Installing a GeFORCE FX 5500 OC
 

My friend got a new card, and gave his old one to me so I could use it.

I took out my old GeForce MX, uninstalled the drivers for it. The computer then switched to my integrated graphics card, I then disabled that.

I start the installation now, it's done and all, the computer has restarted. All the system messages seem to point to that my 5500 card is working now. So I turn off the computer, switch my monitor outlet from the main motherboard, to the graphics card. Now when I boot up the computer, it makes that "beep" sound, but then my monitor doesn't turn on, it usually does right after that sound, so I don't know what the problem is now.

It could have to do with the overclocking, I suppose. (Unless "OC" means something else here...)
The integrated graphics card should be disabled in the BIOS if it can be.
Also, check to see that any additional molex (power) connectors are plugged into the end of the card if it has them. (I'm not sure if the 5500 did...)

Why did you switch to your integrated graphics card? It's unncessary because your new video card should work and display stuff on screen when you first turn the computer on.

The molex connector shouldn't be a problem if there is one because the 3D core would not be powered, but would work enough to show stuff and get into Windows.

Did you uninstall anything else in the process? RAM or any PCI cards? Is the graphics card seated in the slot tightly?

A good number of graphics cards I've seen (especially nVidia cards) with additional power connectors won't even allow the system to boot if the power is not connected, so I think his situation still might be that, assuming the card has the appropriate molex connector.

Don't all motherboards automatically disable the onboard video chip if a card's inserted in the AGP slot? I don't even think that it's electrically possible for a system to run 2 AGP devices at once. which is, of course, the biggest reason why nVidia and ATI have been pushing PCI-E so hard, but I digress.

Of course, if the card is a PCI one, then that doesn't really apply. You'll have to set the system's primary display adapter (or something similar) to PCI through the BIOS menus.

There's also the possibility of a compatibility issue with the GFX card. A friend of mine had that problem, because his motherboard was quite old, and couldn't support the AGP speed of the card (MOBO = 2x - Card = 4x/8x).

Could be the problem, but I'm not sure.

A bunch of them don't disable the onboard automatically. And that would be my first guess as to the problem. And you are right, most of them (there were a few exeptions) can't run the onboard and the AGP at the same time, and would them bork if you hadn't disabled the onboard.

Well, it goes into the PCI slot, not AGP. The card I previously uninstalled went into my AGP slot. Also, the 5500 does not have any places to shove any cables in for power, so I think you just shove it in there.

Go into your bios and set PCI as the primary display adapter (not AGP) if you can.

Woo hoo! Thanks! That worked, problem solved :)





Ok, I have a new problem now. For some reason, whenever I play games, sometimes the sound would suddenly stop. I'm not even able to exit the game, I have to ALT+TAB it. Now after doing that, all other sounds have stopped on my computer.......... odd, seeing as how my videocard isn't really related to the sound.... or is it?

Try changing either your sound card or your GFX card to another PCI slot to see if it helps.

My soundcard is the integrated thingy on the motherboard, so I can't really switch it =/.

Then change the GFX card to another slot.

1)Try another slot

2) Check your integrated audio settings in the bios.

3) Make sure you have the latest Direct X, graphics drivers, sound drivers, and chipset drivers installed.

4) Go into hardware/device manager and make sure there are no conflicts regarding your soundcard which causes it to stop working.