Help needed!!!

Shirohebi · Oct 6, 2013

I have a friend who has an old DG33 MoBo and he just bought an AMD HD 7850 2Gb graphics card. Ok, but when he tried to use it on his PCIe port, his display doesn't turn on sometimes, and when it does, it just freezes when the BIOS screen appears. We've tried the graphics card in other PCs and it's working just fine so...what's the problem there, any ideas? Here're there specs:

Intel DG33 MoBo, 4 GB Ram DDR2 800 MHz, CPU Core2Quad 6600, 500watts, 30 amps power supply, Windows 7 64 bits.

Corgi · Oct 6, 2013

We're not friends. Therefore, I am stupid.

Sorry, can't help.

The Big Boss · Oct 6, 2013

Loser said:
We're not friends. Therefore, I am stupid.

Sorry, can't help.

i thought you were a loser

dbzdivik · Oct 6, 2013

On what other specification did you tried to use graphic card ?

kunde · Oct 6, 2013

What are the specs of your frnds PC?
is his RAM also DDR2?

Shirohebi · Oct 7, 2013

Loser said:
We're not friends. Therefore, I am stupid.

Sorry, can't help.

Well...you said it yourself! And don't you worry: i wasn't really expecting any help coming from you so you didn't let me down at all.

dbzdivik said:
On what other specification did you tried to use graphic card ?

The other Pcs were socket 1155 mostly...and a 775 one so i think that's not the problem. The card is an HIS IceQ so it might be a compatibility issue, i've heard those cards can do that sometimes...dunno.

kunde said:
What are the specs of your frnds PC?
is his RAM also DDR2?

My friend's PC uses DDR 2 800 MHz, but i've also tried it in DDR3 from 1333 to 2400 MHz and other DDR2 so...meh...

the big boss said:
i thought you were a loser

He is, big boss. And you're truly the smartest guy in here, word.

SASUKEuchihaITACHI · Oct 7, 2013

before goin for a video card upgrade....
the first thing 2 check is the compatibility....

&

PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
500W (or greater) power supply with one 75W 6-pin PCI Express power connector recommended[SUP]7 [/SUP]so for AMD HD 7850

so, I'm sure that this DG33 has certified pos,
& rest of all ur spec. seems good,
also a x86- 64 bit of ur O.S. is a perfect match 4 the card & the architecture itself
but HIS IceQ sucks out unnecessary power in case of non-std mobo comp.
& it won't b the issue 4 DG33 I guess
& if it's right &good 2go,
update your friends mother board B.I.O.S. after checking the current bios ver.
U said its an old mobo...
so, if u have bought a new grap. adap...
the prob. might b with the bios itself...

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