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Installing Nvidia 7600 GS.

Jericho

Jericho

Jericho

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Hi All,

Firstly hello again, been a long time since my last post!

I have a Nvidia 7600 Geforce GS graphics card that I am trying to install onto my AMD ECS RS485M-M motherboard. For some reason XP (home) will not find my new card. I have tried updating the Chipset drivers after reading a little through the web and the board has integrated ATi 1100 drivers on there. But the new card is still not recognised. I have put the card in and out, in and out etc... and tried running Nvidia drivers but they dont recognise the cards there either.

I have to plug my monitor into the port on the actual motherboard as due to the card not being recognised there is no picture when plugged into the ports on the card.

Help please! lol.

Any help is greatly appreciated and any more info required just ask.

Cheers,
J
 
Ok guys thanks for the help but it doesnt seem to have worked.

Here's what I did:

Went into BIOS by using Del
Changed the setting marked "Init Display First (PCI Slot)" to PCIEX as I have a PCI Express Card.

Then I also changed PCI/VGA Palette Snoop to enabled as disabled tells the BIOS that onboard VGA cards are present.

Now windows still boots up and tells me a new VGA device has been found but when I try and install the Nvidia drivers Nvidia says I have no hardwear that matches. Also when I plug my monitor cable into the graphics card itself I still get no picture, plug it into the motherboard slot and hey presto we have picture, surely as it's disabled in the bios this should now not work?

**Edit**
I also just checked the System tab in XP and noticed that the Display adapters in Device manager obviously show the yellow exclamation mark as its not working but when I look at the properties of VGA controller it says location "PCI Slot 8 (PCI bus 1, device 5, function 0)". Does this mean that it's not even looking at the PCI EX card?
**Edit**

Now this card worked fine in this very PC a week ago and I have tried it in another and it's fine so I know the card isn't knackered. Any ideas guys as I'm getting pretty frustrated now.

Cheers,
J
 
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Hi and thanks for your reply,

I tried your suggestion but again no joy. The Nvidia card was not in the list when I went to search for it. The drivers I am trying to use are the ones on the disk that came with the card. But when I try and install them it says that I have no hardware that matches those drivers, i.e. no card.

Im seriously baffled by this.

I removed the ATi drivers using driver cleaner but they are the motherboard drivers (ATi express 1100), is this right or do I need both the motherboard ATi drivers and the Nvidia ones or would that just conflict?

Appreciate all the help guys,
J
 
Hey Fobose,

No my monitor is not plugged into the 7600 as I do not get a picture at all that way. I have defintely disabled the onboard graphs in the bios (i think) as per my previous post.

I also unticked the "compatible hardware" box when finding drivers but there are no Nvidia cards listed at all on there which to me is really strange, only ATi and MSi stuff. Also it does not list any non digitally assigned hardware where as your image shows non digitally assigned hardware drivers as well as assigned ones?

Cheers again and here's hoping for a solution :p

J
 
Ok Ive reseated the card and made sure its fully seated properly (it looked like it was before anyway) and still nothing.

Could it be a problem with XP? I don't have much data on there so a reinstall of XP wouldn't be a problem but is it worth the time and hassle?

Cheers,
J
 
Nope, it's hasn't got a connection on there at all for any additional power supply's. If it helps it's a 3DFuzion 7600 GS bought from here!! lol. There are no power connectors on there, only additional connection is the SLi at the side/top.

Cheers,
J
 
Bugger!

Would a reinstall of XP have any effect at all before I return the card? Don't fancy waiting weeks to get a replacement :(

Cheers,
J
 
Not doing anything different. I think Ive seen the light and realised that the card is fubard. I'm gonna bite the bullet and send it back to Overclockers as it's only 5 months old!

Cheers for all your help guys.
J
 
I have friends but none with a PC with a PCI express slot (living in the stone age). I'm not fussed about delivery charges so think I'll opt for the fubard card option and send it back :(
 
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