MY GF2 MX 400 aint working plz HELP !!!!!

Hi
I just bought a new geforce 2 MX400 64mb on my new 1,33ghz system (when i built it i didn't had the money for a videocard)
I first used a old S3 virge pci 4mn card (lol)
And now i finally have a new card it aint working.
When I insert the card in the agp slot and start the pc the screen is blank but the pc itself it starting up
Ive looked in the bios for options but they all dont work
This really suck cuze a 4mb card on a 1,33ghz aint really fun hehe
Anyone has any ideas ?

Thx

 

there have been problems before where the graphics cards aren't plugged in yet. Take a look and check!

 

Huh what do you mean?
Before I had this videocard I didn't had any problems.
My english is not really good so can you give me some more detalis.

Thx

 

when you replaced the video cards, you might not have put your geforce one in properly. It is a common mictake!

Check that the video card is in the slot properly.

 

Yup. Needs to be inserted fully. Even being out a little can cause it not to be detected. You don't need to remove it and reinstert it, just push down on either end of the card to make sure it's down all the way. I've had this happen to me many times, and it's that or a bad card.

 

Thx for you response but it still aint working.
I know that the card is inserted allright cuze sometimes when its not the pc beeps one time long and two time short and on a site ive read that it means the graphic adapter aint working
So when i dont hear those beeps it should work fine but it doesn't
The pc just starts like normal but no screen
My monitor looks like the same as its on standby mode.
Can it be that my monitor is to old ??
Its a 15 inch like from 1998.

Thx

RZA

 

I doubt its the monitor!

I doubt its then monitor. Could you need a new MB?

 

The mobo is just new.
And the monitor works fine on my S3 virge videocard
Can it be I still need to set some bios settings diferent ?

 

It sounds like a bad card.

Humor me here: make sure that AGP card is touching bottom. My friend had a hard time figuring out why his Radeon wouldn't show video. Turned out he didn't have the Radeon down far enough.

If it's not that, you could have a bad AGP slot.

Your situation sounds exactly like my friend's.

 

Can it be bad when both the videocard and the mobo are brand new (well the mobo is 1 mounth old) ?

 

nope, thats not a possibility!

 

That could be another thing worth trying, have you got an embedded graphics card on your motherboard? if so try and disable it and se what you get!

 

Ahhhh. I'm blind. Moobrack hit on something that might be the problem too. I think that ECS board has on-board video, so he's right to suggest that you disable the onboard video.

 

WOW, I am shocked. I dont know nothing near enough about computer hardware and problems.

COOL

You have made me a happy man!

 

Nope it doesn't have video onboard
Im gonna bring it back to the shop and they maybe know whats wrong
Thx for your help

RZA

 

Also, which motherboard are you using the GF2 card on?.

I've heard of issues with GF2 cards on some motherboards, so there maybe a case here too.

 

Yep, somebody was saying that at a computer market today!

 

Im using a Elitegroup K7VZA mobo
Check this site for more info about it:
http://www.ecsusa.com/ecsusa/www.ecs.com.tw/products/k7vza3x.htm