Wont see graphic card

[Stupid Username]

I have a Gateway GT288(Or something like that, not by it) It has a on board Nividia Geforce 6100. I upgraded to pci-e Nvidia 8xxx gts 512mb.
It wont show up on display managers. Im totally stuck.

 

[Guest]

re-seat the card in the slot. it might not be in properly.

 

[Stupid Username]

I tried a couple times. No success.

 

[inzone]

You may have to go into the bios and switch the video from intergrated to seperate card.

 

[Stupid Username]

I have that very problem. I have phoenix bios and I cant find out to change from integrated to pci, pcie and other stuff.

 

[inzone]

Do you have the owners manual for the motherboard or computer? If you see what the brand and model is of your motherboard then you can go to that manufacturers site and download the owners manual for the motherboard and then you can look in the bios section and see what the procedure is for switching the video.

 

[Stupid Username]

Nope. I know the model number is k something.

 

[AxemanACL]

Nope. I know the model number is k something.

Open up your case and read the model off of it, it should be printed or on a sticker. Or you could download CPUID's cpuz, it would tell you what model of motherboard you have.

 

[Stupid Username]

This is what I got. http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/262/clickrt.png
I went FIC and couldnt figure it out.

 

[Stupid Username]

Please respond!!

 

[Guest]

this it? http://www.fic.com.tw/product/motherboard/AMD/k2bc51lf.aspx

 

[Stupid Username]

Yes. thats it.

 

[Guest]

ok, good news is we found it. bad news is FIC isn't the best at providing technical support; no manuals anywhere on the site.

somewhere in the bios there has to be an option to set the CPI as the primary display. you might have to "dig for gold" and look for it.

btw, incase you do something and do not get a display when you boot up, from either the card or onboard, you will need to reset the cmos to defaults so you get your display back.

if you look at the pic and see the quarter sized silver disk; which is your cmos battery, that blue jumper looks like the reset. you will see "reset cmos" on the board in small white l letters; unplug your computer, take it off pins 1&2 and put it on pin 2,3 for a few minutes, replace it on 1,2, plug in your computer and reboot.

if it doesn't say "reset cmos", take out the battery for a few minutes then replace it; same thing.

 

[Stupid Username]

All right when I get home I'll try to find it.

 

[Stupid Username]

ARGHHHHHHHHH!! I cant figure this dam card out. I have tried everything. I cant even figure out how to change
from on board to pci-e in the bios!!

 

[Guest]

oopsie, it looks like there is no option in the bios, sorry. supposedly when you put a card in teh slot it enables it automatically.

a lot of people have had this problem. this looks like a thread with the solution:
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=96532

btw, after you install the card, do you plug the monitor into it before turning you computer back on?
it may need to be plugged in to be "detected".

 

[Stupid Username]

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[Stupid Username]

Thanks alot!