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LeeUK
28-02-08, 16:18
Will this card be fine to use with this motherboad?

ATI Radeon X1050 128MB PCI-E (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+X1000+Series/ATI+Radeon+X1050+128MB+PCI-E+?productId=30082) #30082

Foxconn 945G7MA-8KS2H Intel 945G + ICH7 socket 775 Motherboard (http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/Foxconn+945G7MA-8KS2H+Intel+945G+%2B+ICH7+socket+775+Motherboard+? productId=30180) #30180

I'm not a gamer so always just used onboard graphics in the past but fancy getting a graphics card for the budget system I'm building.

Thanks for your input.
PeterStoba
28-02-08, 17:04
Yes
LeeUK
28-02-08, 17:32
Cheers!
LeeUK
05-03-08, 02:33
Well I got the above card from Aria, but whatever I do it will not work. The fan goes on it and thats it. Can't get any VGA output.

According to a Google search, this card (PowerColor X1050) is infact a AGP card but it does not say anywhere on the box that it's a PCI-E or AGP and the manual refers to it as "PCI-E or AGP".

Now I'm stuck with disabled onboard graphics and no graphics card.
Lynx
05-03-08, 06:55
Reset the cmos to get back the onboard GFX. What operating system are you running?
LeeUK
05-03-08, 13:16
I'm using Windows 2000
Lynx
05-03-08, 16:47
Does the board post or will it not boot at all?
LeeUK
05-03-08, 17:36
The PC boots, just got a long beep.
theBishopp
06-03-08, 17:23
It won't be the wrong connection, as AGP and PCI-e aren't interchangeable - the slots are in different places, so they shouldn't physically fit into the wrong one...

It could just be a duff card, unfortunately. Have you taken it out and rebooted to see if the onboard works fine again? (resetting the cmos obviously) :)
LeeUK
06-03-08, 17:40
It won't be the wrong connection, as AGP and PCI-e aren't interchangeable - the slots are in different places, so they shouldn't physically fit into the wrong one...

It could just be a duff card, unfortunately. Have you taken it out and rebooted to see if the onboard works fine again? (resetting the cmos obviously) :)


Got it working now, took it out, resetted the cmos and tried again. All up and running smoothly. :)

Thanks