the old vid card works this is in a dell optiplex system i cant see how the card would be bad since it is brand new any help is apprieciated... . i bought this so i could play the newer games
2007-05-05 10:34:00 · 6 answers · asked by ministock94 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Your power supply can not cope up w/ the requirements of the FX5500. It consumes about 50watts. Your MX400 consumes less than 20watts. Upgrade to a power supply that has at least 50W HIGHER rating than your existing unit. A bigger one would run cooler and give you more elbow room for future upgrades.
2007-05-05 12:05:03 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The FX5500 is a particularly bad NVidia card, so I wouldn't recommend it for newer games. However, you need to be a bit more informative: does your computer boot at all after installing this card? It may not be properly secured to the motherboard.
2007-05-05 10:41:52 · answer #2 · answered by claviola 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may have to go to the system bios when you start up the computer it should tell you on the screen "F2" or "Del" every system is different. There should be a place in the bios to turn off the on-board video and use an add on card
2007-05-05 10:39:49 · answer #3 · answered by JMR 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your old computer (motherboard) probably doesn't support the new (8x AGP) graphics card.
The old graphics card is an 4X AGP, with different voltage requirements. It's a wonder you haven't fried the new card or your motherboard.
Check your motherboard specs.
2007-05-05 10:42:39 · answer #4 · answered by ELfaGeek 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check out your driver software. Is it installed correctly. Do you have the correct version for the Operating System you are using?
2007-05-05 10:39:45 · answer #5 · answered by John W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did you make sure that you version of PCI was good enough for your new card?...or maybe you bought an 8x AGP for a 2x slot....
flash your bios to the newest version, then try reinstalling your new card...
or research the maximum potential of your motherboard, then buy components...
2007-05-05 10:40:07 · answer #6 · answered by T G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