Black screen + non blinking underscore

Anonyme0110

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Hello, I replaced my GPU today. From a Twintech Nvidia Gt 430 to MSI GT 730 2gb ram. Can't go to the bios, the computer start and stuck on a non-blinking underscore. (same with hdmi or vga). The PC is a poweredge t110 II. With 300w psu.

Thanks!
 
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Refitting: put it out and plug it back in. Make sure that you have all pins inserted firmly in the PCI slot and that you can't see them sticking out of the slot anymore (the sign that it's put into place well).

PCI 3 is backward compatible with PCI 2. In theory PCI 2 doesn't support the same bandwith speed as PCI 3, but as far as I know most video cards barely fill out a PCI 1 bandwith. The only possible difference you could feel is stuttering (PCI 2 slot -> old motherboard -> old chipset -> might bottleneck your system, which means slow it down).

Try refitting the new card; try putting back the old card. Also make sure there isn't any grease on the new card's pins (fingers get oily minutes after washing your hands because we have...

I3lue1

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Your system is stuck in a basic system check. Try refitting your video card and replacing it with the old one. See which of these two solutions work. Either the card is seriously damaged (which I doubt) or it's not connected well to the motherboard.
 

Anonyme0110

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What's refitting ? And my PC doesn't have a PCI 16x but a 8x full-length, is possible the problem come from this ?

Also, the GT 730 is new (i just bought it yesterday). The old card uses 49w, like the new (49w too), so i think it's not a psu problem.

Thanks :)
 

I3lue1

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Refitting: put it out and plug it back in. Make sure that you have all pins inserted firmly in the PCI slot and that you can't see them sticking out of the slot anymore (the sign that it's put into place well).

PCI 3 is backward compatible with PCI 2. In theory PCI 2 doesn't support the same bandwith speed as PCI 3, but as far as I know most video cards barely fill out a PCI 1 bandwith. The only possible difference you could feel is stuttering (PCI 2 slot -> old motherboard -> old chipset -> might bottleneck your system, which means slow it down).

Try refitting the new card; try putting back the old card. Also make sure there isn't any grease on the new card's pins (fingers get oily minutes after washing your hands because we have glands that secrete oil all over our skin). If you have grease or fingerprints, then clean it with a cloth. If none of these work, try the new card in another PC. At the very least your old card should work. I still think it's not plugged in well.
 
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