[psychoclown]

Hey Guy's.
I Have an old gfx card to go with my old compter but when i put it in and plug in my monitor it just stays on standby. also in the device manager it says device manager could not start (code 10).
this is the same problem with two graphics card i have tried.

Does anyone know what the problem could be?

card 1. STEALTH 64 video vram PCI (S3 vision968)
card 2. ati technologies inc. 3D RAGE II PCI MACH64 GT

all help appreciated
thank you.

[psychoclown]

well im off to bed now hoping for a reply in the morning

[psychoclown]

bump

[psychoclown]

im sure this is a very common problem. some one help please

[daniel_b2380]

you don't say what mb you have,
does it have an agp slot?
would be much better than pci,
.
if you have already tried a couple DIFFERENT manufacturer's cards,
you'll first have to make sure,
you have deleted ALL the old softwares,
that have been previously installed,
so that you can start from scratch,
.
ati does have an uninstall utility,
don't know about s3,
.
anyway, once all junk removed,
THEN,
G G O O O! with the new install,

[psychoclown]

the MB i have is a microstar inc. ms-6511 and yes it does have an agp slot but the gfx card is pci.

[daniel_b2380]

uh,
you'd have to ACQUIRE one,
older cards are awfully cheap,
check with some of the mom & pop stores in your area,
.
i just said an agp card would be better,
.
but if you have to use what you have,
then do all the deleting and go....

[psychoclown]

what do i have to delete. my old drivers? if so then there are no old ones installed, only the driver for the card that is built into the MB.

[daniel_b2380]

uh,
read your first post back,
'when i put it in'
'...with two graphic car...'
.
did you actually INSTALL these cards?
that not only means putting the cards in the sockets,
it also means installing the drivers,
and other misc. software,
.
if you didn't do that,
guess no wonder they didn't work,

[psychoclown]

i have the latest drivers for them

[daniel_b2380]

psychoclown,
not trying to be dense here......
but are you actually reading these posts?
i'm not quite getting WHAT you really are maybe trying to say,
.
can you answer my question in post #9,
did you actually install these cards?
as i described an install?
.
latest drivers,
- for the on-board vid?
- for the other cards?

[psychoclown]

yes i have installed the drivers for both the graphics cards.
i put the card in. turn on the pc. setup drivers then put in the monitor cable and the screen just stays on standby but i can hear sound and the hard drive and all other hardware starts up normally.
this is the same with both cards.

[daniel_b2380]

in your steps,
it should read,
when you go to uninstall one,
[i use safe mode],
so,
- boot into safe mode,
- uninstall all things software from installed apps list,
- uninstall all things hardware from device manager,
- shut down,
- install graphics card,
- hookup monitor,
- turn on pc,
- install drivers, other included sofware apps,
.
if you're turning the unit on, etc
THEN hooking up the monitor,
little bit out of sequence there,

[psychoclown]

ok this is back to my first qeution and have ahd no improvment. thats what i have done but it shows orange standby light

[daniel_b2380]

psychoclown,
when you don't bother to answer the questions i ask you,
it really makes it difficult to help,