NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 not detected

[kdthr78]

I have tried installing a new graphics card into my computer, the GT 640, but it is not detected what-so-ever by the computer (not under device manager). In Windows Index it has the old graphics card still as the default. My motherboard is an MS-7501 Medion and the power supply does supply enough power, 450W to the minimum 350W. Why won't it detect the card, is it compatibility issues?

 

[ModernWarfare]

have you tried uninstalling old graphics drivers? if didnt do it. once you uninstall old graphics driver you have to install the latest nvidia drivers from here------->http://www.geforce.com/drivers

 

[kdthr78]

I uninstalled the drivers to the old graphics card before taking the card out. Then put the new card in, attempted to download the drivers (from disc and online) but it can't because it can't find the hardware.

 

[ModernWarfare]

have you tried setting the video output in bios to pcie instead of pci?

 

[kdthr78]

I believed I tried at one point but couldn't find any obvious area to change this. Also the old card likely used PCIe as well so I wouldn't have thought that it would be the issue.

 

[ModernWarfare]

can you use nvidia control panel?

 

[kdthr78]

I have decided that the motherboard is too old, mainly because there is no BIOS update, so thanks for all the help but I think it won't matter due to the motherboard's age.

 

[ModernWarfare]

would you like me to pick you a better motherboard or do you just go to a local pc shop?

 

[kdthr78]

Nah thanks, I'll most likely research it in the future and stick with what I've got for now.

 

[ModernWarfare]

ok good luck. 😉