Video card upgrade disaster!! Help please.

Solomon68 · 24th Mar 2007, 05:44 AM

Hello

So I was attempting to add a PCI radeon graphics card to my girlfriend's couple-years-old Emachines T2895. I didn't realize until AFTER I started having problems and looking around the internet that this is not such an easy thing to do.

Anyway, I couldn't get the computer to recognize or boot from the new card. I disabled the onboard video in device manager and that didn't work. Then I found my way into BIOS and turned off the "On-Chip VGA" since I read that was what was required in order to get the computer to "see" the card.

Well, now I have no video at all. The old on-board video is disabled, so that's not working..and it still is NOT using the new card. So now I don't know what to do. Can someone give me some directions to at least get SOME kind of graphics back since I can't really do anything now since nothing will come up on the monitor. Any help would be MUCH appreciated! Thanks

Jon M

Max_87 · 24th Mar 2007, 10:52 AM

Try reseting your mainboard's BIOS? That should fix the problem.

Since the Radeon card is PCI based, I don't think you have to disable the onboard VGA. All you need to do is find this BIOS options and change it to PCI http://www.techarp.com/showFreeBOG.a...ng=0&bogno=356

neverthar · 24th Mar 2007, 11:55 AM

From the looks of his post, he did switch off his onboard VGA already. Maybe try also to set primary display to be PCI like Max said and then after saving power down and unplug the power cord. CMOS may need to clear down to allow allocation of IRQ to be able to boot from graphic card. Happened to me often when upgrading machines using Intel integrated graphics based mobo

Solomon68 · 24th Mar 2007, 12:04 PM

If someone reads my previous post, nevermind, problem solved!

Solomon68 · 24th Mar 2007, 12:06 PM

And thanks to the repliers above for your answers...got everything all worked out.

PowerSlide · 26th Mar 2007, 01:08 AM

how did u solve it? mnd explain a little for my knowledge

24th Mar 2007, 05:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
Solomon68 Newbie Join Date: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 3 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Video card upgrade disaster!! Help please. Hello So I was attempting to add a PCI radeon graphics card to my girlfriend's couple-years-old Emachines T2895. I didn't realize until AFTER I started having problems and looking around the internet that this is not such an easy thing to do. Anyway, I couldn't get the computer to recognize or boot from the new card. I disabled the onboard video in device manager and that didn't work. Then I found my way into BIOS and turned off the "On-Chip VGA" since I read that was what was required in order to get the computer to "see" the card. Well, now I have no video at all. The old on-board video is disabled, so that's not working..and it still is NOT using the new card. So now I don't know what to do. Can someone give me some directions to at least get SOME kind of graphics back since I can't really do anything now since nothing will come up on the monitor. Any help would be MUCH appreciated! Thanks Jon M

24th Mar 2007, 10:52 AM	#2 (permalink)
Max_87 h@x! Join Date: 11 Aug 2003 Location: the land of bandwidth cap Posts: 11,430 Reputation: 2090 Rep Power: 38	Try reseting your mainboard's BIOS? That should fix the problem. Since the Radeon card is PCI based, I don't think you have to disable the onboard VGA. All you need to do is find this BIOS options and change it to PCI http://www.techarp.com/showFreeBOG.a...ng=0&bogno=356 __________________ Max_87 Tech ARP http://www.techarp.com Dell Studio 15 / P7350 / 3GB DDR2 / Radeon HD 3450 / 250GB 7200RPM / 15" @ 1920x1200 E8600 @ 4.4GHz 1.36v / Asus P5E3 Deluxe / 2x2GB DDR3 / Radeon X1800 / Barracuda 7200.9 120GB / 7200.10 320GB x2 / Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS / WD6400AAKS x2 / Dell 2007FP x2 / Silverstone ST56F Last edited by Max_87 : 24th Mar 2007 at 11:20 AM.

24th Mar 2007, 11:55 AM	#3 (permalink)
neverthar I'm a regular Join Date: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 284 Reputation: 234 Rep Power: 6	From the looks of his post, he did switch off his onboard VGA already. Maybe try also to set primary display to be PCI like Max said and then after saving power down and unplug the power cord. CMOS may need to clear down to allow allocation of IRQ to be able to boot from graphic card. Happened to me often when upgrading machines using Intel integrated graphics based mobo __________________ Only available by PM. Will help if possible Wanted: 2nd hand good condition IS lense for Canon 400D

24th Mar 2007, 12:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
Solomon68 Newbie Join Date: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 3 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Prob Solved If someone reads my previous post, nevermind, problem solved!

24th Mar 2007, 12:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
Solomon68 Newbie Join Date: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 3 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	And thanks to the repliers above for your answers...got everything all worked out.

26th Mar 2007, 01:08 AM	#6 (permalink)
PowerSlide Super Active Join Date: 28 Aug 2004 Location: Penang, Malaysia Posts: 1,433 Reputation: 871 Rep Power: 15	how did u solve it? mnd explain a little for my knowledge