Video black with 7600gs card installed
I have the Syntax sv266m motherboard. i have 1.5gb ram and a 600w power supply w a athlon xp2000 cpu. i put in a geforce 7600gs WITH the power pluged into it and get the black screen. Machine and card fan is running, just black screen. agp video option is on as well to display agp video 1st. card is good just must be incompatible i guess. what is the fastest most mb agp card i can use with this board if no one knows how to get this one working?
Computers & Internet - Syntax - SV266M Motherboard
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Hi bandit11,
First how did you get a PCI-Express X16 like the 7600 onto a AGP 4X port?? Two different animals. To answer your qustion, no that Card will not work on that Board. You can spend your money if you want to on some of the higher speed video cards but, to be turthful, I wouldn't. The CPU and memory will limit any of the newer cards that will fit that board today. But, if you really want to keep that board, then I might suggest to look for a $40-50 Radeon 9700 pro or 9800 pro. Anything more than that is a waste of your money.
Bottom line a lower end AGP cardwon't give you any more card performance then high end AGP card if you must upgrade, go used and cheap...nothing fancy.
Best of Luck
Mark
Hey Dude,
It would of been nice if you would of mentioned it was a PVT73KUAL3. If you care for FREE help, I'd be a little more descriptive in your questions. In regards to your problem have you updated your boards bios. Your putting that type of card, (which by the way the board is not supported according to nVidia) But, on a board that should work, unless your drivers for the board or power supply isn't up to speed. Which with a 600w PSU you shouldn't have any problem. Also I don't know if you have the driver that nVidia put on in 2006 that allows it to work with XP, Vista. You can get it HERE.
And I still stick to my original advice that regardless of what you put on that board, it's not going to preform as you want.
Later,
Mark