MSI X800 TD256 Problems

[Orion]

Hi group

I have a bought a MSI X800 TD 256 and although it displays the BIOS and the
Windows XP bootup screen thats as far as it goes. It does not display the
desktop. The hard drive is running so it is continuing the bootup and the
power light is on the VDU so it seems to be accepting a signal. I think I
have connected the power cable ok, one end is attached to PSU and one of the
other two ends is attached to the card (not sure where the other end is
supposed to go). The fan on the card is spinning ok.

Not sure what else to try, the PSU is 450w so power shouldn`t be an issue.

Any ideas?


THX


Gareth

 

[Remo-Shiva]

Hi,

Don't know if this is what is happening to you, but I put a graphics card in
my pc and got the same thing, I solved it by going into windows in VGA mode
(press F8 at bootup), then I delted the old drivers for my old card then
installed the drivers for the new card, then when rebooting go back into VGA
mode and setup my card resolution and stuff like that then, after rebooting
it went staight into windows as normal. The card I put in was the ATI 7000
32mb and the card it replaced was the 9800 XT.

good luck
Shiva

 

[Jeff B]

Hi group

I have a bought a MSI X800 TD 256 and although it displays the BIOS and the
Windows XP bootup screen thats as far as it goes. It does not display the
desktop. The hard drive is running so it is continuing the bootup and the
power light is on the VDU so it seems to be accepting a signal. I think I
have connected the power cable ok, one end is attached to PSU and one of the
other two ends is attached to the card (not sure where the other end is
supposed to go). The fan on the card is spinning ok.

Not sure what else to try, the PSU is 450w so power shouldn`t be an issue.

Any ideas?


THX


Gareth

What is a MSI x800 TD 256? x800 pro, or X800xt?

Jeff B

 

[Jeff B]

Hi group

I have a bought a MSI X800 TD 256 and although it displays the BIOS and the
Windows XP bootup screen thats as far as it goes. It does not display the
desktop. The hard drive is running so it is continuing the bootup and the
power light is on the VDU so it seems to be accepting a signal. I think I
have connected the power cable ok, one end is attached to PSU and one of the
other two ends is attached to the card (not sure where the other end is
supposed to go). The fan on the card is spinning ok.

Not sure what else to try, the PSU is 450w so power shouldn`t be an issue.

Any ideas?


THX


Gareth

Have you tried booting into safe mode?
Do you have both o the IDE power connectors attached to the card?

Jeff B

 

[Orion]

The power cable has 3 ends, one for the card, one for the PSU but no idea
where the other goes as there is no place that I can see for it to go.

 

[Jeff B]

The power cable has 3 ends, one for the card, one for the PSU but no idea
where the other goes as there is no place that I can see for it to go.

What power cable?

Jeff B

 

[Orion]

The power cable that attaches one end to the PSU and the other to the card.

I have tried booting to VGA mode in Windows XP but still get a black screen
after the Windows XP startup screen. Also upgraded the main board bios to
the latest version (main board is MSI K8T Neo FISR)