well i made my first computer and i started out with XP on it and it was working great, so a few weeks later i put windows 7 on it and i now cant get my monitor, or my video card, or both (i dont know) to work.
i've got an ati radeon HD 5500 series graphics card
running windows 7 32 bit
and my monitor is a very old P.O.S. (suspected culprit)
what happened was i installed windows 7 and it said i needed to update my graphics card, so naturally i did, and when my computer told me to reboot to finish the installation i pressed ok. when the system turned back on i got the loading screen with the windows logo and the little loading thing at the bottom, then my monitor shuts off.
i've tried updating and downgrading my graphics card drivers and neither one of them do the trick.
on XP i was using version 7.4 of my graphics card but for windows 7 32 bit the earliest is 8.6
is my problem just that my monitors to old to work with my graphics card?
let me know if there's anything i can do to try and fix this.
(for anyone wondering what a P.O.S monitor is, its a joke. it stand for Piece of ****)
***edit: i just realized something...on my driver list it says ati radeon HD 5500, but i bought an ati radeon HD 5570, any thoughts on that? is it because im not fully updated?
i've got an ati radeon HD 5500 series graphics card
running windows 7 32 bit
and my monitor is a very old P.O.S. (suspected culprit)
what happened was i installed windows 7 and it said i needed to update my graphics card, so naturally i did, and when my computer told me to reboot to finish the installation i pressed ok. when the system turned back on i got the loading screen with the windows logo and the little loading thing at the bottom, then my monitor shuts off.
i've tried updating and downgrading my graphics card drivers and neither one of them do the trick.
on XP i was using version 7.4 of my graphics card but for windows 7 32 bit the earliest is 8.6
is my problem just that my monitors to old to work with my graphics card?
let me know if there's anything i can do to try and fix this.
(for anyone wondering what a P.O.S monitor is, its a joke. it stand for Piece of ****)
***edit: i just realized something...on my driver list it says ati radeon HD 5500, but i bought an ati radeon HD 5570, any thoughts on that? is it because im not fully updated?