[Lexbomb]

Hi guys,
Today I added 4 gig of ram to my pc and changed my card from a 9500gt to a gf9800gt now all I'm getting is a black screen what have I done or what do I need to do?
Thanks guys

 

[THC Butterz]

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Originally Posted by Lexbomb;13029076
Hi guys,
Today I added 4 gig of ram to my pc and changed my card from a 9500gt to a gf9800gt now all I'm getting is a black screen what have I done or what do I need to do?
Thanks guys

pull the video card to varify its not the ram, and vice versa, varify all drivers are up to date and if no luck still, RTS or RMA

 

[Lexbomb]

chucked in the old graphics card but left the ram in and its all good im typing on it now...

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Are you getting any beeps codes when you boot?
Check those against your manual to see what the problem is.

Also try re-seating your GPU and RAM as well as the above mentioned swapping in and out of the previous GPU and then the RAM.

 

[Lexbomb]

I think my problem is i was given the card and I dont have the CD so I cant install the drivers. I was hoping the PC would recognize it and then let me install the drivers of the internet but no luck...any ideas, probably a newbie thing but thats what I am

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Go to nvidia.com and get the current driver set! =P

 

[Dorkseid]

Hate to be the one asking insulting questions but...

Did the old card have a power connector, and does the new one have it connected?

 

[Lexbomb]

lol and just install that and plug the card in, or do i need to uninstall the old 9500gt drivers?

 

[DarkPhoenix]

I would uninstall the old drivers and then switch the cards and install the new drivers when it when you get back into windows.

Still the biggest concern is that you had no video to start with the new card.

 

[Lexbomb]

so even though nothing was installed I still should have got something?

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Yes, you should see your BIOS screens and everything else all the way into the windows log in screen, granted they should look horrible at 640x480 and 8-bit color but there should be something.

Make sure the new card is properly seated and double check to see if it requires additional 6 or 8 pin power connectors at the right of the board when it is installed.

 

[Lexbomb]

Hmmm just checked again.the fan is spinning but I'm getting no bios and a long beep

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Switch back to your original RAM with the new GPU and see if that works.

 

[Lexbomb]

Ok turns out it was the psu, chucked a better one in and it boots to windows, but looks shocking.it tried to automatically load the drivers but failed, now what...sorry im asking so many dumb questions

 

[Lexbomb]

sweet all done, went onto the nvidia website and it searched for the drivers and installed them. rebooted and hey presto. thanks for your help...i learn something new everyday on this site

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Congrats! Enjoy the updated rig!

 

[wongwarren]

Most probably it is a graphics card failure. Had the exact same problem with my old GeForce 9400 GT. Tried the driver issues solution discussed here but to no avail. Turned out to be graphics card failure.

By the way why would you install 6 GB of RAMs on a dual channel board?? This means you have a 2 GB stick and a 4 GB stick right?? This is not good for dual channel performance. You should install two exact same sticks of RAM for the best possible dual channel performance.

 

[Lexbomb]

Thanks all working, and its actually 4 sticks of 2gig ram so thats.8gig