Swapping to nvidia card

[needhelp104583]

My pc has 2 cards an nvidia card and an intel built in card. I cannot get my pc to swap back to my nvidia card for some stupid reason, it only ever starts up on the built in card and doesn’t activate the nvidia card, therefore i cannot access the nvidia control panel to swap cards. I’ve tried turning my pc on and off repetitively as that has worked in the past.... but everytime i start it up it swaps back to the bad card and takes multiple hours to swap to the good one... if anyone could suggest a method that would cut this time down i would be very grateful

 

[volkgren]

Boot to bios and ensure pcie is set to default graphics. Next, be sure to connect your monitor to the Nvidia card not your motherboard.

 

[captaincharisma]

when installing the card did you remember to connect the power cable to the card as well. also like was mentioned make sure you are plugging the monitor into the right port.

 

[needhelp104583]

when installing the card did you remember to connect the power cable to the card as well. also like was mentioned make sure you are plugging the monitor into the right port.

Yes it is plugged into the card, i don’t get signal though for 99% of the time on that card though, the pc just doesn’t turn the card on

 

[needhelp104583]

Boot to bios and ensure pcie is set to default graphics. Next, be sure to connect your monitor to the Nvidia card not your motherboard.

The pc is an alienware x51 it is prebuilt, it plugs into the card and i don’t get signal on it 99% of the time the other card i get signal on.. what does the bios and pcie thing mean though, i’m newer with computers