so I installed my new graphics card today and I have issues please help
 

I installed it and after I put it in everythign was fine.. then I loaded the cdrom it came with to load all the drivers and then it asked me to restart my computer and it showed the startying XP screen then it goes to power save mode? it;s a radeon 9200.. any ideas

download the most current drivers from their site bro

I would but when it's in the new graphics card it shuts my monitor off on start up

Did you uninstall the old drivers?

Sounds like perhaps its trying to do a resolution or refresh that it cannot support, you need to hit F8 before XP boots, go into safe mode and correct the drivers.

Helpful hint #1:

before you install a new video card change your driver in windows to Standard VGA, that way no matter what card you're running it'll always work.

BMF

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ive got a radeon 9200

im using the older drivers because the new catalysts dont work too well with the older cards (damn you ati :feels-hot )

anyways i dont remember how it went when i installed it, but yuo sure its not testing your screen resolution? some cards do thats when you restart the computer, your screen will go blank for about 10 seconds....


or does your screen just go blank right off the bat....?

I think I got it .... I had to uninstall my other settings first

whoooo hooo back to 1152x864 finnally

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