Recent content by kscon4

Thanks junkeymonkey for all your help. I'd like to build a new computer sometime next year, so this whole thing has been a pretty good learning experience, even if I can't get the video card to work. Thanks again.

I found a post from somebody that upgrade their d5000t with a evga gtx 285 from way back in the day without any problems, so I'm hoping this computer can be upgraded, but you do bring up a good point. I keep wondering though if it's the power supply, especially with the case fans running so much...

It was an option from HP, I bought it through their website. Would the brand make any difference? I got a 9500GS in it right now and I'm not sure what brand it is, from what I can tell I'm not even sure if you could buy it on its own and that it only came on prebuilt computers. I'm using my...

I'm pretty sure the video card should be compatible, the reason I picked the 9800gt was because it was an option for a video card when I ordered the computer. But I wasn't aware companies can lock up their bios to prevent upgrades, but I guess it makes sense on their part. I didn't spend too...

It's made by Delta Electronics, model no. DPS-460DB-1 A. And I do have the latest drivers from nvidia. It uses the same drivers from my previous graphics card, a Geforce 9500 GS. I tried uninstalling all the drivers and putting in the new graphics card, and reinstalling it with the drivers, but...

I recently bought a used EVGA 9800GT graphics card for my computer, it's a HP d5000t I got back in 2008. Here's the specs: motherboard: Asus IPIBL-TX processor: Core 2 Quad Q9300 RAM: 4x2gb PSU: 460 watts Windows 8.1 When I hook up the graphics card, two things happen. I get several vertical...