(Resolved) Problem with video card.

[tc_pole_vaulter]

I was installing a Wireless internet card into my PC but was having trouble due to my Video card being in the way. I took out my video card, put in my wireless internet card, reinserted my video card and started my computer back up to find out that I wasn't getting any video on my Monitors. I then plugged one of my monitors into the integrated video connection that i don't use anymore, it worked, it gave me full display on the monitor. The thing is, i don't want my video coming from the integrated video connection, but rather my video card located in my PCI slot. How do I go about doing this? I uninstalled the stuff that i installed when installing the video card the first go around, then went through the instructions that came with it. It didn't work. When installing the software/drivers i get this message:


Please help! Thanx!

System Specs:
Dell Dimension E521
Vista Home Premium 32 Bit
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3600+ 1.90 GHz
958 MB RAM

PCI Video Card is a VisionTek x1300 ATI Radeon 256MB

[quaxo]

Reseat (remove and reinsert) your video card, making sure it slides completely into the slot. It may have just not gone in properly (even though it may look ok).

Reconnect the monitor to it and try again.

If that doesn't work, remove and uninstall the wireless card then try the steps above again.

How much space is between the cards when they're inside? If you're that short on space inside, you might consider an external option (like a USB wireless adaptor).

[tc_pole_vaulter]

Well, did all you said, It didn't work. I still get that same message.

[patio]

Seems Your Not Alone...

Have you by chance tried the Omega drivers ? ?
They've been known to work on stubborn ATI cards...

Here Ya Go...

[tc_pole_vaulter]

Well, i looked and it seems there arnt any Omega Drivers for 32 bit Vista yet, so i tried a different one but it didn't work. I did some searching but still couldn't find anything that helps me.

I did however take the card out and put it in my old computer and it worked fine.

I wish I could get this resolved, its driving me crazy.

[patio]

Have you contacted ATi directly ? ? ?

[tc_pole_vaulter]

I contacted VisionTek which is the company that the video card was sold through or w/e. I havnt gotten home yet to check my email, im currently at school, so...

[tc_pole_vaulter]

You may want to install updates for your motherboard to ensure that the
motherboard has the best ability to communicate with the card.

Thank you,
VisionTek Tech Support

Thats what I got in my email. Any idea what to search for? I have no clue what I should be looking for..

[Broni]

Go to Dell site, enter your service ticket#, and it'll tell you what downloads are available.

[tc_pole_vaulter]

Go to Dell site, enter your service ticket#, and it'll tell you what downloads are available.

Thanx Broni, but apparently I did have a clue and went to Dell before I read your post. I found a few things to download, installed them, cleaned up my PC with the Dell cleanup thing while I was at it. After all this was done I decided to try one more time to see if I could get the video card to work, so I went into device manager and disabled the integrated video and restarted the computer. The PC restarted and went into the boot scan or w/e that I had checked when doing the cleanup. Once this was done Vista began to boot and stayed at the little load screen for quite some time. I then got tired of waiting so I held the power button till it cut off, pressed the power button to start it up and the monitor I had left plugged into the card that wasn't working cut on! I was ecstatic! It was working!

Thanks to all the help guys! I'm not touching that card ever again...

[Broni]

I'm glad, it worked for you