GTX 780m on my Alienware M17x R2

oxDEEJAYxo

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I bought a new Nvidia GTX780M graphic card from upgradeyourlaptop on Ebay I have received the graphic card yesterday and I have installed it exactly as instructed by them on their Ebay selling page and place all the the thermal pads as they instructed in the pictures, when I first started the laptop it stared normally the Alienware logo then the boot screen then windows is starting but after that a white screen appeared and it kept like that for a long time so i had to restart my laptop, then nothing showed on the screen and after a long time there is a beeb sound, now I don't know what to do I rechecked the installation process but still nothing showing on the screen I installed all the drivers that I should using safe mode but still, Please Help Me

system specs:Alienware M17X R2
Nvidia GTX780M (New graphic card)
BIOS A10
its not equipped with 3D panel
ATI Radeon HD5870 (previous graphic card)
CPU Intel core i7 820QM
Ac adapter 240Watt
 
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The beeping could be your computer failing it's POST (Power on Self-Test.) It means there is an issue with something in the computer (probably the new graphics chip, since laptops don't have cards.) In my opinion, you should have sent it to Dell for upgrades, not eBay for potential fakes.

4slime

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The beeping could be your computer failing it's POST (Power on Self-Test.) It means there is an issue with something in the computer (probably the new graphics chip, since laptops don't have cards.) In my opinion, you should have sent it to Dell for upgrades, not eBay for potential fakes.
 
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