I am trying to install a graphics card in my sons computer. It is a Dell 660. The specs on the Dell are:
Intel® Core™ i5-3330 (3.0GHz, 6MB Cache)
8GB Memory (DDR3, 1600MHz)
1TB Hard Drive (7200RPM)
DVD+/-RW Drive
USB 3.0 and 8-in-1 Media Card Reader (HSSD, SD, MMC, MS, MS-PRO, xD, MMC Plus, SDHC)
Wireless-N
Windows® 8
However, this is the second card. I thought the first card I got did not work so I sent it back. But the second is replicating the exact symptoms.
The monitor I have is also a Dell and it has both VGA and DVI connectors available. When using the DVI on the new graphic card to the monitor it is as if the cable is not connected. Because I see the Dell self check diagnostics, that is only visible when no cables are connected Where if I use the VGA to the onboard graphics connector I never see that diagnostics menu.
Anyway, how can I get this new graphics card to work in a Dell 660? Dell is telling me that the computer does not support anything other than their cards that they sell on their website. Can this really be true? Or hopefully there is a workaround to get another type of graphics card to work.
Or are Dells built so that only the cards they sell work on their systems? Please tell me this is not the case and that I can get this new card to work on a Dell 660.
This newest card I have by MSI and it is a GTX 760.
It was posted over at another thread here for the Dell 660 here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2010279/dell-inspiron-660-graphics-card-pick-psu-fit-mintower-hep.html#12841454
Intel® Core™ i5-3330 (3.0GHz, 6MB Cache)
8GB Memory (DDR3, 1600MHz)
1TB Hard Drive (7200RPM)
DVD+/-RW Drive
USB 3.0 and 8-in-1 Media Card Reader (HSSD, SD, MMC, MS, MS-PRO, xD, MMC Plus, SDHC)
Wireless-N
Windows® 8
However, this is the second card. I thought the first card I got did not work so I sent it back. But the second is replicating the exact symptoms.
The monitor I have is also a Dell and it has both VGA and DVI connectors available. When using the DVI on the new graphic card to the monitor it is as if the cable is not connected. Because I see the Dell self check diagnostics, that is only visible when no cables are connected Where if I use the VGA to the onboard graphics connector I never see that diagnostics menu.
Anyway, how can I get this new graphics card to work in a Dell 660? Dell is telling me that the computer does not support anything other than their cards that they sell on their website. Can this really be true? Or hopefully there is a workaround to get another type of graphics card to work.
Or are Dells built so that only the cards they sell work on their systems? Please tell me this is not the case and that I can get this new card to work on a Dell 660.
This newest card I have by MSI and it is a GTX 760.
It was posted over at another thread here for the Dell 660 here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2010279/dell-inspiron-660-graphics-card-pick-psu-fit-mintower-hep.html#12841454