Hi, I've been having a really annoying problem. I decided to upgrade my video card from my old Radeon 7000 VE AGP to the Sapphire Radeon 9550 AGP.
So I brought the card home, removed the 7000 (and drivers etc.) and plugged in the 9550, and basically the power started up (fans started working on comp and processor) and there was a single scratchy click around the video card, from that point nothing happened (HD didn't boot, there was no POST - there was no display, my monitor didn't get a signal, fans were still running)
I thought it was a faulty card, so I got a refund and bought a Sapphire Radeon X1650 pro AGP. exact same problem - the video card still made that clicking noise and stopped (the fan on the vid card was still working though)
I've tried the following:
-removing old drivers before replacing the card
-disabling on-chip VGA frame buffer on the bios
-resetting the CMOS manually
-cleaning the contacts on the video card
-removing the power from all other devices except mobo, vid card, and hard drive
-replacing the monitor cable
the weird part is, whenever I plug in my old radeon 7000 it works fine! (it's working fine now as I type this message) everything I do, the problem's being localized to the video card (either that or i'm really unlucky in that the two cards i got brand new from two different stores were both defective) again, the slot works fine with the other card (the only difference I can tell between the new cards and my radeon 7000 is that the 7000 had both a 1.5v and a 3.3v slot but the 9550 and x1650 pro both had a single 1.5v slot (is it possible that the 1.5v slot part of the agp slot might be damaged?)
any help would be appreciated
btw, here are my specs:
processor: AMD Athlon XP 2400+ 2GHz
motherboard: K7 Triton GIGA-BYTE GA-7VKMP
power supply: thermaltake 420W (should cover the 350W requirement of the x1650)
chipset: VIA KM266
vid card (problem): Sapphire Radeon x1650 pro AGP
previous vid card (same prob): Sapphire Radeon 9550 AGP
current video card (working): Radeon 7000 VE
any help at all would be appreciated, thanks in advance
So I brought the card home, removed the 7000 (and drivers etc.) and plugged in the 9550, and basically the power started up (fans started working on comp and processor) and there was a single scratchy click around the video card, from that point nothing happened (HD didn't boot, there was no POST - there was no display, my monitor didn't get a signal, fans were still running)
I thought it was a faulty card, so I got a refund and bought a Sapphire Radeon X1650 pro AGP. exact same problem - the video card still made that clicking noise and stopped (the fan on the vid card was still working though)
I've tried the following:
-removing old drivers before replacing the card
-disabling on-chip VGA frame buffer on the bios
-resetting the CMOS manually
-cleaning the contacts on the video card
-removing the power from all other devices except mobo, vid card, and hard drive
-replacing the monitor cable
the weird part is, whenever I plug in my old radeon 7000 it works fine! (it's working fine now as I type this message) everything I do, the problem's being localized to the video card (either that or i'm really unlucky in that the two cards i got brand new from two different stores were both defective) again, the slot works fine with the other card (the only difference I can tell between the new cards and my radeon 7000 is that the 7000 had both a 1.5v and a 3.3v slot but the 9550 and x1650 pro both had a single 1.5v slot (is it possible that the 1.5v slot part of the agp slot might be damaged?)
any help would be appreciated
btw, here are my specs:
processor: AMD Athlon XP 2400+ 2GHz
motherboard: K7 Triton GIGA-BYTE GA-7VKMP
power supply: thermaltake 420W (should cover the 350W requirement of the x1650)
chipset: VIA KM266
vid card (problem): Sapphire Radeon x1650 pro AGP
previous vid card (same prob): Sapphire Radeon 9550 AGP
current video card (working): Radeon 7000 VE
any help at all would be appreciated, thanks in advance