New Radeon Video Card Problems From Sr. Citizen, Please


  1. Posts : 542
    Windows 7 64bit
       #1

    New Radeon Video Card Problems From Sr. Citizen, Please


    Hello,

    Sr. Citizen now, and not too sharp with this, so please bear with me a bit.

    Running W7, the 64 bit version.

    Fan on old video card conked out, and seems impossible to get it going again.
    So, I purchased a new, cheap, video card from Amazon.

    It's a Radeon HD 5450
    Says, Sapphire, and also AMD on box.

    Nothing is ever "simple," I guess.

    They have a CD included in box with apparently the right Drivers.

    a. On installation, it comes up with a bunch of error msgs saying it requires a Digital Signature,
    which, apparently, these don't have ?
    Hard to believe, but...?

    What is going on here, do you think.

    b. Question: if there was not video card at all installed in the PC, or it was not functioning, would the PC
    still turn on in Safe-Mode, and have some level of graphics ?

    c. When I turn the PC on now (with the card in place), it seems to open up in Safe Mode.
    Much bigger icons, etc.

    How would I know if in Safe Mode; I'm not sure.

    d. The screen Resolution was set at the lowest.
    If I boost it, it seems to turn a bit more normal looking, but all the icons seem
    elongated in the horizontal. What is happening ?

    Do you think the card, even with those Digital Signature msgs is actually working ?
    Partially, not at all, etc. ?

    I printed out the Log after my installation attempt, and it shows "Success" for the Final Status
    for:

    AMD Catalyst Install Manager
    AMD Display Driver
    HDMI Audio Driver
    AMD Accelerated Video Transcoding
    AMD Drag And Drop Transcoding
    AMD Media Foundation Transcoding
    Catalyst Control Center

    No error msgs or any "non-success"

    Are there some other settings, perhaps, that I need to adjust, or is the Digital Signature problem
    preventing normal operation ?

    In Device Mgr, it does show that yellow question mark icon for the card which I believe signifies that
    it is Not working ? (also for some audio card/function ?)

    I plead my ignorance (and old age) with this, and would be most grateful for any help, thoughts,
    etc. Really not sure where to go from here with this.

    Thank you very much. Appreciate the help,

    Bob
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 2,047
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-BIT
       #2

    As for the Digital Signature problem, remove that driver that you installed from the CD and use this: Desktop
      My Computer


 

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