Hello,
I have the HP m9300t with a Nvidia 9500GS video card and IPIBL-LB (Benica) motherboard.
I removed the video card in order to disconnect the fan (it was extremely noisy, and i dont play games so I didnt think this was a problem).
I believe that I damaged the card somehow because now during startup vista goes to a black screen. This occurs even when I load in safe mode, system recovery mode, hold down F8 or F9 etc...The screen always goes blank after about 15 seconds, so I have no idea what is going on with Vista.
I am wondering several things:
1) Does the motherboard have onboard video? The HP website says onboard video not available if a card is installed, which is ambiguous to me.
2) Can i just unplug the video card and use the onboard video, if it exists??
3) I want to upgrade to possibly a radeon 5670. Can i just plug in a new card without loading drivers etc first? Because as of now i am unable to get to my desktop to do anything.
Thanks in advance for your assistance!
I have the HP m9300t with a Nvidia 9500GS video card and IPIBL-LB (Benica) motherboard.
I removed the video card in order to disconnect the fan (it was extremely noisy, and i dont play games so I didnt think this was a problem).
I believe that I damaged the card somehow because now during startup vista goes to a black screen. This occurs even when I load in safe mode, system recovery mode, hold down F8 or F9 etc...The screen always goes blank after about 15 seconds, so I have no idea what is going on with Vista.
I am wondering several things:
1) Does the motherboard have onboard video? The HP website says onboard video not available if a card is installed, which is ambiguous to me.
2) Can i just unplug the video card and use the onboard video, if it exists??
3) I want to upgrade to possibly a radeon 5670. Can i just plug in a new card without loading drivers etc first? Because as of now i am unable to get to my desktop to do anything.
Thanks in advance for your assistance!