D darksenate78 Baseband Member Messages 60 Mar 25, 2005 #1 k i bought a new hard drive and video card today. installed them. tried to boot but nothing happened. no bios no nothing. it's running, just no bios. wtf?
k i bought a new hard drive and video card today. installed them. tried to boot but nothing happened. no bios no nothing. it's running, just no bios. wtf?
SHAWN Field Engineer Messages 4,695 Location Long Island, NY Mar 25, 2005 #2 Is the new hard drive just a slave? do you get video? Reseat the video card.
OP OP D darksenate78 Baseband Member Messages 60 Mar 25, 2005 #3 no the new drive will be a master. and i dont get video. so i'll try to reseat the card.
SHAWN Field Engineer Messages 4,695 Location Long Island, NY Mar 25, 2005 #5 what video did you use before the new card? try reseating the memory too. Blow out any dust in the machine
what video did you use before the new card? try reseating the memory too. Blow out any dust in the machine
OP OP D darksenate78 Baseband Member Messages 60 Mar 25, 2005 #6 the video card in my sig was the old one. im now trying a geforce 5200 256mb card
SHAWN Field Engineer Messages 4,695 Location Long Island, NY Mar 25, 2005 #7 maybe the video card is defective. The old card works fine?
OP OP D darksenate78 Baseband Member Messages 60 Mar 25, 2005 #8 no the old card died. i resat memory and now it works. now time to install windows lol thank you shawn
no the old card died. i resat memory and now it works. now time to install windows lol thank you shawn
OP OP D darksenate78 Baseband Member Messages 60 Mar 25, 2005 #10 last question before i do it the long way. i can just use an xp upgrade disk before puttin in say win98 right?
last question before i do it the long way. i can just use an xp upgrade disk before puttin in say win98 right?