Installing a video card?

[POLISH SAUSAGE]

I need to know if ishould take out my old 5200, and put my new one in this slot, or keep the 5200 in, and put the new card in the other, free, open spot. Thanks for any help.

[Mr. Ron]

I think you have to take the old one out....idk.


*waits for Reiner*

[noshfs]

Yeah you have to replace your old card with the new one.

[DJ Ducksauce]

If the card/mobo supports SLI you could have 2 I think.

I dunno much about 5200s.

EDIT: Nevermind that. I forgot they have to be the same card.

[REINER]

Take out the 5200 put in your new one.

[Otherside]

Uninstall your old drivers, install your new ones. Make sure there is no hardware conflicts.

[POLISH SAUSAGE]

thanks. i have another question as well. when it says to connect a 4-pin 5v/12v power plug from the system power supply if your card has an auxilary power connector (for specific cards only). What does this mean? this is the card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121206. If someone could just explain this whole process to me, it would be helpful. thanks.

[ChodaBoy]

I think that is the standard power supply, you should have one of these spare.

[angry armadillo]

right

you have taken out your card and put in the new one ?

if you havent put in that power lead your talking about, you need to do that

here is a pic of where it is on my GFX card, i expect its similar on yours

http://img425.imageshack.us/img425/3834/gfxcard2gj.png

the white and black bit in the bottom right

follow the cable from your CD/DVD rom to find a spare connector

its a white one, should have something like yellow/red/2 black wires in it

dont worry, it will only fit in one way

remember to ground yourself before touching inside your comp, so you dont get static electricity in there... just touch a radiator or something


start up your PC, right click in empty space on the desktop, go to properties, and select the settings tab at the top, click advanced, near the bottom right, and one of the tabs will say what graphic card your PC thinks is inside it

if it is correct, fine you can go

if it says something different to what you have, then you need drivers


try and get as far as you can and post when u get stuck lol

[ChodaBoy]

If he is buying a new graphics card, it will come with the drivers on cd anyway. Its worth putting them on anyway

[POLISH SAUSAGE]

right

you have taken out your card and put in the new one ?

if you havent put in that power lead your talking about, you need to do that

here is a pic of where it is on my GFX card, i expect its similar on yours

http://img425.imageshack.us/img425/3834/gfxcard2gj.png

the white and black bit in the bottom right

follow the cable from your CD/DVD rom to find a spare connector

its a white one, should have something like yellow/red/2 black wires in it

dont worry, it will only fit in one way

remember to ground yourself before touching inside your comp, so you dont get static electricity in there... just touch a radiator or something


start up your PC, right click in empty space on the desktop, go to properties, and select the settings tab at the top, click advanced, near the bottom right, and one of the tabs will say what graphic card your PC thinks is inside it

if it is correct, fine you can go

if it says something different to what you have, then you need drivers


try and get as far as you can and post when u get stuck lol

wow man, thanks alot. i have to wait to put it in, but when i do, ill post again if there is any problems. thanks alot.

[Zakath]

remember to ground yourself before touching inside your comp, so you dont get static electricity in there... just touch a radiator or something
Or the power supply.. you know since it's a lot closer and not everyone has radiators.

[angry armadillo]

Or the power supply.. you know since it's a lot closer and not everyone has radiators.something metal connected to the floor

my pc is next to a radiator, so yeah whatever, just post if you need more help

[POLISH SAUSAGE]

thanks guys. there were some minor problems installing the drivers, but everything else ran smoothe. i think i'm going to buy a mini fan blow at the back of the computer so it doesnt overheat. i just got done playing battlefield2 on high settings. pure godliness. thanks alot for your help.

