will a radeon r7 370 work in a dell inspiron 620 mt?

[Butters5000]

hi, recently got a radeon r7 370, after installing it in dell inspiron 620mt, my computer won't boot up, any help would be great, thanks

i5 2320
550w psu

 

[Butters5000]

nope, says it's up to date

 

[tiny voices]

Hmm I don't know then. I would replace the PSU and see if that helps.

 

[Butters5000]

ah, was hoping to find a work around, but thanks for help, will take a week or so to order new psu, lol, took 2 weeks just for the card

 

[tiny voices]

Hopefully that helps!

 

[Butters5000]

since it's hard to explain things i did find this manual for my comp

http://downloads.dell.com/Manuals/Common/inspiron-620s_service%20manual_en-us.pdf skip to page 32 and it will show what bios says for the computer

 

[tiny voices]

Your PS is not the 620 slim right? yours is the standard tower?

 

[Butters5000]

MT, but those settings are same as the ones i see in bios

 

[tiny voices]

Page 32 is not the BIOS.

 

[Butters5000]

ah, dunno but the things they list are the things i see when i press f2, but i just put the card in and tried it again, didn't work, but when i left the 6 pin pci power unplugged the computer booted with intel graphics, so could it be that the psu is crap?

 

[tiny voices]

Why did you boot it without the 6-pin? How did the intel graphics work? You should only have the monitor connected to the GPU, not the motherboard.

 

[Butters5000]

ah, when it booted up the screen was black so i plugged in the intel graphics because the pc started nomal, and i didn't use the 6 pin because i was trying to see if maybe the power going to it wasn't working right.

 

[tiny voices]

Don;t boot the PSU with power cables not plugged in. Never does anything but possibly hurt things.

I would replace that PSU.

 

[Butters5000]

the psu or the gpu or both in general, sorry, still new to upgrading to stuff that isn't just basic for a computer, like ram and stuff, so didn't know it would do anything to have the gpu in and not have the power cable connected.

 

[tiny voices]

The PSU should be replaced no matter what as it is not good quality.

I would start there.

 

[Butters5000]

k, thanks for the help

 

[Butters5000]

how does this one sound? http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SN6VN7W?psc=1

or should i just go for a name name brand.

 

[Butters5000]

okay, i got a new power supply and still the card won't work, still has same effect as before.

 

[tiny voices]

That Sentey PSU is completely trash. I hope that is not what you bought. YOu should be able to tell that a 750w unit that costs only $40 is going to be utter crap.

 

[Butters5000]

yeah didn't get that one, went with SeaSonic S12II 520 Bronze 520W

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151094

 

[tiny voices]

Good, that is a great PSU. So that is not the issue.

 

[Butters5000]

installed the psu and graphics at same time, and still wouldn't boot, just turned everything on in the box, hard drives just spun, fans on, dvd drive made noise, but no usb stuff like mouse and keyboard turned on, just didn't do anything again, but works fine with old card again.

 

[Butters5000]

this is my motherboard if that helps any http://www.findlaptopdriver.com/mainboard-dell-0gdg8y-specs-38317201215/

 

[Kisianik]

What is your GPU model? If it is not Sapphire, can you return it still? I am suspecting that your card runs with UEFI and your Inspiron runs on Legacy BIOS.

 

[Butters5000]

it's xfx r7 370, i should still be able to return it.

 

[Kisianik]

Those should work
SAPPHIRE Radeon R7 370 100386OCL 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5
or this
SAPPHIRE NITRO Radeon R7 370 100386NT4GOCL 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5

Those cards have DUAL BIOS explained here http://www.sapphiretech.com/productdetial.asp?pid=16D0F59E-F6D6-4DAA-B505-D9CB1AE63A41&lang=eng scroll down until you see