GEFORCE GTX 750Ti graphics card on a Gateway 4860 Mobo

[cbholmes]

Hey everyone,

I recently bought a GTX 750ti graphics card for my computer, but when the computer boots up I'm only getting the bios for a minute, after which the screen goes black. Before I get the bios, I get three or four beeps, and after the screen goes black I hear them twice a minute or so.

My mobo is the default Gateway DX4860 motherboard, and my current graphics card is the stock Intel(R) HD Graphics card.

Thanks, specs are listed below.

Specs:
System
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Manufacturer Gateway
Model DX4860
Total amount of system memory 12.0 GB RAM
System type 64-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 4
Power Supply 525w

Storage
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Total size of hard disk(s) 1282 GB
Disk partition (C 379 GB Free (910 GB Total)
Disk partition (D 5 GB Free (74 GB Total)

Graphics
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Display adapter type Intel(R) HD Graphics
Total available graphics memory 1696 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 64 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 1632 MB
Display adapter driver version 10.18.10.3621
Primary monitor resolution 1920x1080
DirectX version DirectX 10

Network
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Network Adapter 802.11n Wireless LAN Card
Network Adapter VirtualBox Bridged Networking Driver Miniport
Network Adapter Hamachi Network Interface
Network Adapter VirtualBox Bridged Networking Driver Miniport
Network Adapter Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Network Adapter VirtualBox Bridged Networking Driver Miniport

 

[06yfz450ridr]

reseat the card? check the bios to make sure its set to use the pcie vs on die

 

[cbholmes]

I already tried resetting the bios and the card- I updated the bios through the Gateway website, and then I tried resetting it using both the pins and by removing the CMOS.
Prior to the Nvidia card, though not recently, I used an ATI Firegl 3300 graphics accelerator card on the same PCIe slot and got it to run perfectly, so I'm fairly sure the slot works and is set to use the PCIe.