Need HELP, AGP video card not recognized

[GeezerMan]

Hello guys. I got my new ti4600 today, yeah it's ancient, but it was new in the box for 80.00, and works for the 3 games I play. Anyway, I had a ti4200 in there that used to work, until it died. I put the card in, checked the bios, bios has 2 options for video: (1)PCI or (2) AGP/Onboard. I figure AGP is right. It does have an onboard video as well. All I get is nothing out of the card. I put the card in my old computer, and it works. I changed the bios to PCI, and nothing as well. Under hardware manager, it does not show the card. Anybody have any ideas? I'm hoping the motherboard is not failing on me. The fan is working on the video card. The onbaord video is still working, Thanks

Athlon XP 2400
Compaq s3200NX computer with integrated graphics and sound

 

[Tomahawk513]

uninstall your drivers for your onboard video. worked for me, I had the same problem

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Tomahawk513
uninstall your drivers for your onboard video. worked for me, I had the same problem

As dumb as it may seem at first glance ("What do drivers have to do with BIOS detection?") this has worked for me on several Intel motherboards.

- M4H

 

[GeezerMan]

I can't remember how to delete the drivers. Sorry. Is it done in the registry?

 

[cuti7399]

try google driver cleaner pro

 

[GeezerMan]

This really ticks me off. I tried everything, deleted the drivers, disabled the onboard device, deleted the onboard device, changed the bios to PCI, changed it to AGP/Onboard. restarted 50 times. Told it to scan for new hardware. Nothing. I guess I'm taking it in to get worked on. Is it possible that the moherboard has a bad AGP slot? I don't see any mention of AGP under device manager.

 

[cuti7399]

have you tried to reinstall the agp driver?

 

[GeezerMan]

AGP driver...hmmmm. did not know I had one.....how is that done?

 

[GeezerMan]

Ok, I got the AGP drivers updated, updated the motherboard Bios thru the Microstar web page. I think I updated every driver known to man...and still, nothing. I'm thinking motherboard problems. The way they charge to work on PCs, I might just get a motherboard, I bet I can get a motherboard for the same minimum charge they assess just to look at it

 

[LTC8K6]

You could look for a jumper on the mobo to disable the onboard vid.

You could also try clearing the CMOS before you put the ti4600 in.

 

[GeezerMan]

I'll try clearing the CMOS. There is no need to change the jumpers, the motherboard is supposed to automatically recognize the card. It did before on my old video card. I really think it's the motherboard Thanks for all the suggestions.