guess what, the same problem continued... I even tried to take out the card and plug the monitor to the motherboard.. unfortunately, it changed nothing... Oh, I should also mention that the green light on the motherboard is actually turned on and it doesn't seem like it's busted...
I don't really understand what's the problem here, so if anyone could please help me with that, I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance!
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