Graphics Card.

[Bringe]

Hi KenB.
I changed the PCI to PCIe x16, used F10 to exit, shut down the pc and unplugged from the wall for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile I put the monitor cable into the card vga plug, and restarted the pc,
The screen was black with only "no signal" displayed. I was about to press the power button on the pc to turn
off when suddenly the screen jumped into action!! but the resolution was wrong, I got into display settings
and tried all the resolution choices on the list, but none were correct. Shut down again, restarted, put the BIOS
back to "onboard" put the monitor cable back to the motherboard, and all worked fine again.
I checked the screen resolution in settings, which is 1440x900. That was definately not in the list from earlier
when I tried to get the card resolution right. is it possible to manually enter a screen resolution setting??

This whole thing started because I wanted to watch high definition videos from youtube ect. without buffering.
Is a graphics card better than the onboard graphics anyway??

Many Thanks.

Bringe.

 

[KenB]

Hi Bringe

You are not having much luck are you.

Is it possible to manually enter a screen resolution ? - No, you have to select from the resolutions available.

1440x900 - is this the highest available?

.... the screen jumped into action!! but the resolution was wrong

If you can't get the resolution that you want try the following....

Go back to Device Manager [ devmgmt.msc ]
Click the > next to "Display Adapters"
Right click on the Video Card and select "Update Drivers"

Search Automatically for an updated driver
[ you will need an internet connection ]

 

[Bringe]

Hi KenB.
Many thanks for your patience with this, I think alot of people would have given up by now (I have thought about it)
I went to the "devmgmt.msc" and here is the result. There is no sign of the card. Now I
am thinking that as I am now back on motherboard graphics that could be the reason why.
So If I go back into BIOS again and change the primary adapter back from "onboard" to "PCIe x16 and move the
monitor lead into the graphics card VGA socket as I had it before, when the resolution was wronge, and then go
into "devmgmt.msc" and see if it shows up?? I will give it a go next time I start up and hit F10

 

[KenB]

Let me know how you get on

 

[Bringe]

Hi KenB.
Sorry for the delay in replying. I tried to get it running a few times which resulted in a blue screen with "something went wrong, collecting error files before we restart your pc"
After getting completely cheesed off I removed the card completely, put the bios back to normal and the pc runs fine.
I sent the card back to the seller and received a refund yesterday.
One thing I've learnt is Never buy hardware without the software to run it!!!

Many Thanks.

Bringe.

 

[KenB]

Hi,

Glad that you got your money back.
I do think that the card was faulty as we tried everything to get it running.
With new hardware Windows 10 should recognise it as a Graphics Card and install the appropriate drivers to run it.
We can only assume that, because it was unable to do this, the card [ or possibly the PCIe slot ] was faulty.