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I just bought a new radeon graphics card and whne i hook it up my monitor dosent turn on the light stays orangish can someone help me

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Possible reasons.

 

1) Your card is not fully in the slot.

2) Your pins aren't connected.

3) Your Power connector got unplugged (one of them)

3) Your PSU cannot supply it sufficient power.

4) Your Motherboard died.

5) Your PSU died.

6) Your video connector sucks, VGA?

7) Your monitor burned out.

8) Your graphics card is faulty.

9) You didn't put the video connectors on the actual video card's video connector slots.

10) You're using a card on the wrong slot.

 

I strongly suggest that if you have zero experience in computer technology, you do not touch your computer parts. Your description of the problem leads me to believe that, and is the sole reason I listed all those possibles. You NEED to list the actual card, your computer specs, and a good description of the problem before anyone could help.

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the graphics card i bought is VisionTek Radeon x1300xt256agp

 

idk my other stuff

 

AGP is an old chipset. What kind of Mobo do you have? I'm pretty sure all the ones lately made support PCI-E instead of AGP.

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my computer is from like 2004 its an emachines it has AGP i know i had a friend come over and help me hes a comp wizard but it wasnt working

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i know i had a friend come over and help me hes a comp wizard but it wasnt working

 

He obviously isn't if he cant install a Graphics card correctly..

 

I trust this problem is fixed as you were playing last night?

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my guess is that its bad and you should get it replaced (because an x1300 doesnt draw power for shit for 1, and even if you had incorrect drivers your monitor would still get a signal)

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make sure that any power connectors on the actual card itself are plugged in. or who knows. cant see the setup so cant really help. i would get someone else to install the card, or just google how to install a video card and do it yourself.

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jesus fucking christ. stop acting like he doesn't know how to fucking install a graphics card. he can put his old one in too.

 

also, that card doesn't have extra power connectors. its a basic card that is most often used for workplaces.

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