Graphics card problem

So i got myself a shiney new graphics card delivered today, plugged it in, and found that nothing happened. It wont send a signal to the monitor at all.
Its fully compatible with the MOBO, i've juggled all the bios settings (which i had to do with my old video card in the machine) tried all the outputs on the card, tried 2 different monitors, and tried the card in 2 different machines with the same result.

I've tried everything i can think of, so i'm thinking that the card is faulty.

Just wanted to ask opinions here as its a damn hassle sending it back and whatnot, so does it sound like the card is faulty?

what kind of cards are involved?
What was the original card and what is the new one?
It would help us with ideas.

The fact that you tried it in 2 machines suggests that its faulty.

This sounds a lot like a problem i had, which i never solved. Let me know when you fix this.

-Dave

Hey, forgot about this thread! the card was faulty, but thanks anyway for the replies.
I was 99% sure it was a faulty card, but i took it to my friends internet cafe and tried it in one of his machines with the same results, which confimed it.
So sorry dave, unfortunatly i have no tips for fixing the problem you might be having.

The moral of the story seems like if you plug a new VGA card in and it doesnt work then it also doesnt work in another machine then its fault lol

here's the 4th dimentional question. did it arive faulty or did he zap it with static when he installed it?

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Originally Posted by synapz

The moral of the story seems like if you plug a new VGA card in and it doesnt work then it also doesnt work in another machine then its fault lol

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True, but its just such a hassle mailing things back and having a replacement mailed to you that i just wanted to make absolutly sure it was faulty and not something my end!

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Originally Posted by Cana-Balsitic

here's the 4th dimentional question. did it arive faulty or did he zap it with static when he installed it?

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What came first the chicken or the egg? :eek:

I remember reading a scientific report on that question. And the egg came first through generations of genetic mutation in eariler versions of the chicken XD

I had a similar problem with my new graphics card and it turned out to be a cable issue. I was using a "high performance cable" that turned out to be missing one pin (been a while so I don't remeber which one), once I replaced the cable, no more problems. This seems to happen mostly when connecting to the dvi port with a hd15 adapter, since it was working fine connected directly to my old cards hd15 connector. Also don't buy cheap monitor cables without the choke on each end or your image will look fuzzy or have lines through it.