- Jul 19, 2013
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Ok, so, I'm having a bit of an issue.
I recently purchased a new, dedicated GPU to upgrade my ancient PC. A PowerColor Go! Green Radeon HD 5450. The PC met all of the system requirements.
The PC is an eMachines T6522, that's had a few upgrades here and there over the course of it's life - extra RAM here, a Hard Drive there.
Current specs:
PSU: 450W
MOBO: MS-7093
2 GB RAM [1x 1GB, 2x 512MB]
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate on the 500GB drive[With Windows XP MCE on the other hard drive.][Win7 is the default OS.]
HDD: 1x 200GB, 1x 500GB
Onboard GPU: 128MB Radeon Xpress 200
Now, my issue is this: I went into Windows' device manager and disabled my onboard GPU, as was recommended in countless places. I then powered down the PC, unplugged the PSU, and installed the new card into the open PCIe slot.
Plugged the PSU back in, and powered the PC back on.
Nothing. Nothing at all. No sound, no video, nothing. So, I turned everything off, and disconnected the GPU from the motherboard. I then plugged the monitor into the onboard GPU, and attempted to boot.
Same problem.
In both instances, the monitor just stays black. I can't see anything - not even the boot screen [The one that shows the big eMachines "e" and lists the keys for getting into the boot manager and BIOS settings.]
The onboard worked perfectly before I disabled it [I was only upgrading so that I could use programs like Photoshop and Cinema 4D more effectively - there are features in the program(s) that the onboard GPU just can't do, like Photoshop's 3D tools, and C4D's renderer is painfully slow.]
I've used a similar card before on the old 'board - until that board stopped working [Not the card's fault] and the card got damaged in a move.
I'd really like some help in this situation, because I really want to use my PC again. I was hoping to try and use the onboard GPU, with the new card installed to see if that would get Windows to recognize the new card, but I can't do anything at the moment.
I recently purchased a new, dedicated GPU to upgrade my ancient PC. A PowerColor Go! Green Radeon HD 5450. The PC met all of the system requirements.
The PC is an eMachines T6522, that's had a few upgrades here and there over the course of it's life - extra RAM here, a Hard Drive there.
Current specs:
PSU: 450W
MOBO: MS-7093
2 GB RAM [1x 1GB, 2x 512MB]
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate on the 500GB drive[With Windows XP MCE on the other hard drive.][Win7 is the default OS.]
HDD: 1x 200GB, 1x 500GB
Onboard GPU: 128MB Radeon Xpress 200
Now, my issue is this: I went into Windows' device manager and disabled my onboard GPU, as was recommended in countless places. I then powered down the PC, unplugged the PSU, and installed the new card into the open PCIe slot.
Plugged the PSU back in, and powered the PC back on.
Nothing. Nothing at all. No sound, no video, nothing. So, I turned everything off, and disconnected the GPU from the motherboard. I then plugged the monitor into the onboard GPU, and attempted to boot.
Same problem.
In both instances, the monitor just stays black. I can't see anything - not even the boot screen [The one that shows the big eMachines "e" and lists the keys for getting into the boot manager and BIOS settings.]
The onboard worked perfectly before I disabled it [I was only upgrading so that I could use programs like Photoshop and Cinema 4D more effectively - there are features in the program(s) that the onboard GPU just can't do, like Photoshop's 3D tools, and C4D's renderer is painfully slow.]
I've used a similar card before on the old 'board - until that board stopped working [Not the card's fault] and the card got damaged in a move.
I'd really like some help in this situation, because I really want to use my PC again. I was hoping to try and use the onboard GPU, with the new card installed to see if that would get Windows to recognize the new card, but I can't do anything at the moment.
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