ATI radeon 9250 graphic card doesn't work

mine still doesnt work

vreg:

Just to make sure, did you dwnload and install this chipset driver from the MSI website? VIA4in1_v5.00.zip.
If yes then go to Device Manager/Display adapters. Double click on it. Drivers tab/uninstall. Close window.
Now Right click on the Display adaptor in the Device Manager and uninstall.
Reboot computer and let windows find the card and install default drivers.
Now open the self install driver package from ATI for this card and run it.
This should work if not, there's something wrong with your mobo.

Good luck

hi
yeah i did 'remove' the old g/c driver. i had some problems about installing teh VIA 1in4 thingy i posted replys about it above

ill try installing teh VIA thing again

ok i installed the VIA thing but i didnt have a display adaptor shown on the device manager therefore i couldnt delete it.
when i rebboted teh comp windows didnt do anything
but i put the software i got with the g/c and i got the same error message.

would not having drivers for the mobo cause this?

The VIA 4in1 is the mobo driver updates that you needed to install, so that's done. Good.
But not having a Display adaptor in Device Manager is not good. You must have on-board video with this mobo turn on!.

Turn off computer and install the ATI gfx card. Turn on PC and go into your BIOS and turn off integrated graphics. Make sure your AGP is set to X8 in BIOS and Fast Writes is off. Save and allow to boot. Windows should find card now.

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3DMark is a video stress test. It measures the performance of your video card and your overall system. Did you turn off your on baord video in BIOS?

Hi vreg,

Does this post help?

http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.aspx?catid=31&threadid=68661&enterthread=y

hi,
i dont know what bios is so i probably havent turned BIOS off.

Press DEL on start up to enter BIOS menu. Look for on-board video and set to disable. ALSO look for PCI/AGP video and set for AGP. Save and exit BIOS menu. The computer will now reboot and Windows should find new hardware, allow Windows to install a default driver. Then run the ATI driver install program you downloaded.

vreg,

Be very careful when in the BIOS - just do EXACTLY what kirock says there - no more then that.

hi, thanks for replys
i did what u said kirock but i couldnt find the words 'onboard video' and i wasnt sure which one i was to disable so i didnt risk it could you be any more specific? i read the manual and wasnt much help at all

First make sure your 9250 is installed, but plug your monitor into the onbaord video connector.

Things to look for in the BIOS menu:

On-Chip VGA: Enables onboard video,. Set to disable.

Onboard VGA Memory Size or VGA Shared Memory Size: In computer equipped with onboard video and using UMA architecture (Unified Memory Architecture) the motherboard chipset uses part of the RAM Memory as video memory. sonetimes you set this to 0 to disable onboard video.

Primary Video: The option might be here, just set this to AGP. This will by default disable your onboard video.

Now save and exit. When the computer starts to reboot, turn it off. Connect your monitor to the 9250 video card. Reboot PC as normal. Allow Windows ti find new hardware and install a default driver. Now open the driver software and install the ATI drivers you downloaded.

Cheers,

hi,
ok im a ***** when it comes to computers am i plugging the monitir into the graphic card or into the the socket that goes into the motherboard?

Before you turn off onbaord video in your BIOS, the monitor must be plug-in the mobo video connector. After you complete the above BIOS steps and turn off the computer, then you plug the monitor in the 9250 video card and restart your computer.

Cheers,

hi,
yeah i took the g/c out abd plugged the monitor into the mothboard socket.
im still having a few problems i couldnt find the on chip VGA but i did find VIA on chip IPE device and VIA on chip PCI device are these it?

i couldnt find the UMA thing but i did find VGA share memory is this it?

and i couldnt find primary video at all

Ok, turn off computer and reinstall the 9250 video card. Now restart and enter your BIOS again. Set VGA share memory to 0 and save and exit. Now turn off computer and connect the monitor to the Video card and reboot computer as normal. Let Windows find the card and install drivers.
EDit PS DO NOT TOUCH the VIA on chip IDE and PCI settings!!!!

hi kirock im glad ur hereto help!
i cant install the graphic card and plug the monitor to the motherboard socket i dont get ahnything on the screen.