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General Category => Hardware => Topic started by: dirtybagtwb on April 11, 2011, 07:49:04 PM

Title: new graphics card
Post by: dirtybagtwb on April 11, 2011, 07:49:04 PM

i just recently found out that the cooling fan on my BFG card wasnt working properly so i when and purchased a new PNY geforce gtx 460 and for some reason it doesnt send a signal to my monitor,im sure my power supply is enough i even unpluged both DVD drives just to make sure but still no help.any help u could offer would be great.

Title: new graphics card
Post by: guestolo on April 12, 2011, 06:48:41 PM

Which Motherboard do you have, and are you using the latest BIOS version

You say your PSU can handle it, which Power supply do you have?
Take a look at the following link
http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp#footnote5

Title: new graphics card
Post by: dirtybagtwb on April 13, 2011, 12:22:04 AM

[quote name='guestolo' date='12 April 2011 - 03:48 PM' timestamp='1302652121' post='477919']
Which Motherboard do you have, and are you using the latest BIOS version

You say your PSU can handle it, which Power supply do you have?
Take a look at the following link
http://extreme.outer...e.jsp#footnote5 (http://"http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp#footnote5")
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my mothe
well, as long as i am adding in the correct cards and fans and the like ,it basicly says i am using most of my PSU about 330wattsmy power sup-ply is 500 peak watts,here is my motherboard and bios info.
 
BIOS Type:   Phoenix-Award   
BIOS Date:   September 22nd 2005   
BIOS ID:   09/22/2005-NF-CK804-A8NSLI-P-00-None   
BIOS OEM:   ASUS A8N-SLI Premium ACPI BIOS Revision 1008 - ASUS A8N-SLI Premium ACPI BIOS Revision 1008   
Chipset:   Athlon 1100 rev 0   
SuperIO:   ITE 8712F rev 7 at port 002E   
Manufacturer:   ASUSTeK Computer INC.   
Motherboard:   A8N-SLI Premium   
i have returned the video card in question and i am asking for your opinion on how to go about updating my bois and other drivers.
i went to the Phoenix website and they will of course help me with all of that for the low ,low price of 30.00,having done some research i found a bit cheaper version called Driver boost would u recommend i use that one?i will tell u what i would like to do.. is wipe the hard drive and bios and start over updating everything along the way,any ideas are welcome cause now my PC is having other issue`s that are related to the topic i discussed with u in another forum.

Title: new graphics card
Post by: rainerben78 on June 22, 2011, 01:19:23 PM

why don´t you go to the asus website and donwload the latest bios and the utility to flash it? it´s very easy and almost risk free.

Edit: I had the same board myself, and i was absolutly in love with it /wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\';)\' />

Title: new graphics card
Post by: MJsusan on August 02, 2011, 08:34:39 PM

[quote name='rainerben78' timestamp='1308766763' post='479823']
why don´t you go to the asus website and donwload the latest bios and the utility to flash it? it´s very easy and almost risk free.

Edit: I had the same board myself, and i was absolutly in love with it /wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\';)\' />
[/quote]

wow, it is a good idea. you can use  go to the asus website and donwload the latest bios and the utility to flash it