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Graphics Card Problem - NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS
Hello…
This is my first time on the forum, thanks in advance for your help.
I have a GeForce 8800 GTS graphics card in a machine that I built and I can’t get the graphic card to work properly. I’ve installed and enabled the drivers – when I reboot the machine, I get the Windows 7 startup screen and then it goes blank. I reboot in Safe Mode – disable drivers – reboot, and it works fine with the integrated onboard drivers. My 6yr old HP monitor is connected to the graphics card using a DVI to VGA adapter (would this cause a problem? I was told no). The motherboard doesn’t have a dedicated video output, so the video I’m getting from integrated drivers is passing through this card. Everything in the machine is working fine except for this problem. I’m not a gamer, but I would eventually like to do video work on this machine and would like to get this card to work properly. In a couple of weeks I will have the opportunity to put this card in another machine but until then is there anything I can do to diagnose the problem?
OS – Windows 7 Ultimate Service Pack 1
CPU Type - DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2600 MHz (13 x 200) 5200+
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 / Latest Bios
Motherboard Chipset - nVIDIA nForce 570 SLI, AMD Hammer
System Memory - 3328 MB (DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM)
Video Adapter & 3D Accelerator – nVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS – Windows 7 compatible
Corsair TX650W power supply