ati graphics card not found.....

[stwoods]

I have an ATI radeon x1950 hd graphics card , I sold it to my neighbor , worked great then out of no where two weeks later it would not recognize it . I have no clue what he did , but then I tried it in my tower and it was not picked up by my windows 7, I tried it in a separate tower I have downstairs , worked fine. Overall ? is ....1). Is my card going bad(it is only 1 year old and never pushed hard for graphics-other than guitar hero 3)? 2). Is it a matter of power as I only was capable of one molex connection as opposed to the two on the pci-e card? Any help would be appreciated as I would like to be able to use it soon/does anyone know if this will be good enough of a card for modern warfare 2? Thanks all and if I am mis posting this thread , just let me know this is the first time I have actually posted on a forum .

[RandyL]

The only part of your thread I can comment on is that ATI does not officially support this card for Windows 7 although you can download legacy drivers for Vista from them that may or may not work on Windows 7.

 

What are all of the system specs on all of the computers you tried it on?

 

Nice quote by Jefferson by the way.

[stwoods]

Intel celeron D CPU 3.33GHz 3.33GHz

1.50GB RAM 32 bit os windows 7 ultimate

Realtek 7.1 surround dvd burner (PowerSpec)

 

The one downstairs was a compaq as well as the one that my friend has(now his was the one that worked fine for a couple weeks...) He too had windows 7 ultimate...The pc downstairs had xp pro sp3 , They both had 512mb and I believe 1.9GHz amd? i believe,not sure though

[Jelly Bean]

ATI Catalyst? Legacy Display Driver

 

 

We need either make and model of mainboards or make and models of computers please.

[stwoods]

Haven't seen my friend yet today , but my powerspec is a v100

[Jelly Bean]

Any more info on the make and model babe?

[stwoods]

Field Value

Computer

Computer Type ACPI x86-based PC

Operating System Windows 7 Ultimate Media Center Edition

OS Service Pack -

DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)

Computer Name ADMIN-PC

User Name Admin

 

Motherboard

CPU Type Intel Celeron D, 3333 MHz

Motherboard Name ECS 945G-M3 (2 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 2 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Video, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)

Motherboard Chipset Intel Lakeport i945G

System Memory 1527 MB

BIOS Type Award (12/19/06)

Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)

Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

 

Display

Video Adapter Intel® 82945G Express Chipset Family (256 MB)

Monitor HP VS17 [17" LCD] (CND6490GG4)

 

Multimedia

Audio Adapter High Definition Audio Controller [NoDB]

 

Storage

IDE Controller Intel® 82801G (ICH7 Family) Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 27DF

SCSI/RAID Controller ABRSQLAF IDE Controller

SCSI/RAID Controller Intel® ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller

Disk Drive ST3120022A ATA Device (120 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)

Optical Drive TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S202N ATA Device

Optical Drive XYR HEZ01UV SCSI CdRom Device

SMART Hard Disks Status Unknown

 

Partitions

C: (NTFS) 109999 MB (38081 MB free)

D: (NTFS) 4463 MB (3716 MB free)

Total Size 111.8 GB (40.8 GB free)

 

Input

Keyboard HID Keyboard Device

Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse

 

Network

Network Adapter Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC (76.188.14.242)

 

Peripherals

Printer Fax

Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer

USB1 Controller Intel® 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C8 [NoDB]

USB1 Controller Intel® 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C9 [NoDB]

USB1 Controller Intel® 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CA [NoDB]

USB1 Controller Intel® 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CB [NoDB]

USB2 Controller Intel® 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 27CC [NoDB]

USB Device USB Input Device

 

 

 

Let me know if I need more info for you,

 

 

Field Value

Motherboard Properties

Motherboard ID 12/19/2006-945G-ICH7-6A79HE1BC-00

Motherboard Name ECS 945G-M3

 

Motherboard Physical Info

CPU Sockets/Slots 1 Socket 775

Expansion Slots 2 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16

RAM Slots 2 DDR2 DIMM

Integrated Devices Audio, Video, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394

Form Factor Micro ATX

Motherboard Size 240 mm x 240 mm

Motherboard Chipset i945G

 

Motherboard Manufacturer

Company Name Elitegroup Computer Systems

Product Information http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Products/ProductList.aspx?CategoryID=1&MenuID=16&LanID=0

BIOS Download http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Downloads/Category_Download.aspx?Categoryid=1

 

 

 

Also it is a PowerSpec v100 I have a samsung litescribe dvd-multirecorder in it and the ATI card.....Now I will note that the card was in this PC for a year solid on xp and vista.....I have windows 7 now and like I said it installed on my the compaq for windows 7, then disappeared , clueless now as I don't usually get to into graphics......TY

[maynardvdm]

Is it a matter of power as I only was capable of one molex connection as opposed to the two on the pci-e card

 

There is normally two molex connectors going into a splitter and then to the graphics card.

 

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh257/maynardvdm/graphicspowersplitter.jpg

[Tootech]

Is it a matter of power as I only was capable of one molex connection as opposed to the two on the pci-e card?

 

Is this true for all of the PC's you have tried the card in?

 

Also, exactly which model is the card, inc manufacturer - I had one about a year ago and it only had one additional power connector. I've Googled the card and all the ones I have found have the one additional power connector, not two.

 

Thanks.

[stwoods]

ati raedon x1950 pro (crossfire) 256mb , I do have the 6pin to dual molex connecter, I just have one free molex from psu. I have ran that for the longest time with the card. I know it worked on windows 7 , and it worked on vista and xp when I had them. It just wont recognize it in my pci-e 16, I checked a nvidia card in it a couple weeks ago and it was picked up by the win 7 update. So I know it is not the pci slot being dead, leaves me to conclude that the card may be dead and if so is there anyway to know? for sure? test? or that windows 7 just isn't correctly working with this ati card in question..... as of know I would prefer to install if possible in the powerspec pc stated in above posts...ty