Help with video card

[quietmakesnoise]

I have the geforce mx 4000 pci 64mb video card (trying) to run on a 3000+ amd athlon 512 mb ram and 160 gb hard drive and windows XP. When I put the card in and start up the computer, the windows, like New Hardware Found, are way out to the left of the screen, out of reach. Can anyone help me?

 

[ski]

Can you access them by adjusting the monitor's controls?

 

[lgebhart]

How old is your monitor?

Did you have another video card in there before you installed this one?

If so, put the old card back in, uninstall the software if there is any left to the old card, take the video display back to Standard VGA.

Shut it completely down, put the MX card back in and try installing it. I think you have a setting that your MX card doesn't know what to do with.

Good Luck

lgebhart

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MAI for MS Office 2000

 

[quietmakesnoise]

I tried bringing the display over to the right more, but the left just starts getting black.

Its a new moniter, just got it october. No video cards in the machine before this either.

Ive tried reinstalling it a few times, taking it in and out, using the installation cd. The cd requires that the computer knows of the card before installation, and to do that I need to access the new hardware found thingy.

 

[micker377]

Can you try this in "safe" mode? What resolution is the monitor set at?
"No video cards in the machine before" - did this computer ever work?

 

[ski]

If the MB has an onboard video adapter, did you try disabling it either in BIOS, or with a MB jumper?

 

[lgebhart]

If Ski's idea doesn't work, I think it might, make sure you reseat the video card completely in the slot because sometimes AGP cards nose out of the front of the slot when you attach the monitor and makes for funky resolutions.



lgebhart

A+, Network+, IC3
MAI for MS Office 2000

 

[quietmakesnoise]

I have no idea which item it is from BIOS:

Primary Video Adapter - its set to PCI right now, the other choice is ASP/onboard

Onboard 1394 - Enabled now

 

[lgebhart]

Do you have your motherboard manual? If so, it should tell you how to disable the onboard video either in the bios or a jumper on the motherboard.

If not what is the manufacturer and number on the motherboard?

ONboard 1394 is Firewire.

lgebhart

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MAI for MS Office 2000
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