nvida 8500gt geforce not compatible with vga

[fred54321]

did a test and it shows the card saying video adapter//
hardware id.nvida geforce 8500gt
offical devive name//geforce 8500gt
vga compatible...no.. thats why my screen keps going of any ideas.


windows 7 x64 ultimate

checked driver as below.
driver provider..nvida
driver date..20/11/2009
driver version..8.17.11.9562....in device manager

 

[mushroomboy]

VGA not being compatable? That shouldn't be the issue. We need to know what's going on, start from the top and list symptoms and what errors are popping up if any.

 

[fred54321]

no error on pc screen i tested the card it says it list vga not compatible with geforce 8500gt and that is listed next to report my monitor keeps flicking on and of works on my partners pc have tryd new card still same problem.

 

[thefabe]

You can try and install it from device manager. Download and unpack the driver, then stop. Go to device manager display>update driver>browse my computer>let me pick>have disk>point it to the downloaded driver .inf file and double click it> hit ok, let it install. NVIDIA DRIVERS 195.62 WHQL Hope this will help Fabe

 

[pebbly]

hi thefabe, he already has the latest drivers , i run 2x 8500gt's in sli mode with no probs at all i wonder if the resolution is not set correctly?

 

[thefabe]

Thanks pebbly: I understand that I was just trying to make sure it was installed correctly. It's a little hard to understand exactly what he is talking about. (no offence intended). A lot of times resolution problems can be cured once a driver for the monitor is installed and the native resolution reconized. He may also want to check his cables and the pins. As well as listing his monitor so we cn see if their is a driver for it. Fabe

 

[pebbly]

hi thefabe yes it does sound more monitor related than card, it really pays to fill in system specs so others have a better oppertunity to offer advice

 

[thefabe]

I would also help to know the MB model # as well. Thanks Fabe

 

[fred54321]

my setting for monitor ia 1440x900 recommened
monitor technosonic lcd1908 i used my partners standard monitor on my pc and it worked i put my tv/monitor on her pc no problems

motheboard is asrock 4coredual-sata2

http://www.asrock.com/mb/vga.asp?c=&Model=4CoreDual-SATA2 vga support list ere.

 

[pebbly]

so are you trying to say that the card is not compatible with vga on windows 7? the compatability list you pointed to is for xp/vista only i think you will find it is compatible with 7 . have you tried loading the driver in compatibility mode for vista? when you swapped the monitor over to your gf's pc did you also swap cables?

 

[fred54321]

i used my cables on her monitor without issues on my pc

 

[pebbly]

so the fault must lie with your monitor , what is the refresh rate? mine has a fixed rate of only 60 hertz but it is flicker free, usually you dont have to load drivers for a monitor these days ,the operating system usually takes care of that. have you tried loading monitor drivers?

 

[fred54321]

set to 60 htz not to sure about monitor drivers

monitor works downstairs

 

[pebbly]

your motherboard is unusual in the fact it has an agp and a pci-e graphics slot although the pci-e only runs at x4 mode, normally it runs at x8 or x16 mode i dont know if that has any bearing on your troubles, the latest bios driver for your board is 2.20 which seems to add patches for ati graphics cards, i know your'e running an nvidia card im sorry im all out of ideas now maybe someone else will be along later

 

[fred54321]

hi i did update my bios to 2.20 as advised by asrock

 

[pebbly]

try going to the technosonic website and seeing if they have a new driver for you monitor,who manufactured your graphics card? check in the bios to see if the agp slot needs turning off or it needs to boot to the pci-e first but anyway disable the agp slot and see if that helps

 

[Boastree]

This REALY sounds like a Main Board or BIOS problem to me....

 

[fred54321]

put it like this the nvida card uses pci slot so what i did was take the nvida card out and put a winfast a280 card in which is not reconised by windows 7 so it uses the windows default setting and how about this the monitor does not trip of and on only problem is with the card thats in there no drivers for it for windows 7 or vista so graphics suck more confusing.??
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ps it useing the standard vga graphics adapter at moment.

 

[pebbly]

have you had the graphics card work in another pc? it may be the card is actually faulty, is it still under warranty?
download the vista drivers for the a280 and install in vista compatibility mode this will get you going while you check out your nvidia card

 

[fred54321]

i tryd a new 9500gt still same problem