Bought a card or bought the farm?

[nevadead]

Hey all,
So I was upgrading from my very descent 5750 to a 6850 on my
K9A2 and this new card, which i've tested multiple times, does nothing.
The bios beeps are:
1 short 1 long 2 short
So I remembered to uninstall the drivers for the previous, then I tried the new card aaaand...
Nothing displays and so I said well maybe I bumped something. I put the other card in and it's fine except it says "previous over-clock settings set to default" or something and after I log in it re-installed the old drivers.
So... any hope?

 

[nevadead]

Hey I just remembered that another card did this a 9600 and am wondering of there is a comparability issue.

 

[COLGeek]

If the HD6850 doesn't work by itself, then it is likely defective. Is it new or used?

 

[nevadead]

yes it's used but even the old card won't go back to normal now.

 

[nevadead]

okay i removed a hard drive and reinstalled windows. The old card is fine. I think I was given a faulty card. Thanks... unless there is a way to know the card is hosed or usable without me going through all that again.

 

[nevadead]

Best answer selected by nevadead.

 

[nevadead]

The seller says it sounds like a software issue

 

[iam2thecrowe]

update your motherboard BIOS to latest version, it may be the problem.

 

[nevadead]

That is not a bad idea sometimes my mobo doesn't like updates. it's a k9a2 but that might not be the case anymore. I just had to to reinstal windows several times to try and address this pain.
which drivers ? there isn't a vga driver as of now nor pcie network drivers
the amd chipset driver needs update.