GTX660Ti with Dell T5500

I was told by a friend that Dell uses proprietary hardware, which in short means you can only use the stuff they sell or comes in the machine otherwise it doesn't work. Of course this could be from years past and doesn't apply today, hopefully someone of greater knowledge can help you out on this one.

Or you could always call tech support.

I had a Dell once and upgraded the video card to an FX5800 way back when and it worked flawlessly until the PSU crapped out. Anyways, i did not have a problem replacing their PSU with a better one after making some "modifications" to the case so it would fit.

I did call Dell support first and they basically said that did can not guaranteed a Geforce would work, they only tested Quadro on those workstation...
But in term of hardware fit (socket and PSU power) there is room for it.

Thanks,

I had this problem with a 670 and Lenovo motherboard. The two just didn't want to go together. Problem might go away if get yourself up a cheap MSI motherboard, any random crap one will work. But you'll need to reinstall windows.

I realised that 2 of the printed gold pins are ''chipped'' so I will send it back and wait for a new one.. I'll keep you post it in a week or so if that was the problem.

I honestly wouldnt trust dells power supplys i would get a better brand

To follow the story:

I just got a new card from the internet shop store (NCIX, by the way). Didn't work when I plug it in with the 8 pin & 6 pin connector giving me the same error message. BUT, when I unplug the aux pcie connector the card was turn on displaying a message on the screen: ''Please pwr down and connect the PCIe power cable(s) for this graphic card''. Same message happened when i had the 6 pin connector in... The 8 pins was kind of hard compare to the 6 to plug in and it sounds like it is the problem.. The pin socket doesn't seem to quite fit the card one.

So it's a good news knowing what is not working, now I wondering if I can just buy the connector and put the wire in or if I need a brad new PSU??? I will also call Dell asking to ship a new warranty PSU since this one the connector is not compatible.. I will do my research and comeback!

Actually I just realize the 6 pins is compatible with the 8 pins, i will try tomorrow pluging my 2X 6 pins and see if it work.. It be kind of dumb thow to put a 6 pin and a 8 pin connetor on the card if it's not required.

Finally this 8 pins connector is probably a EPS12V CPU Power Connector ...which is really similar to the 8 Pin PCI aux power.... it will explain a lot of stuff...anyway i will try the two x 6 pins connection tomorrow.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/power-supply-specif...

Thanks,