Radeon Graphics card

[Guest]

I put a Radeon 9250 graphics card in the PCI slot of my computer but it could
not detect the card (it does not even appear on the device manager). However
when I put this card in another computer with the same operating system (XP)
that computer was able to detect the card. How do I configure my computer to
find my new graphics card?

 

[Vanguard]

I put a Radeon 9250 graphics card in the PCI slot of my computer but
it could
not detect the card (it does not even appear on the device manager).
However
when I put this card in another computer with the same operating
system (XP)
that computer was able to detect the card. How do I configure my
computer to
find my new graphics card?

So just how are you seeing the Device Manager's display (and Windows
desktop to get at Device Manager) if the video card isn't working?

 

[bud]

I put a Radeon 9250 graphics card in the PCI slot of my computer but it
could
not detect the card (it does not even appear on the device manager).
However
when I put this card in another computer with the same operating system
(XP)
that computer was able to detect the card. How do I configure my computer
to
find my new graphics card?

Go to,
http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html
and download and install the driver package for your card.

 

[Anna]

I put a Radeon 9250 graphics card in the PCI slot of my computer but it
could
not detect the card (it does not even appear on the device manager).
However
when I put this card in another computer with the same operating system
(XP)
that computer was able to detect the card. How do I configure my computer
to
find my new graphics card?

uanime5:
1. The first thing to check (and recheck!) is that your graphics card is
properly seated in the PCI slot. I assume you've uninstalled it and then
reinstalled it but the problem still remains.

2. Try another PCI slot should one be available.

3. Were you using onboard graphics prior to the new graphics card? In nearly
every case installing a graphics card will override the BIOS video setting
so that the user need not make any changes in the BIOS, but every once in a
while we find that it *is* necessary for a user to change the BIOS setting
so that onboard video has been disabled.

4. The interface is PCI, not AGP, right?
Anna

 

[Jonny]

http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894
http://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBList.asp?folderID=7406
http://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=357

What hardware version of PCI does your PC support?
Are you currently using onboard/integrated to motherboard graphics?

 

[Guest]

uanime5:
1. The first thing to check (and recheck!) is that your graphics card is
properly seated in the PCI slot. I assume you've uninstalled it and then
reinstalled it but the problem still remains.

2. Try another PCI slot should one be available.

3. Were you using onboard graphics prior to the new graphics card? In nearly
every case installing a graphics card will override the BIOS video setting
so that the user need not make any changes in the BIOS, but every once in a
while we find that it *is* necessary for a user to change the BIOS setting
so that onboard video has been disabled.

4. The interface is PCI, not AGP, right?
Anna

Anna:
I have tried both PCI slots and neither detect the card. However they can
detect my Geforce 6200 card. As far as I am aware I cannot disable the
onboard graphics card, however it did not affect my Geforce card.

http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894
http://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBList.asp?folderID=7406
http://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=357

What hardware version of PCI does your PC support?
Are you currently using onboard/integrated to motherboard graphics?

Jonny,

1) I don't know what version of PCI my PC supports, how do I find out?
2) I am currently using a Geforce 6200 graphics card.

Also how do I determine which version of Bios I'm using?


As there is are some common misunderstanding I will elaborate on my problem.
My computer cannot detect the Radeon graphics card, therefore I cannot
install any drivers because as far as my computer is concerned I don't have
any hardware that can use them. Also my computer switches to a basic inbuilt
graphics card if it does not detect any other graphics card, so I was able to
check on the Device Manager to see that the Radeon card is not being detected.

 

[Anna]

uanime5:
After you boot with your graphics card installed, what exactly happens when
you access the ATI driver from whatever source contains the driver (CD,
floppy disk, file) and you attempt to install the driver. Do you receive
some sort of "unable to locate" error message?
Anna

 

[Guest]

uanime5:
After you boot with your graphics card installed, what exactly happens when
you access the ATI driver from whatever source contains the driver (CD,
floppy disk, file) and you attempt to install the driver. Do you receive
some sort of "unable to locate" error message?
Anna

When I boot up my computer it cannot detect the graphics card, so I have to
put the monitor cable in the onboard monitor socket rather than the graphics
card's socket. When I attempt to install the drivers it says I do not have
the hardware required to install them. For some reason my computer cannot
detect this card, so it acts like no card has been put in my computer.

Basically I need to know how I can make my computer auto-detect the graphics
card.

 

[Anna]

When I boot up my computer it cannot detect the graphics card, so I have
to
put the monitor cable in the onboard monitor socket rather than the
graphics
card's socket. When I attempt to install the drivers it says I do not have
the hardware required to install them. For some reason my computer cannot
detect this card, so it acts like no card has been put in my computer.

Basically I need to know how I can make my computer auto-detect the
graphics
card.

uanime5:
Why don't you try this...?

1. After installing your graphics card and connecting your monitor to the
graphic card's connector, boot up to a Desktop.
2. Forget about the fact that your computer "cannot detect the graphics
card."
3. Leave your monitor cable attached to the graphic card's connector and
access whatever media you're using that contains the ATI video driver.
4. Install the ATI video driver.

Let's see what happens next, OK?
Anna