I have a Gateway GM5052E Media Center Computer which contains a Foxconn C51GU01 Motherboard. The motherboard has GeForce 6100 on board graphics and a 16x PCI Express slot. I've had the system for nearly 3 years. Shortly after purchase I added an ATI Radeon X1300Pro PCIE 256m graphics card. This worked fine until 6 months ago when the video card stopped working. I converted back to the GeForce 6100. Last week I turned on the computer to see the graphic display has wavy lines and is way too bright. I tested the monitor on another computer to verify it wasn't the problem. I reinstalled windows (used the system recovery disk to return the computer to a new state) to rule out windows or drivers as the problem (didn't figure this was the problem but it was time to reinstall anyway). This seems to leave the onboard video as the problem so I bought a PNY Nvidia Geforce 9400GT graphics card (PCI Express 2.0 16x).
I installed the card as follows: uninstalled the GeForce 6100 driver and shut down the computer, installed the video card, restated the computer, went into the Bios and switched to use PCI Express as the primary device, windows loads but will not recognize the new video card. It won't even load the drivers because it can't find the device. The card is firmly seated in the slot and the onboard fan runs. The new card is not listed in Device Manager under Display Adapters and PCI Express is not listed under System Devices. PCI Standard is shown but not PCI Express. I even reinstalled the motherboard drivers.
Is it possible when the ATI card went out 6 months ago it took the PCI Express slot with it? I'm grasping at straws here, I've tried everything in my bag of tricks with no success. Any ideas??
I installed the card as follows: uninstalled the GeForce 6100 driver and shut down the computer, installed the video card, restated the computer, went into the Bios and switched to use PCI Express as the primary device, windows loads but will not recognize the new video card. It won't even load the drivers because it can't find the device. The card is firmly seated in the slot and the onboard fan runs. The new card is not listed in Device Manager under Display Adapters and PCI Express is not listed under System Devices. PCI Standard is shown but not PCI Express. I even reinstalled the motherboard drivers.
Is it possible when the ATI card went out 6 months ago it took the PCI Express slot with it? I'm grasping at straws here, I've tried everything in my bag of tricks with no success. Any ideas??