I bought a Gefore gtx 750 and Installed it on my dell xps 8500 and now My monitor goes into power saving mode

[Jinx1337]

I just bought a new graphics card GTX 650 zotac and now when ever I boot up my comp on the monitor it says power saving mode, I tried to use another monitor same thing I tried re using my old graphics card radeon 7570 HD and that does not work please help me guys I really need to fix this. My computer is a dell xps 8500

 

[Caesar-rsa]

Okay, if you installed it yourself did you insert the PCI-E power connectors to the card? I think it uses one 6-pin PCI-E power connector:

and you can also try clearing the CMOS, do this by locating the battery on the motherboard and removing it (with power cable NOT plugged in) then hold down the power button for 15 seconds to drain power and then reinsert the battery and power up the PC, Good luck

 

[Jinx1337]

No the card does not require a power plug and okay ill try that

 

[Caesar-rsa]

Also if that doesnt work try booting up with only one RAM stick installed (if you have 2 or more)

 

[Jinx1337]

I tried to reset the cmos with the jumper way I couldnt remove my battery and still did not work, any more solutions please tell me

 

[Caesar-rsa]

Make sure the Graphics card is properly seated and try running the pc with one RAM stick, how powerfull is your PSU in terms of wattage? can you please also send a picture of the inside of the case?

 

[Jinx1337]

Okay I tried using the comp with my old gpu and it works now but my screen is stuck on data got reset press f1 etc and when I press f1 nothing happens and my psu is 460 and the card needs 400.

 

[Caesar-rsa]

Okay and what happens with the New card?

 

[Jinx1337]

Same thing power saving

 

[Jinx1337]

Can you at least help me get my comp running again I can probably re turn the card

 

[Jinx1337]

Got it working Ill try downloading the drivers and see if that makes the card work

 

[Caesar-rsa]

Okay, remove the card completely, plug in your monitor cable into the computer, most motherboards and CPUs come with integrated graphics so you can do ordinary stuff, but not play games. I. e run the pc without a graphics card.

 

[Jinx1337]

I did now what

 

[Caesar-rsa]

Also make sure to be earthed at all time or wear a anti static band, static electricity can damage your components if it's discharged to it. Also don't put the cards you removed on carpets or something that can build up static electricery.

 

[Caesar-rsa]

Does the pc start?

 

[Jinx1337]

I +
got everything working except my gefore card

 

[Caesar-rsa]

So the pc works fine as long as the GeForce card is not installed? Silly question but did you remove ALL of your previous AMD drivers?

 

[Jinx1337]

No all my drivers and everything is installed my old card works its just my gtx 750 that does not work now I think it might be defective the fan works though

 

[Caesar-rsa]

It might be DOA, Dead on arrival, but that's unlikely, before going for another attempt to install the ggeforce, remove ALL previous graphics drivers and when system boots up perfectly with VGA driver, then install new Nvidia drivers. Good luck Here is an article on how to install a Graphics card correctly:http://m.wikihow.com/Install-a-Graphics-Card

 

[Jinx1337]

I bought it from the store did not order it

 

[Caesar-rsa]

Yes, but they ordered it from a supplier and it needed to be shipped to the store, but never mind, I agree, rather take the card back and let them handle the rest, happy holidays and happy gaming