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installing video card problem

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by debcanes

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I hope I am in the right place. I was trying to install an nvidia VC into a dell computer. Getting a Code 10. VC won't start. Was trying to get to BIOS to see if settings were correct. Couldn't figure out how to ge to BIOS. In the process of starting and restarting computer, now the monitor won't work at all. Seems to have no connectivity. I get no clicking sound, however, I get the clicking if I hook it to VC but no picture on monitor for either the onboard or added vc.

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by mjd420nova

You didn't say what Dell machine you have or what video card you are trying to install. Some of the upper level video cards require a direct connection from the power supply to the card. Also, is the card a PCI, PCI-E or AGP? Some of the Dell machines require that you disable the on board video before the plugin card will be enabled. Now that the unit doesn't seem to boot at all, the card may have caused a failure of the power supply and damaged the system board by drawing too much current through it and fried a trace. That's why the direct power supply connection is needed. More info please.

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