jwl812 0 Posted April 12, 2003 I am helping a friend install a new ATI Radeon 9500 Pro into his rather older PC - a 750mhz AMD Athlon. This PC has an MSI K7 Pro Motherboard and 512mb ram and a 2x AGP slot and a 300watt power supply. When the PC boots we can barely read any bios posts, and multicolored blocks are all over the screen. Once windows comes up though the screen looks fine. I am concerned about the screwed up looking boot. Sometimes when windows comes up we get an error saying "error - hal.dll needs to be reinstalled" or something like that. We have updated the bios but still the problem exists and we have reinstalled the hal.dll Is this video card too much for this system? Your opinions would be appreciated. Share this post Link to post
Newumbrella 0 Posted April 12, 2003 Did you try to update the BIOS? And also which windows are u using? Share this post Link to post
jwl812 0 Posted April 13, 2003 BIOS updated. Windows XP is the operating system. But this problem exists before the OS even comes into play. It really has me stumped. I am ordering a new mobo and processor. I think the video card is too much for this aging machine. Share this post Link to post
Champion_R 0 Posted April 13, 2003 I reckon u've jumped the gun. You should try the card in another machine and determine if the card is defective. Share this post Link to post
mpscomputers 0 Posted April 14, 2003 is your power supply 300watt? if not it proberly cant handle the card. they take up so much power these new graphics chips.. worth trying. Share this post Link to post
jwl812 0 Posted April 15, 2003 The power supply was suspect number 1, yes, but it must be generic. I can't find any markings on it at all. I have removed it from the case and there is no label on it. Heck for about $18 I should replace it and try that amyway. Share this post Link to post
jdulmage 0 Posted April 16, 2003 for $18 bucks, you are just delaying yourself by going from generic to generic. Spend the extra money and get an enermax or vantec Share this post Link to post
jwl812 0 Posted April 19, 2003 We returned the video card and got another one, everything is fine now. The video card was bad. It seems the Best Buy where we bought it has had a lot of the 9500s returned. We also bought a $65 400 watt power supply. All is well now, thanks for all your help and advice. Share this post Link to post
