Computer not booting up at all after inserting video card?
May 25, 2010 by: nickadminOk, I have a Gigabyte GV-NX76G512P-RH video card. And an Emachines W3502 computer.
I have one PCI-E slot and when I put the video card in and start up the computer, the fans go on for about 4-7 seconds and then they go off with no detection or anything on the screen at all. I am not sure if the power supply is’nt enough but my power supply is ATX-300-12Z and the max wattage is 300W.. So does anyone have an idea of what I should do to get my computer to work with this video card please? thanks.
I dont have the box.. I got it from a friend and he is long gone moved away. But someone who knows about this problem please help.
When all else fails, read the hardware requirements on the box hey?
may be ur card not supporting the system check it once again
Probably the power supply isnt enough
PSU Calculator
http://educations.newegg.com/tool/psucalc/index.html
Did you uninstall any related software or drivers from a previous card. Did you change the setting in the BIOS, you may need to go here if the pc booted up but nothing on the screen. Just make sure you’ve uninstalled any video related software or drivers prior to installing the new card, and you might wan’t to check the settings in the BIOS and point the video output to the PCIe slot
go back inside ,make sure the card is fully snapped in place.i suspect if the card is properly plugged it is a system delima and your trying to run 2 video cards at the same time ,your motherboard video card and your new card at the same time,you probably need to deactivate your video card on the motherboard.you will need to go into your system CMOS (bios) page and deactivate the motherboard card and acknowledge the PCI card consult your owners Manuel for instructions.you might get information on this from emachines web site if you don’t have the manuel.
Oh, you mean the Gigabyte version of the Nvidia GeForce 7600GS, with 512MB’s of graphics ram memory.
1.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125040
2.http://www.techspot.com/review/16-gigabyte-geforce-7600gs-7600gt/page1.html
Ya’ gotta’ have the DRIVERS for it my man!
1.Main page: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/VGA/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=VGA&ProductID=2353&ProductName=GV-NX76G512P-RH
2.Driver page: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/VGA/Driver_Model.aspx?ProductID=2353
Your eMachines W3502 uses Windows XP Home, right?
http://www.emachines.com/support/product_support.html?cat=Desktops&subcat=W%20Series&model=W3502 (If it doesn’t come up showing the specifications, go down and click on the + sign next to Specifications)
The above page from eMachines.com/Support, also tells me your computer uses an ATI radeon X300 graphics chip, that’s soldered to the motherboard. This means, you have to have, the Nvidia graphics drivers for the Nvidia graphics card you’re trying to install.
It’s an Nvidia GeForce 7600GS graphics card. Doesn’t matter if Gigabyte made it, Evga made it, or XFX, or who. It’s still an Nvidia graphics card.
So,…..
1.Take that graphics card out of your computer (Computer unplugged from electricity,’Natch!)
2.WITH the computer unplugged, press the Power On button in, and hold it for a count of FIVE seconds. Let go. Do this two more times.
We are clearing the error codes, and resetting the BIOS Settings back to default. Default means the way it came from the factory.
Why do you want to do this? Because you may have done two things.
1.When a graphics card is installed FIRST, before IT’S actual driver for it is installed, Windows goes through IT’S Thousands of generic drivers, and tries to match one up.
It won’t be the right one, and you get zilch!
2.You may have changed the BIOS Setting, for graphics inside the BIOS program. The default setting, is for the integrated ATI Radeon graphics. (The graphics chip that is soldered to your motherboard)
You may have set it to PCI. This is used for a PCI-Express slot also.
With the BIOS Settings back to default, you can see your monitor screen now, and use the computer like normal. It may not have changed these settings, and you may be able to use your computer just fine. This just ensures that. It won’t hurt anything.
Plug the monitor into the I/O area. (I/O=Input/Output) The area where your keyboard, mouse, etc., plugs in.
Now with the computer running normally, and Windows XP Home running, go to the driver page I gave you.
Look down the list, and click on the Blue ->Download from < - to the left of -|> 2007/02/05 ->OS. Windows 2000,Windows XP
This may download as an icon to your desktop screen, or it may go into your My Documents folder. (Start>My Documents)
Double-click on it. Driver downloads vary. It may come up with the Windows Wizard that will lead you along, or you may have to click on a file that has -> .exe at the end of it. The -> .exe stands for Execute.
It is an Execute file.
DON’T WORRY!
You are just installing this driver. It will NOT affect anything with your computer. It isn’t being used now.
After you have followed it’s instructions, wait a minute or so. Then shut your computer down normally (Start>Turn Off Computer>Shut Down)
Unplug the computer again. Install the Nvidia graphics card. (I take all my cables loose, open the computer case, and lay it on it’s side on the table. DON’T FORGET to de-static yourself! Just touch the metal frame of the computer case, AND work on a table.)
Plug everything back in, and the power cable. Wait 30 seconds. Turn the computer on. Don’t forget to have the monitor cable plugged into the graphics card, and not into the I/O area.
(If you did forget, DON’T UNPLUG IT! This is NOT a hot-plug device where you can unplug, or plug back in, with the computer running! Hold the power button in for a count of ten seconds. It will shut off. THEN plug the monitor into the graphics card, wait 20 seconds, fire the computer back up)
Edit: Oh yeah! The Minimum Power requirement is 300 watts. This is a PCI-Express x16 card, RIGHT? Not the AGP version?
It should have 82, of those gold plated contact pins on one side. Before the notch, and after the notch ->Total amount.
The PCI-Express x16 slot, has 164 pins. Contact pins.
82 on each side. A PCI-Express graphics card does too!
It has 82 pins on one side, and 82 pins on the other side.
If you try to put an AGP style graphics card, in a PCI-Express x16 slot, you may fry your computer!
1.PCI-Express:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI-Express
2.AGP:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGP
I suspect that the video card is not compatible with the O/S.