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Vid card upgrade to gforce 8600 GT no good
I am trying to replace the stock ATI Raedon x300 with a geforce 8600GT on a DELL Dimension 8400 with 2.5 gig of ram. I install the card and boot up the machine but it acts like there is no vid card in it. The standard VGA takes hold and gives me screen video but there is no way I can load my drivers cause the Win XP has no idea what kind of card in in the rack.
Any ideas or suggestions??
SR45
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July 30th, 2008 19:00
Did you uninstall the ATI drivers first ? Also make sure the card is well seated. Some miss this and do a poor job in inserting the card into the PCI-Express slot firmly....
Proper way to install a video card linked below:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=965852
Step # 1
Download the most current driver for the video card, and have it placed on the desktop for later install. Try not to use the video card driver from the CD that comes with the card, since they are somewhat out of date. You still may if you wish to.
If it’s an nVidia card, go to www.nvidia.com
Advisory..
If you are going from an ATI video card to a NVIDIA or vs. versa, one should uninstall the old driver first, from Add/Remove program, than use a driver cleaner, to get all the old driver code completely off the system. Use the driver cleaner twice. If you are going from an nVidia card to another nVidia card (Same for the ATI card), you may not have to use the driver cleaner, but I do to be on the safe side, but many, including me, have not seen any issues with this procedure. Others may have.
1. Turn off the system, unplug the power cord, and push in on the systems power button for about 5 seconds to discharge the system further.
2. Remove the old card, and install the new card, firmly.
3. Now, if required for your new video card, attach any power cable to the card itself and the other end to a power input from your power supply, in order to get the video card to work properly. Your systems power supply may have the extra power 4 pin or 6 pin connector needed. ( Not required for the 8600 GT card )
Driver Sweeper. Freeware program...
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1655
Or
Driver Cleaner 1.5 free edition linked below...
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/Other-DRIVERS-TOOLS/Others/Driver-Cleaner-Professional-15.shtml
4. Now disable your Anti Virus software, and disconnect the modem at this time.
5. Install the newer video card driver from where you downloaded it, than if necessary, go into the Display Properties to reset the monitor resolution after it reboots. You are almost done. Now restart the Anti Virus program, and connect the modem.