[Telric]

Today, I bought:

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0311653

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0310468

I installed them on to my computer, disabled my integrated video card, and tried to boot up, but the monitor would not receive a signal. It just stayed black.

I'm currently running:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...41&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3384293&lang=en

Everything's the same except for some added RAM.

What should I do or what did I overlook that's preventing the card from working?

 

[ebackhus]

Re: What am I doing wrong?

That power suply won't cut it.

 

[Telric]

Re: What am I doing wrong?

That power suply won't cut it.

How many watts should I go for? And would a lack of enough power stop it from getting a picture?

Link to the power supply seemed to be broken.

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0311653

 

[Tyree]

Re: What am I doing wrong?

A good quality (Seasonic or Corsair) 500W PSU would be good.
Remove the new graphics card. Boot the PC and uninstall the Onboard Graphics drivers-Shut down and boot into the Bios-set your Graphics to PCI-E-Save & Exit.
Shut down the PC-install the new GPU-boot the PC-Install the GPU drivers.

 

[emosun]

Re: What am I doing wrong?

Yea the power supply was what you did wrong , definitely change it to a decent one. As for the no video problem you probably just need to change the video output to pci-e in the bios.

 

[Telric]

Re: What am I doing wrong?

Yea the power supply was what you did wrong , definitely change it to a decent one. As for the no video problem you probably just need to change the video output to pci-e in the bios.

How do I do that?

 

[Telric]

Re: What am I doing wrong?

Nevermind, I got it to work. Thank you all for the great help and I'll be getting a better PSU tomorrow.

 

[dai]

http://www.techsupportforum.com/f210/power-supply-information-and-selection-192217.html