Lenovo M58 (7360) Graphics Card installation issues

[hezza51]

Hey there, I'm trying to install a 1GB Palit GF210 graphics card into my M58 I've converted into a media centre (running Windows 10 at the moment)

The card powers up as the fan is running but isn't being recognised and when it's installed I just get no signal to my TV (even from onboard graphics through VGA)

Removing the VGA signal works again so I'm at a loss to figure out what else to do, I've got the latest BIOS installed and just want a graphics card for the HDMI port so any help to solve this or advice on what other cards would work out of the box would be great

Thanks for reading

 

[Petrossa]

Perhaps you need to check in the system's BIOS as to which video card it is trying to initialise first, although, in truth, usually it is an automatic setting. It might be that the system is initialising the onboard graphics first.
Other than that, there is no reason at all why that card will not work in that system, unless the card itself is faulty. Have you tested it in another system to be sure?

 

[hezza51]

Thanks for your response

Tried the card in my gaming PC and boots up fine so card definitely not faulty

I've tried changing the Video in BIOS to PEG and then to Automatic without success (the same no signal issue)

The PCI-E slot itself looks fine as well, the PSU in the M58 is only 280w but others have 210's working fine

Just wondering if it's worth going back to an older BIOS and trying that (going to try removing CMOS battery/reset as well)

Very frustrating !!

 

[Petrossa]

No kidding, I sympathise!
Clearly that system of yours is not happy with that card.
280W is a little on the low side but for that system it should fine, even with that card installed.
Only other thing that I can suggest is trying another card in that system. Yes, makes more work, I know, especially if you need to temporarily hook up a beefier PSU.

 

[hezza51]

Okay so removed the CMOS battery and powered down capacitors, etc all with no luck so in frustration decided to test out a Radeon R7 250 2GB card that a friend had just upgraded their system from

After resetting BIOS again had the no signal issue again and was beginning to think maybe PCI-E slot itself is fault then just as I was about to power down and connect up to the onboard VGA again the Thinkcentre splash page appeared and after a quick trip to BIOS Windows loaded up, installed the AMD driver and utils so now up and running with a card that's better than the one I was trying to install anyway so feeling happy right now

 

[Petrossa]

Glad to hear you came right.