Installing Zotac nvidia GEForce GT 730 into Studio XPS 8000

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Trying to install the Zotac nvidia GeForce GT 730 card and I was able to install the card and install the drivers, but when I rebooted it was as though there was no video card installed, or it had no power, the monitor went into Power Save mode. I reinstalled the old card (ATI Radeon 4500) and all was well again. There doesn't appear to be a power wire available in the case for the card itself, and the ATI card just gets power from the board. Any ideas?

Windows 7 Ultimate
8GB RAM
2TB HD
Intel Core i5, dual core 2.6
 
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Darkbreeze
The GT 730 doesn't need an additional power cable, it's supplied through the board. The problem may be that your PSU doesn't have the necessary capacity and the older ATI card is likely to have a much lower draw. What is the model number of your motherboard and power supply?

You may need to install the new card, reset the BIOS by jumpering the CMOS clear jumper pins on the motherboard (With the power cable to the PSU unplugged) for 30 seconds, return the jumper pins to the original position and then reboot to see if it recognizes the card now. You motherboard may have a PCIex16 version 1.0 slot and might not recognize the newer card, although they are usually backwards compatible.
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The GT 730 doesn't need an additional power cable, it's supplied through the board. The problem may be that your PSU doesn't have the necessary capacity and the older ATI card is likely to have a much lower draw. What is the model number of your motherboard and power supply?

You may need to install the new card, reset the BIOS by jumpering the CMOS clear jumper pins on the motherboard (With the power cable to the PSU unplugged) for 30 seconds, return the jumper pins to the original position and then reboot to see if it recognizes the card now. You motherboard may have a PCIex16 version 1.0 slot and might not recognize the newer card, although they are usually backwards compatible.
 
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Even simpler than the suggestion by Darkbreeze, was unistalling all video drivers for both cards, and starting fresh. Worked like a charm. The different drivers were stepping all over each other.
 
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Okay, then something else was going on that when I uninstalled all video drivers it cleared it up. If you can come up with a reason that it would have worked then I'm all ears.
 
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Simmer down, son. No video after windows begins it's boot process and drivers begin to load is an ENTIRELY different matter than a system that has NO display from the moment you power on, aside from the message on the screen saying "no signal", meaning there isn't even a GPU detection and therefore no loading of drivers could be possible. Windows can't begin to boot if no graphics adapter of any kind is detected, since it will fail POST. There are NO windows drivers AT ALL that get loaded when you boot into the bios. It's pure hardware support from the bios or uefi firmware. Your situation was different. Drivers have nothing whatsoever to do with a failure to post. So calm your jumpy attitude.
 
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