I have a friend who wanted to get an inexpensive graphics card for her aging system running a MSI K7T Pro2. I originally got her a Geforce 6200 as a replacement but that card while it worked did not render graphics correctly. And since I sent in the rebate for the card already, could send it back to the vendor.
So I go out and buy a Radeon 9600 Pro but the computer refuses to display anything. I tried the card on another machine running a Soyo K7V Dragon Plus and the card behaved the same way, nothing is displayed. So I assumed it was bad. I RMAed back to the vendor for a replacement.
And guess what, the replacement does the same thing. I refused to believe I had 2 bad cards so I tried the 9600 Pro on a newer system running a Gigabyte GA-K8U and the card worked! WTF!?
Can anyone tell me what I'm missing here? Why does this 9600 Pro not get along with the older boards? Is there something with the K7T Pro2 and Dragon Plus that is not allowing the 9600 Pro to work? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
So I go out and buy a Radeon 9600 Pro but the computer refuses to display anything. I tried the card on another machine running a Soyo K7V Dragon Plus and the card behaved the same way, nothing is displayed. So I assumed it was bad. I RMAed back to the vendor for a replacement.
And guess what, the replacement does the same thing. I refused to believe I had 2 bad cards so I tried the 9600 Pro on a newer system running a Gigabyte GA-K8U and the card worked! WTF!?
Can anyone tell me what I'm missing here? Why does this 9600 Pro not get along with the older boards? Is there something with the K7T Pro2 and Dragon Plus that is not allowing the 9600 Pro to work? Any help would be greatly appreciated.