Graphics Card [+REP]

[Kevin]

Hello,

Basically I bought computer components about four month's ago to build a computer, it's been nothing but hell but I'm kinda enjoying the experence as I'm learning from it.

I decided to change cases, and the graphics card is powering, both cables are plugged in but no fan is spinning and there is nothing displayed on the screen, help please

It does sceem to be slotted in correctly, it's not loose and fits right in.

Here's 2 pictures, one of the fan not spinning and one of the light's on the back of the card.





Thanks,

Kevin.

[tm]

Seems to be installed (physically) fine, and if it has power, that's a good sign.

- Did you previously have a graphics card in that slot?
I upgraded my graphics card on an old machine a couple of times and found that replacing the hardware directly sometimes causes conficts. Best thing to do in this case is uninstall the hardware drivers before you remove the old card physically and boot up on internal graphics. Then turn off again, then install the new hardware. Try putting the old card back in to un-install it if this is the issue.

- Check its RIGHT into the slot. anything other than almost breaking your motherboard in terms of force might not get it in the whole way. A little jiggling of it and double and triple checking its right in might remedy the problem.

- Install the new drivers. Did it come with a CD?
Boot up as normal and even though it will be running on internal graphics, it doesn't mean it didn't work. Scan for hardware changes through add hardware in control panel. It might be simply not automatically detecting it. No CD? Internets!

Good luck.

[Kevin]

Seems to be installed (physically) fine, and if it has power, that's a good sign.

- Did you previously have a graphics card in that slot?
I upgraded my graphics card on an old machine a couple of times and found that replacing the hardware directly sometimes causes conficts. Best thing to do in this case is uninstall the hardware drivers before you remove the old card physically and boot up on internal graphics. Then turn off again, then install the new hardware. Try putting the old card back in to un-install it if this is the issue.

- Check its RIGHT into the slot. anything other than almost breaking your motherboard in terms of force might not get it in the whole way. A little jiggling of it and double and triple checking its right in might remedy the problem.

- Install the new drivers. Did it come with a CD?
Boot up as normal and even though it will be running on internal graphics, it doesn't mean it didn't work. Scan for hardware changes through add hardware in control panel. It might be simply not automatically detecting it. No CD? Internets!

Good luck.

When I switch on the computer screen, it is totally blank, I've removed it and placed it back in again about 3 times, and to no avail.


I had this graphics card previously in the slot, It sceemed to work fine but I've switched cases and now it Dosnt want to work at all, I used anti-static equipment so I wouldn't say I damaged it as I was being quite careful with it.

Any other suggestions?

[Kieran]

It could be something as simple as monitor cable being broken... Can you test it with a spare monitor/monitor cable and confirm if this makes it work?

[tm]

Can you boot without it in fine?
Might be worth doing that, then uninstalling any existing graphics card drivers. That way when you reboot, it shouldn't try to intialise the card and stick with the onboard until the drivers are installed.

[Kevin]

Can you boot without it in fine?
Might be worth doing that, then uninstalling any existing graphics card drivers. That way, when you reboot it shouldn't try to intialise the card and stick with the onboard until the drivers are installed.

So Basically just remove the graphics card at startup?

[tm]

Well it's worth a try. Boot without it attached then check drivers are uninstalled. Should mean that during the next boot (after attaching it again) it won't try to use the card (since its apparently not working).

[Stephen!]

What model is it?
2 red lights on a GPU usually means error.
The fact that the fan doesn't even spin is a very worrying thing.

[Kevin]

What model is it?
2 red lights on a GPU usually means error.
The fact that the fan doesn't even spin is a very worrying thing.

Dont scare me here, Atleast it is still under warranty,


It's ASUS HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDCP HDTV out PCI-E Graphics Card

Mobo is:

Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L iP35 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard

[Tomm]

Those red lights normally indicate that it needs more power, check the power connectors are connected properly and that your PSU is powerful enough for the card.