[00juggalo]

Got my hands on some new to me hardware. Anyway I have a A760G M2+ board, running Vista Ultimate, 500 PSU and I just tried installing a Geforce 6600 GT OC.

This is my first PCIe board and is there anything I have to set in the bios? or should the system recognize the card as others in the past have done?

 

[dai]

power supply

brand
model

the lowest we recommend for pcie is 80+ quality 550w

these days it should switch over to the card when you put it in and install the drivers

from starting in low resolution mode from the F8 menu and disable a/virus

when installed reboot and all should be fine providing there is enough power to run it

Power Supply Information and Selection - Tech Support Forum

 

[00juggalo]

I'm at work right now, but I'll check this out later. But would this also explain why the fan on the video card doesn't even come on?

 

[dai]

possibly

 

[00juggalo]

PSU is a Coolmax CU-500b

 

[dai]

coolmax are low quality not a recommended brand

make sure the video card is seated

 

[00juggalo]

cards been seated properly every time. and would be first time i've had a problem with this PSU. been running them for as longas I can remember with fully loaded cases.

 

[Tyree]

Do you have or can you borrow a good quality 550W minimum PSU to try?

 

[00juggalo]

no spare power supply. or pcie cards or I would have tried them before I posted asking if there was any settings i had to make changes too

 

[dai]

you can check pcie is set to first in the bios