No Signal on monitor

[liveactioncow]

I've just replaced my graphics card with a new one of course like an ***** I didn't install the driver first so the monitor is giving me "no signal"; however, the following morning the monitor comes on with no problems. I install the driver and reboot my computer and get no signal again. What went wrong really need help on this ASAP.

 

[Blind Dragon]

what video card and what driver?

Go to control panel -> administrative tools -> Event viewer

Pull up last few warnings get Event ID's and sources -> go to www.eventid.net type in the event ID and source and it sometimes will tell you if its an incompatible driver and what version you need. I needed catalyst 7.6 to be compatible with my monitor on my last computer, I had 7.7 and it would not return from sleep mode.

In most cases I have seen it is almost always a compatibility issue between the drivers and your hardware, not always just your graphics card or chipset.

 

[liveactioncow]

Thanks for the advice I had to reseat the card until the PC picked it up then updated my drivers working fine now except for my printer but I really need to buy a new one so I'm not really concerned about that.
The card is a EVGA GeForce 7800 GS CO 256MB GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X video card

 

[Blind Dragon]

Did you install drivers for the printer. just look up the manufacturers website and make sure you have the right drivers for it

 

[liveactioncow]

I don't even think theres an available driver for that printer anymore it's ancient like I said I'm not concerned about it I plan on buying a new one worth worrying about if it works or not.