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I have just purchased a 'Golden Sample' Gainward GTX 260 896MB DDR3 graphics card. My PC meets all of the specifications needed for the card.
I have followed all of the hardware installation instructions and I put the card into one of my PCI Express X16 slots into my P5N-E SLI motherboard. (Suprised it fitted TBH).
I plugged the monitor in, booted up the computer and guess what?
The monitor didn't detect the card and there was just a blank screen. The card did turn on though. I could hear the very noisy fan. I rebooted the computer a few times and still, there was just a blank screen saying 'No Signal'.
Here are the system requirements stated on the back of the box:
>Intel LGA775 Dual Core CPU.
>2GB RAM.
>550Watt system power supply.
>PCI-Express X16 slot motherboard, PCI-Express 2.0 motherboard.
>Support Windows 2000/XP/Vista system.
My monitor works absolutely fine with my 8500GT so I don't think my monitor is the problem.
Why isn't my monitor detecting the graphics card? What might I be doing wrong?
Thank you very much in advance. If I can get this to work, I will be very happy! It looks like an awesome card.
I have followed all of the hardware installation instructions and I put the card into one of my PCI Express X16 slots into my P5N-E SLI motherboard. (Suprised it fitted TBH).
I plugged the monitor in, booted up the computer and guess what?
The monitor didn't detect the card and there was just a blank screen. The card did turn on though. I could hear the very noisy fan. I rebooted the computer a few times and still, there was just a blank screen saying 'No Signal'.
Here are the system requirements stated on the back of the box:
>Intel LGA775 Dual Core CPU.
>2GB RAM.
>550Watt system power supply.
>PCI-Express X16 slot motherboard, PCI-Express 2.0 motherboard.
>Support Windows 2000/XP/Vista system.
My monitor works absolutely fine with my 8500GT so I don't think my monitor is the problem.
Why isn't my monitor detecting the graphics card? What might I be doing wrong?
Thank you very much in advance. If I can get this to work, I will be very happy! It looks like an awesome card.
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