Can't use a graphics card in old Lenovo ThinkCentre with upgraded PSU

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I recently received a free Lenovo ThinkCentre from where I work and tried to salvage it for my little brother. However, when I tried installing a new graphics card into the system, the system wouldn't boot. I have went into the bios and changed it to render from both the integrated graphics and the card, but only the integrated graphics would render to the screen. I have recently upgraded to new parts and can confirm that the new power supply and the card worked fine days ago. Also, when I have tried installing the drivers on integrated graphics, it doesn't recognize that card.

Specs:
Processor: i5 2400
Motherboard: Lenovo is6xm
Power supply: Sparkle Power 450w
Ram:4 Gigs of DDR3 1333mhz
GPU: Gigabyte OC R7260x
HDD: WD Blue 500gb

PS. Thank you in advanced and yes, there was a DVI cable connected to the card and monitor.
 
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I have a Lenovo M58P minitower older than your's, and it runs with any card. But I suspect the BIOS in your motherboard is having issues interfacing with the UEFI in that R7-260X. The reason I say that, is because that is the GPU chip I have had the most issues with in OEM machines. The lesser and greater AMD cards seem fine. If you have an Nvidia card or a different AMD card, try it.
 
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Yes, unfortunately I have tried a R5 250 and that unfortunately doesn't work either. Also, I forgot to mention that I'm on Windows 7 64 bit.

 
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So actually, you can't verify that any gfx card works in the machine, right?
 
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GTX I'm assuming? Either way, no I don't have a spare Nvidia card on me. I just installed the video card drivers to the hard drive on a different motherboard so I'll see how that goes.

 
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