Trouble installing a GTX 750 TI SC

Sissonis

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I recently purchased an EVGA GTX 750 TI SC (for $140 including taxes, thank the consumerism gods) to upgrade my ancient gpu, an MSI r6450. I did a ton of research and was led to the card from an article on this site about the 750 ti being great for computers with 300w psu, its low power power usage and what not. I don't really have the budget to get a decent graphics card and a new power supply, so I went with this one.

I installed the new one, but when I powered it up, I got a normal post beep, but several seconds later it had not left the screen with the ACER logo and proceeded to boot. Instead, I heard another beep much lower in tone and nothing happens. If I leave the computer for a few minutes, this repeats a few times then goes to a black screen with the little white text indicator I guess you'd call it at the top left corner, after which nothing happens.

I'm wondering if I need to return the card because of this, or if there's something I'm missing. I realized after I put my old gpu in to post this that I never uninstalled the old drivers. Would that cause this issue?

My computer is an Acer Aspire AM3420-UR20p, although its standard wireless card and graphics card have been replaced, due to being unstable computer crashing garbage. My psu meets the minimum requirements. As far as I can tell, the motherboard should be able to handle it. The card doesn't need an auxillary cable, so...I just don't know what's wrong.
 

George Mulligan

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Reset your CMOS (check your manual, there should be a jumper to do this).

Does your motherboard have onboard graphics? If so, will it boot with the GPU completely removed?

What is your PSU model? 300W is quite low, and some PSUs are lower quality and won't supply the needed power.
 

Sissonis

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I'll figure out how to reset the CMOS. It does have integrated graphics, but no hdmi port without the video card, so I wouldn't be able to connect it to my monitor (well television).

The PSU model number is FSP300-60THA, and it would not surprise me if it doesn't perform as advertised since buying this PC was an object lesson in researching the actual parts and not just thinking I know how to tell the good from the bad. They all looked pretty decent on paper, but in reality were pretty bad.
 

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Well that's great. Typed up a reply with more info and it never posted. This site kills my phone.

Anyway, you're probably right. I don't have the budget for a power supply though. Especially when the whole reason I bought this specific card was that it didn't need extra power or a 6 pin pcie connector. Them's the breaks I guess.

Onto a brand new issue, I reset the cmos setting the bios to default settings like some guides recommended. Couldn't even find the jumpers or get the battery out. But yeah, after I did that the wifi stopped working, the graphics card that works seems to have some performance issues now (things that were 60 fps are now 30), and all my system restore points are gone. Did I spectacularly mess things up or was that supposed to happen? At this point, I'm about ready to chuck the machine out the window except for the ram and the hard drive and just start over it has given me so much trouble over the years.

Never again pre-built. Never again. Though I didn't know enough to build a computer 3 years ago to be honest. Learned most of the stuff I know just trying to keep this one running.