I have a dell xps gen 3 (4 years old which I use) and an older dell dimension xps (10 years? which I no longer use). I thought I’d see if there were any compatible components to swap out before sending the older dell to the attic. I disconnected my newer dell and took it to my room where the older one is currently stored. After opening both cases and determining there was nothing I could swap I closed both systems and reconnected everything back to my newer dell. Upon turning on the system the fan ran really fast and continued to do so. The monitored displayed a message that said “monitor is in safe mode activate using pc”. The diagnostic lights show a yellow a and c and green b and d, which from the dell sight means something is wrong with the graphics card. I tried removing the card and re-installing it but I get the same thing. This has never happened before. I have an nvidia g force 6800 card. Any ideas?
