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    Compal FL90 and Radeon HD3650 problem

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by Jan4uk, May 4, 2010.

  1. Jan4uk

    Jan4uk Newbie

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    After changing my geforce 8600m gt to radeon hd3650 i've got black screen at start up, no bios post. Then i tried external monitor and it is working. What can be wrong with radeon card? Can some one help me? Thanks!
    Sorry for my english.
     
    Jan4uk, May 4, 2010
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  2. Daniel Hahn

    Daniel Hahn Notebook Evangelist

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    Try to reinstall the card again, check if the heatsink really fits. Which MR HD3650 you have exactly? More importantly: Did you check every cable connecting the motherboard and the display? There are 3 of them, maybe one is not really plugged in?
     
    Daniel Hahn, May 5, 2010
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    Thanks for reply. Checked again, but no video on laptop monitor. Only external display is working when i connecting it. When i am changing back to geforce 8600mgt everything is working perfect. But the problem is that my geforce is dying.
     
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    Jan4uk, May 5, 2010
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  5. Daniel Hahn

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    I use bios version 1.18 as well. The VBios seems to be correct as well. I'm not sure what it could be. Let me think about it.
     
    Daniel Hahn, May 6, 2010
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    hi,
    i have a similar problem, but i haven't video in external monitor, black screen in both, do you think if the heatsink doesn't fit can got a black screen???

    is it possible that the new hd 3650 from honk kong is broken??

    thx a lot
     
    ranzio, May 10, 2010
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    I have same problem with ATI 3650 in my compal fl90. Black screen, but external monitor works. I have to uninstall drivers, restart computer, install drivers again, and restart compal. Then i can unplug external monitor, because after all this things it's working (till next shutdown).

    BIOS shows 256 of my graphic card memory (but i have 3650 with DDR2 512!).

    Any ideas how to solve this problem?

    Thx,
    g-zs
     
    g-zs, May 17, 2010
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  8. Daniel Hahn

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    Sadly I cannot give you my vbios as it is for the GDDR3 version. Maybe someone with a working ATI 3650 DDR2 512MB can give you their vbios?
     
    Daniel Hahn, May 18, 2010
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    Any update on this? Makes me nervous. My 8600gt died yesterday and I'm getting ready to order an hd3650 from Hong Kong.
     
    chicken59, Jun 11, 2010
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  10. Daniel Hahn

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    Get the version with GDDR3 and you should be fine. It performs better anyway...
     
    Daniel Hahn, Jun 14, 2010
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    Sorry for hijacking this thread. HD3650 just came in. Would you recommend updating my bios to 1.18 before installing it? I think I have 1.09 right now.
     
    chicken59, Jun 30, 2010
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  12. Daniel Hahn

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    Should not be necessary but it cannot hurt to have the newest bios version, I think they fixed some minor issues.
     
    Daniel Hahn, Jul 5, 2010
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