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When I tried switching the cables on the monitors, they both stayed black...

They are 22 inch polaroid monitors. I don't know the exact models but they are different models for sure. I know that they can work properly with the equipment that I have because I bought this setup from a friend and they were working perfectly before we did a reset on the computer.

I have two polaroid monitors setup next to each other. The one using the VGA and its adapter is crisp while the hdmi and its adapter looks grainy. I had to resize the grainy one before because the screen was fitting incorrectly and now I notice it's grainy too. Any ideas?

Seriously, thank you so much for your time and help. I would've been lost without you. There is just one thing I want to be sure about with the PSU. Is there any way it will damage any hardware? The minimum power needed for the card is said to be 400W. I know this isn't a power hungry GPU, but I...

I got it working by enabling CMS. Now should I be worried about the low power supply? I would consider upgrading it but you mentioned that I wouldn't be able to use turbo mode. Is that important?

That's a lot of good info you just gave me. My friend showed me that the gpu was working before I bought the computer. This is very strange. I think I have already turned off fastboot but will try turning off secure boot. I'll get back to you when I try that. Thanks for all the help!

I checked the power supply and it said 280W. It looks like the stock power supply, so how will I know if a different one was inserted though because I'm only looking at the sticker that's there when opening the computer. Hopefully this isn't too confusing.

I looked up what the stock power supply would be and it looks like people online say it's 280W. How do I check my own? This very well could be the problem.

Sorry I took so long to get back to you. I disabled the onboard graphics and still the black screen. It makes me question my installation of the card. I did get it working on another computer though. Should I just contact support? I'm not the original owner, but I bought it from a good friend...

I do have the monitor plugged into the GTX 650. I take no offense lol. Do I have to uninstall the integrated graphics driver? I didn't have to on my older computer.

Yes, it's set on PEG but doesn't do anything when I turn on the computer with it installed. The screen stays black. If I unplug the card from the computer, everything works normally.

Okay so let me give you some more info. I searched for a place to upgrade the bio and the lenovo website said mine was up to date. I did not uninstall the onboard graphics driver so I will try that next. And in the bio, I can't find a place that says PCIE but one says PEG which I think is the...

I just got a stock Lenovo k410 and installed a gtx 650 gpu in it. I plugged in the vga cable through an adapter into the graphics card port and the monitor. The problem is, the computer screen won't turn on. It works fine when I plus the vga cable into the on-board graphics. The graphics card...

I can't download the drivers because the computer says that it can't find any nvidia hardware. Otherwise I would've done that.

The card is seated properly and everything for the card is plugged in. I can't install the drivers because the computer can't detect any Nvidia hardware and when I check device manager, it doesn't show up. My computer is a stock Lenovo Ideacentre k410. The only thing I've seen to fix this is...