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Compaq Evo and Radeon 8500 driver issue

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by smilee279 2 views

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I've got a system here that is a box compaq evo d500. We installed a Radeon 8500 vid card in it, and it won't accept the drivers. It blue screens when logging into windows. The OS is WinXP. It gives us the option to go into safe mode, but when we do that, it loads the standard vga drivers. No matter what we do, the sytem just won't accept the drivers--any ideas?

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by smilee279

I've got the correct drivers, and all the system board drivers are updated, bios is updated, everything is current--yet I still am unable to use the correct drivers--it either reboots and tries to go into safe mode, or defaults to the standard vga driver.

by masterplots01

Check the specs of your machines power supply and also what is needed to run the vid card. Some vid cards require at least a 300 watt power supply. If this is the problem, you can get a new power supply for around $50 or less.

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