I'm upgrading an XPS 8500 from a GT 640 to a GTX 780. After installing it into the PCI-E slot, I power on and all the lights/fans turn on, except the monitor boots up to the Dell logo, and gets stuck there, then after a few minutes goes to a black screen (without the Dell logo). A little while after that, it'll flash the new GPU info on the screen for barely a second (too fast for me to read the whole thing), then goes black again. The whole time, about every 3 minutes(?) the tower emits a single beep.
I've checked that everything is seated properly, and when I reinstall the old GPU, it works fine. My checklist for things to try when I get home tonight includes:
Make sure monitor is set to vga, not dvi, update bios, uninstall old graphics drivers, reinstall new drivers, changing around the vga cables into the gpu (not sure if this would help), try a vga cable rather than a dvi with an adaptor, ram reseating... If you guys have any other suggestions/ideas, or suggestions on what order to try this in, let me know. I appreciate any help or suggestions anyone has. Thanks!
I've checked that everything is seated properly, and when I reinstall the old GPU, it works fine. My checklist for things to try when I get home tonight includes:
Make sure monitor is set to vga, not dvi, update bios, uninstall old graphics drivers, reinstall new drivers, changing around the vga cables into the gpu (not sure if this would help), try a vga cable rather than a dvi with an adaptor, ram reseating... If you guys have any other suggestions/ideas, or suggestions on what order to try this in, let me know. I appreciate any help or suggestions anyone has. Thanks!
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