Upgraded old graphics card to Rx 470. After plugging everything in, I get a black screen on boot, no option to enter BIOS either. Card fans spin so doesn't seem to be DOA. I can take it out and boot with onboard graphics or the old card fine. Tried updating BIOS. Not sure what to do now, should I dish out a couple hundred more for a new Mobo+CPU+ram (which are all pretty outdated)
Upgraded graphics card, black screen on boot
- Thread starter Shivall
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Titan
- Mar 25, 2010
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Sure. Basically I'm upgrading an old Dell Inspiron 620.
This is the power supply I bought less than two weeks ago:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1N83U90965&cm_re=evga_500-_-17-438-012-_-Product
Other system specs include:
Intel i5-2310 2.9 Ghz
Dell 0GDG8Y (620 motherboard)
6 GB of ram
New GPU: PowerColor RX 470 4GB
Old GPU: Radeon HD 6450
hang-the-9
Titan
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OEM motherboards tend to have a lot more issues with newer cards than custom ones. You may need to go back a generation or two of video card for it to work. That power supply will run the card with no issues.
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