I bought a new pc from costco for my wife the other day. I replaced the 300w power supply with a 500w one. Then I tried to add an old GTX 650ti. With the video card installed, nothing would show up on any monitor regardless of which video outputs I tried. The computer is an Acer Aspire (ATC-705-UC52) Is there something I'm missing in regards to adding a video card? Like is there any chance the board doesn't support PCIe 2.0 even???
trying to upgrade my wife's graphics
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Dom_79
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Make sure the BIOS is up to date.
With the 650 ti removed, you should be able to boot into Windows. From there change the window update from "auto" to "notify me of available updates" or however they phrase it <- this is so that you can now un-install the Intel HD drivers (the onboard GPU) without windows automatically re-downloading it.
Now that your Motherboard BIOS is up to date and you have un-installed the Intel HD drivers, install the GTX 650 ti (make sure the PCIE power plugs are properly connected) and you should be able to get into windows on the "standard VGA" drivers (will look kind of like safe mode). Now install the latest NVidia drivers for the GTX 650 ti and enjoy
With the 650 ti removed, you should be able to boot into Windows. From there change the window update from "auto" to "notify me of available updates" or however they phrase it <- this is so that you can now un-install the Intel HD drivers (the onboard GPU) without windows automatically re-downloading it.
Now that your Motherboard BIOS is up to date and you have un-installed the Intel HD drivers, install the GTX 650 ti (make sure the PCIE power plugs are properly connected) and you should be able to get into windows on the "standard VGA" drivers (will look kind of like safe mode). Now install the latest NVidia drivers for the GTX 650 ti and enjoy
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Is the monitor receiving adequate power?
Is the graphics card receiving the required power from the PSU?
You also said that it was an old Graphics Card, are you sure that it isn't damaged at all? If all else fails and you don't require the graphics card for gaming or heavy use, you could also get a cheap $50 graphics card from your local computer shop.
Is the graphics card receiving the required power from the PSU?
You also said that it was an old Graphics Card, are you sure that it isn't damaged at all? If all else fails and you don't require the graphics card for gaming or heavy use, you could also get a cheap $50 graphics card from your local computer shop.
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Many newer systems have secure boot enabled. If the video card does not have a uefi ready firmware/bios you may need to go into the bios(with the onboard or old video card) and disable secure boot and enable compatibility mode.
Another option is to get a firmware update for the video card to support these features(not all cards can get this feature.).
Another option is to get a firmware update for the video card to support these features(not all cards can get this feature.).
I tried disabling secure boot (although I saw no options for compatibility mode) and tried installing the card again with the same results as before. No active monitor output from either the card or the onboard...
I'm pretty sure this card has no firmware option available to me.
Dom_79 :
Make sure the BIOS is up to date.
With the 650 ti removed, you should be able to boot into Windows. From there change the window update from "auto" to "notify me of available updates" or however they phrase it <- this is so that you can now un-install the Intel HD drivers (the onboard GPU) without windows automatically re-downloading it.
Now that your Motherboard BIOS is up to date and you have un-installed the Intel HD drivers, install the GTX 650 ti (make sure the PCIE power plugs are properly connected) and you should be able to get into windows on the "standard VGA" drivers (will look kind of like safe mode). Now install the latest NVidia drivers for the GTX 650 ti and enjoy
With the 650 ti removed, you should be able to boot into Windows. From there change the window update from "auto" to "notify me of available updates" or however they phrase it <- this is so that you can now un-install the Intel HD drivers (the onboard GPU) without windows automatically re-downloading it.
Now that your Motherboard BIOS is up to date and you have un-installed the Intel HD drivers, install the GTX 650 ti (make sure the PCIE power plugs are properly connected) and you should be able to get into windows on the "standard VGA" drivers (will look kind of like safe mode). Now install the latest NVidia drivers for the GTX 650 ti and enjoy
I have to admit I'm a bit afraid to try this method for fear that after disabling the Intel drivers I will not be able to do ANYTHING again. I suppose making a boot disk is still a thing, right? (as this was a prebuilt machine it came with no discs. Recovery or otherwise.)
I tried an even older video card (an old HD 4650) with the same end results. No video output from anywhere... So, I'm assuming it's at least not just this specific card or even Nvidia in general.
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Uninstalling the Intel drivers should not hurt anything, You would just have to reinstall them after.
Drivers in Windows do not have any effect on the bios however so even if you had broken video card drivers installed, the bios should have still showed something.
Check your user manual to see if they have anything about compatibility mode.
You can make recovery media from within Windows on almost all systems now days.
I am going to drop a MS link on secure boot and compatibility mode. Maybe it will help. I have only had to do the secure boot disabling and compatibility on HP systems(and in the case they are on the same page in the bios).
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/library/dn481258.aspx
Drivers in Windows do not have any effect on the bios however so even if you had broken video card drivers installed, the bios should have still showed something.
Check your user manual to see if they have anything about compatibility mode.
You can make recovery media from within Windows on almost all systems now days.
I am going to drop a MS link on secure boot and compatibility mode. Maybe it will help. I have only had to do the secure boot disabling and compatibility on HP systems(and in the case they are on the same page in the bios).
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/library/dn481258.aspx
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Your are very right. I bought the same one at Costco, and returned it the very next day. It´s a piece of junk. For less money you should have bought the Dell i5 intel next to that one. More solid and better PC for less money. AceAspire ATC-705-UC52 has so many issues. It Cannot ever be upgraded. Mother board is so cheap that the Intel i7 is about the only decent item installed in that desktop. It freezes, the dvd/cd tray is so flimpsy that if it works and reads you are lucky. Take it back!!
I have to admit that I've had good luck with Acer products in the past, but after this year I am done with them. (and Vizio too, but that's another story. At least Vizio had the decency to replace their tv without me having to pay for the shipping.)
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