i recently purchased a plug N play radeon X1300 PCI-E card.  i got it and installed it in my computer and nothing happens.  the computer does not recognize the card.  the fan on the video card is running but its not showing up under display devices.  me and a friend did some trouble shooting and no luck so he said the card was DOA.  today when i came home from school i had a message on the computer showing found new hardware VGA controller and installed the drivers and it recognized the X1300 but still no display was coming out of it.  i restarted the computer and it went right back to like it was before, not recognizing that the card is there.  on start up it looks like it trys to USE it but it can, the PC light blinks about 3 times and then it just SWITCHES back to onboard graphics.  anybody got any ideas?It can't switch to onboard graphics unless that is where the monitor is hooked up.
Are you sure the monitor is hooked up to the card not the onboard connection ? ?

To make sure the card is the problem swap it into a KNOWN working machine...if it does the same thing it needs replaced.Hello. Well first of all, when switching from on board video, there are a few things to do first.

Take out your new card and uninstall it's drivers.

Once that is done, uninstall the on-board video drivers.

Shut down your computer, and put in your new video card.

Now, go into the BIOS settings and disable your on-board video. (that was the main problem in the first place)

Now that your on-board video is DISABLED in your BIOS, your computer should see and recognize
your new video card.

After windows boots, install your new video cards drivers and reboot.

Doing it this way should work, if not, let me know what it's doing/not doing right. Quote from: Obsolesce on October 03, 2007, 02:18:44 PM

Hello. Well first of all, when switching from on board video, there are a few things to do first.

Take out your new card and uninstall it's drivers.

Once that is done, uninstall the on-board video drivers.

Shut down your computer, and put in your new video card.

Now, go into the BIOS settings and disable your on-board video. (that was the main problem in the first place)

Now that your on-board video is disabled in your BIOS, your computer should see and recognize
your new video card.

After windows boots, install your new video cards drivers and reboot.

Doing it this way should work, if not, let me know what it's doing/not doing right.