Having trouble upgrading a video card
I have known for awhile that my video card was dying. The fan quit
months ago, and the motherboard would beep if I watched a video or scrolled a lot. For the last month or so, the computer started crashing, and would take multiple tries to boot up. Then it died completely. The computer would "run", make a few normal clicks and beeps, but nothing ever came up on the screen. So, I got a new (used) video card. It goes into a slot and hooks up to two power plugs for hard drives. I have 3 hard drives, so I unplugged one to allow two plugs on the same line to go to the video card. The computer came on with text on the screen, so it was an instant improvement, but I disabled the wrong hard drive. It couldn't boot. So, I hooked that one up and took off a different one. Results were not great. I forgot which plug went where. So, i redid it, and it booted up, but had a new error. I wrote down the name of the missing file, but I have misplaced the paper. I put in the windows CD to repair it, and it didn't want to repair. So, I picked the overall reinstall. It went through that process twice. Not successful the first time. The computer started beeping a lot when I tried to reboot. The second time, it came up in safe mode. The current error message is this: During the last boot-up, your system hung for an improper CPU speed. Your system is now working in safe mode. To optimize the system performance and reliability, make sure the CPU speed conforms with the specifications or your CPU. Would changing a video card affect the CPU speed? It says the CPU speedis 2667MHz which sounds correct. My computer is a system that was purchased and put together by somebody else. I bought it used, but he did give me all the CDs and booklets that came with it. The motherboard is Asus brand, P4PE. I have had it for 3 or 4 years with no other problems. The new video card is nVidia eGeForce 6800 Ultra (256MB). The old one was an Asus V9180 Suite 64Mb DDR MX440 Any suggestions on what I should try? Should I go ahead and leave the settings the same and try to reboot it again. Or should I try something different? According to the box, I have all the minimum requirements for this video card. The minimum CPU is 2 GHz. |
Having trouble upgrading a video card
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