Graphics card not working right

[kjb1686]

Hi everyone once again it is me i have such bad luck my motherboard i managed to figure out what was wrong one of the ram slots is bad. Okay now my graphics card wont work properly it wont show up no matter what i do. It is a gtx 460 graphics card with a asrock z68m motherboard everything is hooked up properly the fans are spinning on the card but it wont show up in windows. Would anyone please help me.

 

[Motopsychojdn]

Have you installed the drivers?
sounds simple but I have to ask
Moto

 

[kjb1686]

I cant even see the card within windows as in it wont show up on the device manager or anywhere and when i run the drivers program it doesnt even show i have one installed.

 

[Motopsychojdn]

ok, go back to scratch, do you have onboard gfx there?
Moto

 

[kjb1686]

yes i have a asrock z68m/usb 3 motherboard i went into the bios and told it to boot to the pcie express slot first and not the onboard video card and still nothing. This is the mobo i have http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157270 i got lucky and didnt get a faulty one.

 

[Motopsychojdn]

That was my next ask, if you could get into bios and set the pcie as primary gfx,
ok, do you have another system to test the card in? make sure the cards fine and that leaves Mobo as probable suspect,
Moto

 

[kjb1686]

No i do not have another motherboard to test it in so that means it must be the motherboard then? If so that is fine i already have a refund RMA from before when i couldn't get it working and was planning to swap it out for another MOBO presumably this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131716. But if that is the case that sucks seeing as i won't be able to use my nice parts for a good 2 weeks.

 

[Motopsychojdn]

If you cannot test the card in another mobo (mates pc?) then you can assume its the mobo and return it, but may find the replacement suffers the same issue,
its a bind not having spares
Moto

 

[kjb1686]

Yes it is would this mobo be a good replacement if you search on newegg im sure you can find it ASUS P8H61-M (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel H61 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard i think im going to ship it out if i can tommorow or maybe monday whenever ups is open.

 

[Motopsychojdn]

I'm no Intel buff, but I believe the older chipset (H61) isn't as good as the z68 for overclocking, but hopefully someone who knows intel better can clear that up,
I wouldn't go for a mini-Atx though, not unless you need a tiny mobo
Moto

 

[kjb1686]

Okay is there any specific brand for a good atx motherboard or would that mini atx work for what i need.

 

[Motopsychojdn]

it would work yes, I was just expressing that i wouldn't buy a M-Atx unless it was for a HTPc for example, for a normal-sized desktop, its fullsize Atx in my book
Sorry for confusing you
Moto

 

[kjb1686]

Okay that sounds nice i was looking to see if i could find a atx mobo for 85 dollars the price of my asrock that i purchased but no look so im going to get the asus mobo and be stuck playing games on my laptop on low-medium for a couple weeks thanks for your help.

 

[Motopsychojdn]

Ok man, good luck with the Rma, fingers crossed for you
Moto

 

[kjb1686]

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[Motopsychojdn]

Thank you for B.a. man, i hope you get sorted out soon
Moto