Egon
Active Member
Alright, so I spent the night trying to talk a friend through her first computer upgrade?
The PSU went in flawlessly.
The CPU went in without any trouble... Except for when I told her to unscrew the four screws around it that I though that the time were holding the fan down but were in fact holding the heatsink retention bracket. That was a fun hour getting that back on.
Now we are at the video card. The drivers are installed. After some struggle to get the back pci slot plate off we set the [VIDEO CARD] in place. Now, the card is HDMI and DVI but her monitor is VGA. So I have her get some of these [ADAPTERS]. On power up the card's fan spins (very loudly might I add) but there is a black screen.
There are three questions I have...
*The card came with a very tiny cord that plugs into the card right next to the SLI part. We can't find the place for it on the motherboard. Could this be the problem of the black screen?
*Could adapter might be the wrong kind of DVI to VGA?
*Could the video card be DOA?
Her monitor is a new little acer flatscreen too.
The PSU went in flawlessly.
The CPU went in without any trouble... Except for when I told her to unscrew the four screws around it that I though that the time were holding the fan down but were in fact holding the heatsink retention bracket. That was a fun hour getting that back on.
Now we are at the video card. The drivers are installed. After some struggle to get the back pci slot plate off we set the [VIDEO CARD] in place. Now, the card is HDMI and DVI but her monitor is VGA. So I have her get some of these [ADAPTERS]. On power up the card's fan spins (very loudly might I add) but there is a black screen.
There are three questions I have...
*The card came with a very tiny cord that plugs into the card right next to the SLI part. We can't find the place for it on the motherboard. Could this be the problem of the black screen?
*Could adapter might be the wrong kind of DVI to VGA?
*Could the video card be DOA?
Her monitor is a new little acer flatscreen too.