So I'm basically from dinosaurs era.
The fan of my 2006 Gigabyte GeForce 6600 GT 128 MB (GV-NX66T128D-3) stopped working in June.
The video card didn't ended in flames because I keep a room ventilator fixed on the unit.
I might mention I'm no hardware expert at all so I might sound funny to many of you.
In July a friend from Ireland (irrelevant but I'm Vlad from Romania) decided to help me and sent me 3 days ago this video card he stopped using two weeks ago (on a comp with Windows 7)...
The model of the "new" video card is
MSI GeForce GT 240 N240GT-MD1G/D5 1GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
I'm on Windows XP SP3, Pentium 4, 3Ghz, 4GB RAM, 400W powe source
My motherboard is P5GD1-VM
I inserted the new card. Started the comp. The monitor doesn't react at all. It's in stand by mode, like I'm away and the system is off.
The fan of the new inserted video card spins.
This model doesn't come with other additional cables to connect on the motherboard.
I only have a VGA cable from my monitor.
If I connect the VGA cable to the onboard / internal VGA signal... It shows of course Windows in low resolution, I can enter the BIOS... (Still with the new MSI GeForce GT 240 kept inserted in the single PCI Express slot my motherboard has)
In the ADVANCED > CHIPSET section of the BIOS... There's a BOOTING GRAPHIC ADAPTER PRIORITY section... It's by default set on PCI EXPRESS/INTERNAL VGA. (I must mention my BIOS runs on a version dating mid JUNE 2005, called 1011, the latest being 1015 from 2007)
So I can't see why the new video card isn't loaded naturally... Just like the old one... By my system.
>>> Also please know I didn't uninstalled yet from DEVICE MANAGER the driver of my old (still current) video card.
Because it's tricky to me that it won't even boot with the new card...
Is this the matter the comp/bios... doesn't even recognize at all the new MSI GeForce GT 240 as part of the system?
I'm deeply confused and googled everywhere with no clear answer.
...If I uninstall the driver of my old card... Will it boot with the new card and enter Windows XP, hopefully asking for the new driver to be installed?
The fan of my 2006 Gigabyte GeForce 6600 GT 128 MB (GV-NX66T128D-3) stopped working in June.
The video card didn't ended in flames because I keep a room ventilator fixed on the unit.
I might mention I'm no hardware expert at all so I might sound funny to many of you.
In July a friend from Ireland (irrelevant but I'm Vlad from Romania) decided to help me and sent me 3 days ago this video card he stopped using two weeks ago (on a comp with Windows 7)...
The model of the "new" video card is
MSI GeForce GT 240 N240GT-MD1G/D5 1GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
I'm on Windows XP SP3, Pentium 4, 3Ghz, 4GB RAM, 400W powe source
My motherboard is P5GD1-VM
I inserted the new card. Started the comp. The monitor doesn't react at all. It's in stand by mode, like I'm away and the system is off.
The fan of the new inserted video card spins.
This model doesn't come with other additional cables to connect on the motherboard.
I only have a VGA cable from my monitor.
If I connect the VGA cable to the onboard / internal VGA signal... It shows of course Windows in low resolution, I can enter the BIOS... (Still with the new MSI GeForce GT 240 kept inserted in the single PCI Express slot my motherboard has)
In the ADVANCED > CHIPSET section of the BIOS... There's a BOOTING GRAPHIC ADAPTER PRIORITY section... It's by default set on PCI EXPRESS/INTERNAL VGA. (I must mention my BIOS runs on a version dating mid JUNE 2005, called 1011, the latest being 1015 from 2007)
So I can't see why the new video card isn't loaded naturally... Just like the old one... By my system.
>>> Also please know I didn't uninstalled yet from DEVICE MANAGER the driver of my old (still current) video card.
Because it's tricky to me that it won't even boot with the new card...
Is this the matter the comp/bios... doesn't even recognize at all the new MSI GeForce GT 240 as part of the system?
I'm deeply confused and googled everywhere with no clear answer.
...If I uninstall the driver of my old card... Will it boot with the new card and enter Windows XP, hopefully asking for the new driver to be installed?