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Video cards hate me.

CJTheranCJTheran Registered User regular
edited January 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
So, I my brother got a video card for X-Mas, and I tried installing it for him. When I put it in and turned it on, the fan on the card would spin up, but I would get no signal out. After much head scratching, we RMA'd the thing, and the new one is doing exactly the same thing.

I have a feeling I'm being a moron and over looking something. Any idea what I'm doin' wrong, or do I have spectacularly shitty luck.

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  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    You hooked the power cable up to it, right?

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  • CJTheranCJTheran Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    matthasaproblem wrote: »
    You hooked the power cable up to it, right?

    Yes.

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  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Before you pulled the old card out, did you uninstall the drivers for it? Is the new card the same brand (ATI or nVidia) as the old one? How old was the old card? What's the wattage of the power supply on the computer?

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  • NaeblissNaebliss Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    If the motherboard has onboard video then you may have to turn that off in the bios.

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