Wondering if graphics card is broken

Rivermar

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When I powered my computer on today my screen did display anything. I knew that my computer was fine because I could hear the windows boot up sound and keyboard and mouse would function. I normaly run two monitors but none of them would display. I unplugged one of my monitors and plugged in into the default vga port on my computer. Then I could at least view my computer on one screen. Right now the card fan is working. Although my computer is now running on my intel processor. Windows wont even recognize the card and I tried another program called HWiNO64. They both say that its not there. After that huge explanation, I'm just wondering if my card is broken.

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Graphics Card: AMD Raedon 6700 series
Processor: Intel Core i5-2320
Ram: DDR3 SDRAM 8gb
 
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Then your old card must have been an HD 6770 or 6790 and not a 6750 as I was thinking. All you said above was that it was a HD 6700 series card. But power-wise, you should be OK with any card that requires a single 6 pin connector.
or you could have uninstalled it from the device manager and rebooted. after start up windows may or may not have found it. then you might be able to reinstall drivers or go to windows updates........... when is the last time you went to windows updates?

your power supply might not be working properly..??
 

Rivermar

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I tried that two times before, but that didn't help.

 

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Sounds like the card failed, then. Can you try the PCIe x16 slot with a friend's gfx card for verification that it isn't MB related?
 

Rivermar

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I know I did not uninstall it from the device manager. Last night I powered it off then today I turned it on and I had the problem. Also I update windows every time there is a new update released.

 

Rivermar

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I would like to try that my only issue is I don't have a spare graphics card.
 

clutchc

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It will be compatible physically, but the new Maxwell architecture of the GTX 750 Ti may require a MB BIOS update before it recognizes the card. Your system is a fairly late manufacture, so you may not have that problem. But something to think about.

If your Dell PSU has a 6 pin PCIe power connection for a R7-265, you may want to try that instead to be safe. The R7-265 is at least as strong a card as the GTX 750 TI. In some games, stronger.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1127?vs=1130
 

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Then your old card must have been an HD 6770 or 6790 and not a 6750 as I was thinking. All you said above was that it was a HD 6700 series card. But power-wise, you should be OK with any card that requires a single 6 pin connector.
 
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