Hi all,
I just got a Powercolor Radeon 9700 non-pro retail (new) today from
Newegg.com. Upgrading from Geforce3.
Unfortunately when I installed it I turned on my PC and all I got was a
black screen. The system however booted fine as if there was nothing wrong.
(I know because windows started with the enter sound)
The card had the fan spinning, but nothing ever came on screen. It was just
black (in power saving mode).
I tried to clear the BIOS with the main board jumper - no good. So I put my
Geforce3 back in - everything is great.
I had the power connected to the card properly. I used the power cable that
came with it and the PSU cable AND with out any power cable at all to see if
it would at least show the error message it is supposed to show on screen
when power isn't connected. I tried 2 PSUs 300W/400W.
Can anyone tell me what is wrong? Is the card defective or is it something
I'm doing? (or forgetting to do?)
I have also read that there were issues with Radeon 9700s below revision 3 that caused problems EXACTLY like mine from research I have done on newsgroups and the ASUS/ATI web sites. Does this card saying "REV A02" mean this is an effected card?
My system specs are:
Asus A7V8X BIOS 1012
512 DDR Ram
Win XP Pro
The card stickers say
REV A02
XF97-C3
PN 109-94200-01
Thanks for any help!
I just got a Powercolor Radeon 9700 non-pro retail (new) today from
Newegg.com. Upgrading from Geforce3.
Unfortunately when I installed it I turned on my PC and all I got was a
black screen. The system however booted fine as if there was nothing wrong.
(I know because windows started with the enter sound)
The card had the fan spinning, but nothing ever came on screen. It was just
black (in power saving mode).
I tried to clear the BIOS with the main board jumper - no good. So I put my
Geforce3 back in - everything is great.
I had the power connected to the card properly. I used the power cable that
came with it and the PSU cable AND with out any power cable at all to see if
it would at least show the error message it is supposed to show on screen
when power isn't connected. I tried 2 PSUs 300W/400W.
Can anyone tell me what is wrong? Is the card defective or is it something
I'm doing? (or forgetting to do?)
I have also read that there were issues with Radeon 9700s below revision 3 that caused problems EXACTLY like mine from research I have done on newsgroups and the ASUS/ATI web sites. Does this card saying "REV A02" mean this is an effected card?
My system specs are:
Asus A7V8X BIOS 1012
512 DDR Ram
Win XP Pro
The card stickers say
REV A02
XF97-C3
PN 109-94200-01
Thanks for any help!