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    7900gs , incompatible video controller?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by air87UK, Jun 14, 2007.

  1. air87UK

    air87UK Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just bought a 7900gs for my inspiron 9400 but when i installed it, i also get some green boxes and vertical lines on the green. When i ran some diagnostics, it reported that i had a incompatible video controller.

    This is the card -
    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-Nvidia-Go-7900-GS-Dell-9400-E1705-M1710-7900GS_W0QQitemZ280124449461QQihZ018QQcategoryZ31569QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

    I had a 7800go before, i did abit of research and thought this card is compatible with my system but it is reporting that is isn't.
    I have got the most up to date bios (A08) for this system.

    Anyone had this problem before?
     
    air87UK, Jun 14, 2007
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    inspiron9400 Newbie

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    Hello, I have a similar problem. I have an inspiron 9400 that I bought as faulty. It showed a screen full of characters that look like the spade symbol on a pack of playing cards. During a diagnostic check it failed when checking the video card and reported the fault as " incompatible vido controller ".

    I decided that I would buy a new ATI x1400 128MB direct replacement for the faulty card and fitted it.

    I installed a fresh copy of windows media centre 2005 and all was well. It rebooted many times with no issues and I thought all was well. This is the wierd bit.....

    The next day I booted the laptop and the screen stayed blank. I tried to enter the bios at post but could not. Again I entered the diagnostic checks and it reported the same fault as before.

    Has anyone got any idea what is happening here?
     
    inspiron9400, Jun 15, 2007
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