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Old September 10th, 2004, 09:52 AM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Need Urgent Help with Graphics card

I just installed a new PSU successfully to power my new Radeon 9800 pro. Afaik i uninstalled the old drivers took the old card out put the new card in and went to install the drivers...but it didn't get past the windows loading boot screen. It just went black after that. If it is a conflict with the old drivers how can i resolve it? otherwise how can install the new drivers without loading windows.

Thx in advance...this is kind of worrying

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Old September 10th, 2004, 09:59 AM     #2 (permalink)
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if u didnt get past the windows loading screen, its most lightly due to not enough power.

tell us your PSU specs and your previous PSU & graphicsit would help alot


edit:

ok i just read your previous post

if according to your specs there, 450W should have absoultely no problem despite 9800 pro being a mid-range power-hungry card. (6800GT are high-end power-hungry cards )

check your psu connections and check any abnormalities in your BIOS


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Old September 10th, 2004, 10:18 AM     #3 (permalink)
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tbh i think everythin is fine with the bios, what happened was when i attempted to uninstall the old drivers, i then restarted, and even with the old card in windows XP wouldnt load up. i then put the new card in to see if it would work...being plug and play i thought there wud be no prob...again didn't get past boot screen.

what i'm thinking is i've disabled the thing instead of uninstalling the drivers

if that is the case how could i resolve it?

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Old September 10th, 2004, 10:22 AM     #4 (permalink)
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Was your previous card a nvidia one? If so try a driver removal tool like this one
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3233
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Old September 10th, 2004, 10:22 AM     #5 (permalink)
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see if u can enter windows in safe mode (f8)

if not, reinstall windows. (format)

if u dont want to do that, wait for more professional help.. hm
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Old September 10th, 2004, 10:28 AM     #6 (permalink)
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hav0c - this looks promising, but is it possible to even run this without Win XP loading up...cos thats one thing that the pc won't do is load XP...i can get to bios and recovery console but not windows itself...if u can do it however would u quickly tell me how pls?
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Old September 10th, 2004, 10:52 AM     #7 (permalink)
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Can you get into safe mode, if so, install and run that driver removal utility from there.
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Old September 10th, 2004, 11:00 AM     #8 (permalink)
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no i couldn't get to safe mode...but theres been an advancement (or should i say a step backwards ) i used last known good config...and windows is now loading...so i can use the tool hav0c suggested to uninstall the drivers properly and then give it a go.
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