I recently bought a new computer. My old one had 2 dual video cards, and I had 3 monitors connected to it. (spoiled, I know).
My new computer has 1 dual monitor video card, so it was super easy to connect 2 of my monitors to it. The 3rd is giving me problems. I removed one of the video cards from my old computer and put it in to the new one, but it doesn't work. I get a message something like, 'incompatible video card'. (not the exact message).
I read that the video cards must be compatible in order to allow vista to use more than 1. I have no problem buying a new video card, but I don't want to waste my money on something that would be incompatible.
Ordinarily, I would just buy another of the one I have in it, but I can't do that because the connector thingy inside prevents it from working. Ugh. I'm great with software, but hardware has me baffled. Since I don't know much hardware terminology, I will do my best to explain what I have.
My computer has 4 expansion slots. There is a very small white one (about 1 inch long), unused.
There is a longer brown one that has my video card (the one that came with the computer).
There are 2 more white ones approximately 3.5 inches long. One of these has my old video card (not working) and the other is unused.
I am using Vista Business 64-bit.
Device Manager shows Display Adapters - ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT. In properties, it says Location: PCI Slot 1 (PCI bus 2, device 0, function 0).
I added my old video card, which is NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200, and it displays in the list, but there is an exclamation point. In properties, it says Location: PCI bus 1, device 5, function 0. For status it says, "Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)"
I recognize that I may not have provided enough information for anyone to help me. If this is the case, please just let me know and I will do the best I can to provide more information.
Finally, my question. Can anybody recommend a video card that I can purchase that will fit in my computer and be compatible with my existing video card? It doesn't need to be a super high performance card.
-George
"The great things about standards is that there are so many to choose from." - Fortune Cookie Wisdom
My new computer has 1 dual monitor video card, so it was super easy to connect 2 of my monitors to it. The 3rd is giving me problems. I removed one of the video cards from my old computer and put it in to the new one, but it doesn't work. I get a message something like, 'incompatible video card'. (not the exact message).
I read that the video cards must be compatible in order to allow vista to use more than 1. I have no problem buying a new video card, but I don't want to waste my money on something that would be incompatible.
Ordinarily, I would just buy another of the one I have in it, but I can't do that because the connector thingy inside prevents it from working. Ugh. I'm great with software, but hardware has me baffled. Since I don't know much hardware terminology, I will do my best to explain what I have.
My computer has 4 expansion slots. There is a very small white one (about 1 inch long), unused.
There is a longer brown one that has my video card (the one that came with the computer).
There are 2 more white ones approximately 3.5 inches long. One of these has my old video card (not working) and the other is unused.
I am using Vista Business 64-bit.
Device Manager shows Display Adapters - ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT. In properties, it says Location: PCI Slot 1 (PCI bus 2, device 0, function 0).
I added my old video card, which is NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200, and it displays in the list, but there is an exclamation point. In properties, it says Location: PCI bus 1, device 5, function 0. For status it says, "Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)"
I recognize that I may not have provided enough information for anyone to help me. If this is the case, please just let me know and I will do the best I can to provide more information.
Finally, my question. Can anybody recommend a video card that I can purchase that will fit in my computer and be compatible with my existing video card? It doesn't need to be a super high performance card.
-George
"The great things about standards is that there are so many to choose from." - Fortune Cookie Wisdom
