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Nvidia 7600 gs issue with ubuntu 7.10

Acriku

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Hey guys, I recently bought a cheap (80 bucks) nvidia card to replace my crappy ATI card. When I install the card onto the mobo and turn on the computer, the monitor is not getting any signal from the card. I've tried in DVI and VGA outputs, along with two other plug-in-play monitors. I'm back on the ATI so that I can search for any solutions. Any ideas?

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Hmm, try putting in the live cd and switch video cards. It is possible it is trying to use ati drivers when nvidia card is on (does not autodetect new video card when booting). This could be why nothing shows up.

Hopefully if you put the live cd in, then switch to nvidia, it will recognize proper drivers and screen will show up. This means it should work when proper drivers are in use.

Now if that works, I'm not sure how you will switch drivers in current ubuntu install, unless live cd can somehow see and edit your current filesystem, you could edit xorg.conf to switch to nvidia drivers. Or backup any important info/settings and format/install ubuntu again with new video card.

If 7.10 live cd does not recognize nvidia card, try the 8.04 alpha 4 cd.

I think the problem is that your ubuntu install has ati drivers, but you have nvidia card installed. So somehow need to get ubuntu to have nvidia drivers (running a live cd should confirm if it is just a driver issue, or for some weird reason nvidia card/mobo is not working).

Acriku

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Well, I've uninstalled any ATI drivers on my computer and am now on generic graphic drivers. I still get the problem with the nvidia card. A guy on another forum suggested the card may be bad. He says that because the computer doesn't even sound like it's booting up with the nvidia card ( no beeps or hard drive spinning ). As such, the livecd won't even kick in with the nvidia card installed. If nothing comes up by tomorrow, I'll be going to get a replacement card and hopefully it'll all work okay.

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