Old graphics card stopped working. New graphics card just gets 3 beeps (tried everything)

[TheAntiEggroll]

Typed this up on my phone twice and the forum lost it attempting to log me in. I apologize if Im missing any details been at this for almost 4 hours and Im beat. I have a cheap gateway with an i5 2320 and aftermarket Corsair power supply. My old 460gtx stopped working so switched to onboard graphics and that worked fine with old graphics card still plugged in. I bought a 1050ti as an upgrade. Now when the new graphics card is plugged in I get 3 (1 long 2 short) beeps regardless of what I'm plugged in to. AWARD BIOS and those beeps mean "Indicates a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information"

Tried
Uninstalling old drivers
Disabling onboard graphics through windows (can't through bios afiak)
Resetting bios
Resetting CMOS
Can't choose to boot from pcie in bios afaik
Reseating graphics card and resetting computer multiple times in a row

Other things ive come across
I have no uefi option in my advanced boot settings so that might have something to do with it?
Can't mess with legacy settings in bios afaik
I read some cheap mother boards don't allow you to power gfx cards through them which this one is where my old one got its power from the psu
The fans do turn on when I boot the PC
Im using windows 10 64 bit currently
Possible my PCIE slot is bad? (Only one available)

Anything else just ask and thanks

 

[jaslion]

Typed this up on my phone twice and the forum lost it attempting to log me in. I apologize if Im missing any details been at this for almost 4 hours and Im beat. I have a cheap gateway with an i5 2320 and aftermarket Corsair power supply. My old 460gtx stopped working so switched to onboard graphics and that worked fine with old graphics card still plugged in. I bought a 1050ti as an upgrade. Now when the new graphics card is plugged in I get 3 (1 long 2 short) beeps regardless of what I'm plugged in to. AWARD BIOS and those beeps mean "Indicates a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information"

Tried
Uninstalling old drivers
Disabling onboard graphics through windows (can't through bios afiak)
Resetting bios
Resetting CMOS
Can't choose to boot from pcie in bios afaik
Reseating graphics card and resetting computer multiple times in a row

Other things ive come across
I have no uefi option in my advanced boot settings so that might have something to do with it?
Can't mess with legacy settings in bios afaik
I read some cheap mother boards don't allow you to power gfx cards through them which this one is where my old one got its power from the psu
The fans do turn on when I boot the PC
Im using windows 10 64 bit currently
Possible my PCIE slot is bad? (Only one available)

Anything else just ask and thanks

The 1000 series can only work if your motherboard has uefi. Your gateway sadly seems to not have this therefore it can't work with the gtx 1050ti. Best you can do is look at some used older cards.

 

[TheAntiEggroll]

I just went into system information and under bios mode it DOES say uefi so I'm good right? I'm sorry I'm starting to get above my pay grade

 

[TheAntiEggroll]

https://m.ebay.ca/itm/Acer-M1939-IPI...%257Ciid%253A1

Acer M1939 IPISB-VR Gateway DX4860 Motherboard LGA 1155/Socket Intel H67 DDR3

I'm not home but I believe thats my mother board if that helps

 

[jaslion]

https://m.ebay.ca/itm/Acer-M1939-IPI...%257Ciid%253A1

Acer M1939 IPISB-VR Gateway DX4860 Motherboard LGA 1155/Socket Intel H67 DDR3

I'm not home but I believe thats my mother board if that helps

You need to set it to uefi mode to make it work.

 

[TheAntiEggroll]

I need to do it from bios not the boot menu right? Need to look up how to do it for my specific one

 

[TheAntiEggroll]

Lastly. From what I'm being told I do need to reinstall Windows to boot from uefi is that correct?

 

[TheAntiEggroll]

So like I said in my previous post I'm already booting from uefi from what I can tell

 

[jaslion]

I need to do it from bios not the boot menu right? Need to look up how to do it for my specific one

No it's an option in the bois that turns it from legacy bios into a uefi (bios). No need to reinstall anything.

 

[TheAntiEggroll]

In my bios under first boot device it says uefi:windows boot manager. Didnt mean to down vote your answer btw

 

[TheAntiEggroll]

So I'm now positive my bios is uefi not legacy so I either got a bad card or my pcie is bad

I also read some cheap mother boards won't let you use a graphics card that draws power directly from it vs being plugged in to the psu which this one is and the old one wasn't

 

[jaslion]

So I'm now positive my bios is uefi not legacy so I either got a bad card or my pcie is bad

I also read some cheap mother boards won't let you use a graphics card that draws power directly from it vs being plugged in to the psu which this one is and the old one wasn't

The pci-e specification requires it to be able to deliver 75w otherwise it does not meet spec and cannot be classified as a pci-e slot. So ti should deliver it's 75w. Maybe try returning the card since everything seems right on your end or ask someon to test it for you.

 

[TheAntiEggroll]

I'm going to call msi customer support Tuesday on my day off to make sure it's the card not my pcie slot being bad. I'm half hoping it's the slot so I have an excuse to spend more money and build a new computer