20 Most Recent ASUS GeForce 8500GT Graphic Card Questions & Answers

Hello

Download in this site for the driver of your graphic card http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us just choose what operating system that you have.

This is because your computer is overheating and is shutting down to prevent the heat from damaging the components, refer to my tip on Comuter Overheating here http://www.fixya.com/support/r6789964-pc_overheating
In this tip I outline the problem as well as various solutions.

*Its model was 8500T you can download it here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

*Make sure you select this option on the drop down menu list

Product Type: GeForce
Product Series: GeForce 8 Series (Since it is 8500GT)
Operatin System: Depends on your OS
LanGuaGe: Depends on you
Then click on search

*click on Download to Download the lastest driver :)

Thanks

It's possible that the driver file that you installed from, was corrupt or didn''t install all the files properly.

Restart the computer and keep pressing the F8 function key till you get the Windows boot menu. You'd get an option saying "Safe Mode with Networking". Press the arrow keys to highlight it and then press the Enter key.

Now uninstall the driver that you installed. You can do this from the Device Manager. Click Start and in the Run box, type devmgmt.msc and then press the Enter key. In Device Manager, double-click Video Controllers, and then right click the listed ASUS driver and click Uninstall.

Now, you can search and download the driver from a different website or you can use this easy method to install the video driver:

Use this driver scanning tool, which scans your computer for the needed drivers. It has an option to automatically retrieve them for you.

You can download this free tool from here or directly from this link

After you have downloaded the above file, double-click on it and follow the simple steps to install it. Then, when it asks if you want to run it, just answer yes. This is easier than manually searching, downloading and installing the drivers.

For Windows XP Driver Files and How-to Resources, visit XP Drivers

Hope that helps,
Regards,
Raspal

go to driverguide.com Or softpedia.com

1. Turn your computer off.
2. Disconnect the AC power-cord.
3. Remove the side-panel that is *NOT* closest to the keyboard/mouse connectors.
4. Unscrew the spine of the "old" video-card, and remove it.
5. Measure the distance between the "spine" of the video-card and the first of the gold-pins on the connector on the video-card.
6. Compare this distance with the "empty" slots on the motherboard,
to find a match.
7. Insert the new video-card, pushing until it is firmly seated.
If it does not seat, the video-card that you purchased is *NOT* compatible with the slot on the motherboard. Stop, and re-insert the old video-card, and re-assess the situation.

Make sure the card is seated all the way in the slot. And the slot is clean, also check the power plug if it has one.

You did the correct order of things. There is a diagnostic file that comes with directx that might help you. Go into WIndows Explorer and find windows\system323\dxdiag.exe. Just click on it and see if will help you. Let me know how things turn out.

Download Drivers Here is a link to download Nvidia drivers

There should be a model number on the board somewhere. A search of the model number would be better. You may have to remove a fan to see the chipset, then go to the Asus website and look up the video cards that use the same chipset. Graphics Cards ASUS

Yes

Did you try to play games for a long time, with the stock cooler. i'm amazed about all the gammer which are still using stockcooling and the teperature stays warm for 5 hours. And if i say they need to watercool it, just like you cpu and memory, because high temps degrease 1. the lifespan of your gear ( especially mb with cheap capacitors) enemoursly, but they overclock the graphiccard at the same time , while the effectivity decreases , caused by too warm components, they want also higher ratings from the card by overclocking. That's why i never by second hand cards or mb's or cpu's. Does the card still work; if not, does it smell burning? and did it broke, while gaming?????

What operating system are you running on the PC? Do you have the appropriatre drivers? Have you loaded them?

Check very well that the connection of the connectors is right: push the videocard lightly onto the motherboard, with a little wriggling. Maybe remove and clean connectors with alcohol and then reput it in. Also check the powerline connector very well. if this is of no help, I am afraid it is broken.

Hi , I suggest to check for any thermal issues including condition of the video card fan / heat sinks ie dust , If supported you can run a LINUX disk like Ubuntu in live / try mode If video works ok , then most likely a Windows environment incl hardware conflict or virus / driver corruption issue , but if not then most likely a video card hardware issue like bad card cooling fan or excessive dust - thermal shedding issue or card bios/chipset fault If a likely software issue then uninstall and then reinstall the video card Consult ASUS or Nvidia support The procedure is something like this Onboard video support ? yes uninstall the video card driver and any video vendor configuration applets Uninstall video card in device manager if still present. Shut down and remove mains power cable remove the hardware video card , (using anti static electricity procedures) Attach onboard video to display Power up and enter and configure BIOS setup if required, ie 1st seek onboard video Bootup to Windows Install the onboard video device using Windows plug&play default driver executed during booting Restart Confirm working ok Update the chipset driver (inf) if applicable, restart Shutdown Reinstall the hardware video card Attach to display Reconfig BIOS setup if required Start to install default driver Install video driver / update from card default using a known good driver whose setup file has been previously downloaded restart and test Hope this helps

When you say "gpu wont work" what do you mean? What does it do or not do? Thanks

Try the ASUS website for the driver. If that is what you are looking for. (It even tells you in the information you provided.)

Follow this link and click on the "Graphic Drivers" buttonhttp://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us