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PadawanAmy
By PadawanAmy
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So i put a gtx 1050 in my PC and 8gb of ram for a upgrade so i can play some games but the PC wont show the 1050, I installed it in the PCIE slot and when i boot the PC the graphics cards fan comes on but i have to use the onboard graphics and the card doesnt show in device manager or anything, please help

 

A few different people told me the card would work, including someone on this forums

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2 minutes ago, beaker said:

Did you have a graphics card previously or did you use the on board graphics?  What motherboard do you have?

Its a HP pc with onboard intel graphics not sure of the motherboard

 

http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=c02865855

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If you where using the on board graphics previously to the Video card you may have to enable the PCI slot although that is rare,  but take a look in your bios.  Also have you added a number of items to the PC at all like extra hard drive or Blue ray drives?  That computer has a 300w power supply which is the minimum for that graphics card, and if you have a bunch of extra items (even USB) it might just not have the juice to run the card.  Try to disconnect any USB devices you don't need, and if you can try to disconnect the DVD drive, and see what happens.

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3 minutes ago, beaker said:

If you where using the on board graphics previously to the Video card you may have to enable the PCI slot although that is rare,  but take a look in your bios.  Also have you added a number of items to the PC at all like extra hard drive or Blue ray drives?  That computer has a 300w power supply which is the minimum for that graphics card, and if you have a bunch of extra items (even USB) it might just not have the juice to run the card.  Try to disconnect any USB devices you don't need, and if you can try to disconnect the DVD drive, and see what happens.

Ok i looked in the bios there was nothing about the graphics, i will try unplugging the dvd drive if that doesnt work should i try a diff PSU? i have a 500w one spare

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Just read this on that link you gave me 

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD Integrated graphics

*Integrated video is not available if a graphics card is installed.

  • Either integrated graphics or the PCI Express x16 slot are usable at one time; they are not usable concurrently.

  • Use of both the DVI and the VGA ports at the same time is supported.

you may have to disable onboard graphics to make it work.

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1 minute ago, beaker said:

Just read this on that link you gave me 

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD Integrated graphics

*Integrated video is not available if a graphics card is installed.

  • Either integrated graphics or the PCI Express x16 slot are usable at one time; they are not usable concurrently.

  • Use of both the DVI and the VGA ports at the same time is supported.

you may have to disable onboard graphics to make it work.

How do i do this?

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1 hour ago, beaker said:

In the bios there should be an option to disable the on board video, i am not sure where, trying to find a manual for the MOBO

 

1 hour ago, BenRulez said:

I will look, i already looked though and i couldn't see anything similar to that

I have checked the bios nothing there about video i checked all the sections and options of the bios, i unpluged the dvd drive and still nothing works, the cards fan turns on so im guessing it has power it just wont load, its not in device manager or anything

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Which BIOS version do you have? 

 

This person was upgrading his graphics card and he has the same system. HP Tech told him that the 7XX series wasn't compatible with his BIOS version.

Here is the link to it if you want to look for a BIOS update. http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Audio/HP-Pavilion-G5460uk-upgrading-graphics-card/td-p/5278472

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