[angry armadillo]

http://nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.aspmaybe try to get the latest drivers

[Phalanx]

thanks guys. there were some minor problems installing the drivers, but everything else ran smoothe. i think i'm going to buy a mini fan blow at the back of the computer so it doesnt overheat. i just got done playing battlefield2 on high settings. pure godliness. thanks alot for your help.

get a PCI fan, they're cheap and very simple to install, good for lowering the temps of the card and improve airflow in the case as well

[AIRIC]

Someone help me out wtih mine? I have a Radeon9200 to install, but I'm pretty nervous about uninstalling drivers ect.

[POLISH SAUSAGE]

get a PCI fan, they're cheap and very simple to install, good for lowering the temps of the card and improve airflow in the case as well

is this alright with an agp card?

[JohnXDoe]

is this alright with an agp card?
Yes. You simply slip the fan in the pci slot facing the vid card. Don't get anything that just blows into the case or just blows air around the case. That's no good. The little pci fans are great. Check out newegg. And they are inexpensive.

[angry armadillo]

Someone help me out wtih mine? I have a Radeon9200 to install, but I'm pretty nervous about uninstalling drivers ect.control panel > add remove programs > remove ati drivers

switch the hardware to the new one

download and install the appropriate drivers

always restart when it asks you too

[AIRIC]

Would "Intel (R) Extreme Graphics 2 Driver" be the driver I uninstall?

After that I put in the new ATI card, and then start my computer back up and install what's on the disk?

[angry armadillo]

Would "Intel (R) Extreme Graphics 2 Driver" be the driver I uninstall?

After that I put in the new ATI card, and then start my computer back up and install what's on the disk?sounds about right

that also sounds like you dont have a gfx card currently installed and you plug your moniter into the motherboad?

dont worry if you dont know


if you are worried about messing up, go

start > programs > accessories > system tools > system restore > create restore point.

[POLISH SAUSAGE]

Yes. You simply slip the fan in the pci slot facing the vid card. Don't get anything that just blows into the case or just blows air around the case. That's no good. The little pci fans are great. Check out newegg. And they are inexpensive.

gracias

[AIRIC]

Before I do that, what does it do?

[angry armadillo]

Yes. You simply slip the fan in the pci slot facing the vid card. Don't get anything that just blows into the case or just blows air around the case. That's no good. The little pci fans are great. Check out newegg. And they are inexpensive.that is because what you are supposed to do, is buy 2 fans

you put one below the power supply, and one behind the vents at the front of the PC

and then what happens is an airflow is created through the PC

where as one fan will just move hot air around as you say.

[angry armadillo]

Before I do that, what does it do?it means if you **** up you can rewind to back before you made any changes

[AIRIC]

Awesome.

[Phalanx]

Would "Intel (R) Extreme Graphics 2 Driver" be the driver I uninstall?

After that I put in the new ATI card, and then start my computer back up and install what's on the disk?

no it isn't, as that clearly isn't the "ATi" driver, that is the intel driver, you want the Video Adapter driver which will be the ATi driver "well, should be". You probably don't even need the new drivers. If your computer is running fine, then you don't need a new driver

[angry armadillo]

no it isn't, as that clearly isn't the "ATi" driver, that is the intel driver, you want the Video Adapter driver which will be the ATi driver "well, should be". You probably don't even need the new drivers. If your computer is running fine, then you don't need a new driverhe wants to install a new GFX card, so it will require drivers

it sounds like he is currently using onboard graphics, so yes he will want to get rid of the intel display adapter drivers

then when he installs his ATI card, he will isntall the ATI drivers

and updating drivers to the latest never does any harm, and in the exceptional case that it does it isnt very hard to roll back

[Phalanx]

he wants to install a new GFX card, so it will require drivers

it sounds like he is currently using onboard graphics, so yes he will want to get rid of the intel display adapter drivers

then when he installs his ATI card, he will isntall the ATI drivers

and updating drivers to the latest never does any harm, and in the exceptional case that it does it isnt very hard to roll back

my mistake

[angry armadillo]

dont confuse the lad :p

[AIRIC]

The new card doesn't even fit in my computer. I hate computers.