pc boots but no display when i plug my graphics card


  1. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1

    pc boots but no display when i plug my graphics card


    OK, so, it's been a half year since I have a nvidia gt 440 2gb ram and so on. And recently sometimes freezes my PC and I get a black screen(sometimes other colors), but that's not the problem, so I wanted to change my graphics card until I get a new one with an ATI Radeon Sapphire X1550 that I found, I know its old, but I don't have another one.

    OK, I removed my nvidia drivers completely with DDU, pull out physically the graphic card from mobo and...


    My problem is: When I plugged ATI X1550 in my motherboard, my PC boots but nothing appears on my screen.

    Please help!!

    And oh, one last thing, if u guys think that ATI X1550 is broken or damaged, it's not, I have tried it on a friend with windows xp sp3.
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  2. Posts : 3,487
    Win 7 Pro x64/Win 10 Pro x64 dual boot
       #2

    Could you fill out your system specs completely please? It's hard to give good advice if we don't know what we are dealing with for hardware.

    Thanks
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  3. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    OK, I will, when I get home, right now I'm at school.
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  4. Posts : 600
    OpenBSD 6.8
       #4

    What cable is connected from your monitor to the computer itself?
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  5. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #5

    Does the card have a power connector ?

    Did you connect it ?

    Check the bios, make sure it didn`t revert back to the on board graphics.
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  6. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #6

    AddRAM said:
    Does the card have a power connector ?

    Did you connect it ?

    Check the bios, make sure it didn`t revert back to the on board graphics.
    Since the card is an old one it dosebt neeed a a power connector. And I can not check the bios with the card plugged bcuz I get no screen whatever if the cable is onboard or in the card.

    Here's what I've done: I've plugged out the card, turn it on, go into bios, check the chipset, and primary was pci-e, so...


    P.S. It can be because of windows?? As I mentioned before, in windows xp sp3 it worked, and I have windows 7.
    I've searched the internet and found out others guyz(or girls idk) that have this card on windows 7. Is it just me?
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  7. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #7

    JustCall said:
    What cable is connected from your monitor to the computer itself?
    It's an A+ VGA-VGA 15 pins
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  8. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Mellon Head said:
    Could you fill out your system specs completely please? It's hard to give good advice if we don't know what we are dealing with for hardware.

    Thanks
    Mobo: i didnt found it's name
    CPU: Intel dual core 2GHz
    RAM: 4GB DDR3
    PSU: i think it 450W
    HDD: i disconnect all hdds and curently have one of 160GB
    The nvidia card is an nvidia gt 440 2gb
    And the other is ati radeon x1550 512mb 128bit
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  9. Posts : 2,047
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-BIT
       #9

    23phy, use this tutorial so we can fill it up :)

    System Info - See Your System Specs

    @ADDRam I doubt it has any 6-Pin PCI-E Connector since GT 440 is still entry level. The cards starting from GTS 450 in the GeForce 400 family have Power Connector
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  10. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #10

    Ok guyz here are all my specs
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails pc boots but no display when i plug my graphics card-sys-specs.png  
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