GPU is Recognized and Gets Power but Nothing Displayed

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I recently acquired a used computer. It has an Intel i7 2600 in it and 16 gigs of DDR3. The graphics card that was in it was a Quadro 600. I got the computer up and running and was playing games on it but I desided to upgrade the GPU. I got an EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 ti. I tried to install the driver for the new GPU but it wouldn't let me because I didn't have it in yet. I took out the old GPU and put in the new. When I started up the computer, however, there was nothing displayed. The graphics card's fan was running, the screen recognized it as a source, but it wasn't displaying anything. The screen was on but black.

Now the troubleshooting began. I tried to start up the PC while having the screen plugged into the motherboard but it gave me a message that there was a graphics card inserted and that I needed to restart the PC with the screen plugged into that. I knew that didn't work before so I tried uninstalling the driver to the old Quadro 600. When trying to start up plugged into the 1050 it still did the same thing as before. Now I took out the 1050 and just started it up through the motherboard. I disabled the Intel graphics then and restarted back in the 1050. Still the same blank display.

What should I do? I know the GPU is getting power because the fan runs. I know it is recognized because of the message it gives me when I try to start up plugged into the motherboard. Is there a way for me to start up with the card inserted but through the motherboard so I can install the driver? Is there something I am missing? Please help!

Thanks a ton!

EDIT: Should I just let it sit with the blank screen because it might be installing drivers in the background? Just a thought.
 
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Darkbreeze
If it didn't work in three different computers that all support PCI 2.0/3.0 cards, then the card has failed. I don't know any other answer than that.
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What is the model number, EXACT model, of your power supply? It will be located on the PSU specifications decal somewhere on the PSU.

What you can try is, unplugging power from the PSU or the wall, removing the motherboard CMOS battery for five minutes. During that five minutes press the power button for 30 seconds. After five minutes, put the CMOS battery back in the motherboard, plug power back into the PSU and power on to see if it will boot. Sometimes the hard reset will force the system to reconfigure the hardware tables and BIOS configuration which is pretty successful in some cases. Worth trying anytime new hardware acts unwilling to play ball.

Are you getting a POST screen and just no display after it starts loading Windows, or no display whatsoever?
 
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What is the model number, EXACT model, of your power supply? It will be located on the PSU specifications decal somewhere on the PSU.

What you can try is, unplugging power from the PSU or the wall, removing the motherboard CMOS battery for five minutes. During that five minutes press the power button for 30 seconds. After five minutes, put the CMOS battery back in the motherboard, plug power back into the PSU and power on to see if it will boot. Sometimes the hard reset will force the system to reconfigure the hardware tables and BIOS configuration which is pretty successful in some cases. Worth trying anytime new hardware acts unwilling to play ball.

Are you getting a POST screen and just no display after it starts loading Windows, or no display whatsoever?
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As of right now I am not home and wouldn't be for several hours so I cannot check the number. When I started up though, I didn't get any sort of POST screen or anything. It was just always blank. It actually took a bit for the screen to "turn on."
 
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Technically, that unit should have sufficient capacity for that graphics card, but I'll be honest when I say those Dell, HP, Lenovo and other OEM systems typically come with pretty crappy power supplies. Occasionally the better systems will surprisingly come with a decent OEM style unit made by Delta but those are few and far between and even then they are generally not intended for use with the rigors of gaming cards.

Did you get this 1050 ti new, or used? Have you tried it, or can you try it, in another system to verify it's actually working?

System DOES work with the Quadro card installed, yes?
 
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Did you get this 1050 ti new, or used? Have you tried it, or can you try it, in another system to verify it's actually working?

System DOES work with the Quadro card installed, yes?
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I got it used. I have not tried it in a different system. I know where I can but it might be a little. And yes, the system works fine with the Quadro in.
 
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I would definitely test it in another system, with a different power supply if possible. I have a bad feeling the card you bought is bad, and this has become pretty common in the age of mostly POST-mining craze selloffs. Cards are sold used because they are either no longer needed after running them 24/7 for mining or because there were no good cards available for the last year at reasonable prices so people bought lower tiered cards like the 1050, 1050 ti and 1060 and then overclocked and rode them to death trying to get higher performance out of them.
 
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It's not possible to make a legacy board into a UEFI board. No.

What you CAN do however is make sure you have the MOST recent motherboard bios version installed. There are plenty of 1000 series cards running on legacy boards. It doesn't mean they ALL work together though. Only if the legacy bios has support for the UEFI card.
 
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