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This has been Fixed! I just purchased a brand new gtx 260 and I have been trying to get it to work for hours.... I cannot get the video to come through the card. It will start up (I hear the fan) and nothin comes up on my pc telling me to install it. I believe it has been installing as pci-to-pci bridge? I have uninstalled my stock drivers, tried changing my bios, and installed from the disk.. I even did a clean windows install. When I boot up, the video comes through the built in video and will install the stock driver... I see nothing for my card. Please help! I have had it all day and have not been able to enjoy it after waiting a week to get it. :( [Edit] I also tried the things in the faq, taking out a ram stick. Current Specs - Vista Ultimate - 64bit - AMD phenom 9600 Quad Core Processor - 2.3 GHz - 4Gb Ram - EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB - CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W - 1366x768 monitor
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 3:11 AM
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Welcome to the forums.
I am assuming that you have on board video on your motherboard.
You need to disable the on board video in BIOS.
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 3:13 AM
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Disable the on-board GFX in the BIOS and set it for PCIE and unplug your cable from the on-board GFX jack and plug it into the card.
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 3:14 AM
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Yes, I do and I have already tried to do this.. I'm not sure if it was correct, but I changed a setting to switch to pci automatically as its first choice with no luck.
"unplug your cable from the on-board GFX jack and plug it into the card."
What cable exactly?
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 3:20 AM
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Yes, I do and I have already tried to do this.. I'm not sure if it was correct, but I changed a setting to switch to pci automatically as its first choice with no luck.
"unplug your cable from the on-board GFX jack and plug it into the card."
What cable exactly?
The video cable that goes to your monitor. Do not use the auto setting in the BIOS...set it manually for PCIE.
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 3:30 AM
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It might help if we knew what motherboard you have. That way someone may know how to tell you what to do in your BIOS settings?
My motherboard automatically disables onboard video when a video card is detected in the PCi slot.
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 3:41 AM
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Yea, its not working. I have a nVIDIA NF-MCP78 motherboard, with Phoenix Technologies bios.
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 3:47 AM
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Did you unplug the video cable from the MoBo and plug it into the GFX card??
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 3:49 AM
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Yes, and the screen is blank when in the gtx 260, the video continues to come through the onboard.
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 4:00 AM
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I'm sorry but, what you are saying just doesn't make any sense. If the cable to your monitor is plugged into the GFX card, how do you know " the video continues to come through the onboard"???
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 4:04 AM
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Because, I wait and wait looking at my screen with no signal to it... I eventually take the cord out and put it into the onboard...
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 4:05 AM
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Do you have power cables plugged into both 6pin plugs on the card?
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 4:07 AM
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Yup, I have both of my pci cords plugged into them. I even tried the adapters with the molex, which didn't work. In my device manager I have something on there called "pci-to-pci bridge" would that have anything to do with whats wrong? It makes it sound like I have two cards plugged in.
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 4:15 AM
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Yup, I have both of my pci cords plugged into them. I even tried the adapters with the molex, which didn't work.
In my device manager I have something on there called "pci-to-pci bridge" would that have anything to do with whats wrong? It makes it sound like I have two cards plugged in.
No, that "pci-to-pci bridge" has nothing to do with it. The GFX card runs in a PCI Express slot...not the plain PCI slot. Maybe you do not have the card plugged into a GFX card slot....a regular PCI slot is not gonna work.
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 4:20 AM
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Oh,yeah.....that PSU is quite capable of powering the GTX 260.
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 4:23 AM
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yes, I just bought that psu along with the GFX card.
I have the card in the same slot I had my old gfx card in.
Bios update... maybe, I have never done it. idk where to download mine, but I do know how to install it, because I have the booklet.
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 4:30 AM
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Are you sure you gave the correct MoBo model number? I have searched for it and got nothing but that as a chipset number. Also, what is the manufacturer's name?
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 4:34 AM
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OK....very good. What kind of video cable are you using...should be a dual-link DVI-D.
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 4:36 AM
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Im using the converter to vga.. I just installed the powersupply today. Anything to do with that? My old psu only used 4 of the +12V socket because it only had a 4, but now I have all 8 in it. Just putting that out there.. probably nothing. BTW, this is what Belarc gives me for my motherboard... It kinda makes me wonder about the mobo.. but I have had no problems. Board: nVIDIA NF-MCP78
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 4:41 AM
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If you have an LCD monitor...you will not be want to hook it up that way. That adaptor was made to go to a CRT monitor. That could very well be the problem right there.
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 4:48 AM
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Interesting.. I doubt it would be as I have used one of these before on my old monitor. Also, it would still put the signal on the gtx 260 whether I have the cable in or not.
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 4:55 AM
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If you have the adaptor plugged into the card and a VGA Cable plugged into the adaptor...hookup an old CRT monitor to it and I'll bet you get a picture. If you have a DVI connection plug on your LCD monitor and use a DVI cable to hook the monitor to the card...I bet you'll get a picture.
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 4:57 AM
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Leave your onboard enabled , boot into windows ,try to install the nvidia drivers.
if it wont work ,go to control panel,>system>hardwere>device manager.
check and see how many display adapters are listed .
Also You can use a dvi to Vga converter on an Lcd ,im using 1 right now...
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 4:58 AM
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I also looked at some pix of your power supply plugs. You do have 2 of the ones labeled PCI-E plugged into the card....correct??
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Re:Card will not install
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 5:02 AM
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Leave your onboard enabled , boot into windows ,try to install the nvidia drivers.
if it wont work ,go to control panel,>system>hardwere>device manager.
check and see how many display adapters are listed .
Also You can use a dvi to Vga converter on an Lcd ,im using 1 right now...
Why; on GOD's green earth, would you take a digital signal....convert it to analog.....to run a digital monitor????? I'm sorry but, that is just plain ignorant. Spend $15 and get a dual-link DVI-D cable. The "purpose" of the adapter is to allow a computer with a DVI video card to use VGA monitors. If you don't believe me, look it up.
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 5:10 AM
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@RBIEZE - I tried, and it still only shows my onboard in the device. (NVIDIA GeForce 8200)
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 5:17 AM
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OK, then....uninstall the 8200 in the device manager...uninstall all GFX drivers and then shut the system down....not a reboot. Plug your 260 into the board and upon boot go straight into the BIOS. Insure that you have the GFX settings as you stated earlier with PCI-E set as first device...save and exit. Immediately shut the system down again....remove the video cable from the on-board GFX and plug it into the 260.....power system back on. You should then have video from the 260 to go into windows. Device manager should show Standard VGA Device as display. Install drivers for the 260 and reboot. SPECIAL NOTE: Everytime you go into windows with your monitor connected to the on-board video jack...that is what windows is going to install...the on-board GFX!!!
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 11:13 AM
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Post back on here and let me know if that worked or not. If it doesn't...I suggest giving your OEM a call and make them get it working. If you have to go that route...PLEASE post back on here and let us know what the solution was. Thankx.
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Re:Card will not install
Friday, April 30, 2010 11:40 AM
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well just a quick check are we sure the card is fully seated
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