Working computer.. Working card.. No video when put together

[jayden_83]

I have a hp a6228x im trying to fix up for the missus, I upgraded her from her older pc. Did the upgrade in steps, checked to make sure everything works. Ram works good, PSU works good, still booting.. put in the graphics card (( which is confirmed good on another pc)) aaannnddd... nothing. The card starts, the fan spins. No video.. i connect to the onboard and it works fine, but i connect the video cable to the card.. no good. i went into the bios and found a setting for what is the primary video output, tried the options.. nothing. Any ideas?

 

[iam2thecrowe]

some old motherboards arent compatible with new cards. I had this problem a few years ago with an nforce 2 motherboard and amd graphics card that just didnt work together. What video card do you have exactly?

 

[jayden_83]

just an old 9800gt

 

[jayden_83]

So! i figured it out.. After beating my head against it for a half hour, i just walked away from it.. i came back.. i swaped the video while it was running, i crashed it, it auto booted working. In my years and years building computers, and in my time owning a computer shop.. this is on the top 10 of weird.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

So! i figured it out.. After beating my head against it for a half hour, i just walked away from it.. i came back.. i swaped the video while it was running, i crashed it, it auto booted working. In my years and years building computers, and in my time owning a computer shop.. this is on the top 10 of weird.

sounds like it had a bad connection in the pcie slot and what you did jump started it.

 

[jayden_83]

I just now got the alert that this was replied too. I can confirm.. problem presists, and is solved by the wife pushing on the side of the card toward the board. Works fine after that, needs it once a week or so. Dont think the card is bad, think its the board slot >.>