I'm upgrading my 4 y.o. C2D system to Windows 7 and part of the UG is a new video card. So I uninstall the drivers and remove the old card from system devices. Put in the new card, turn the power on, and nothing happens. No boot menu to either the new card or to the onboard video. No beeps to tell me it's booting. Don't even get to the BIOS menu.
Power down, and try it with the old video card and no card, and it boots with either (albeit to very basic VGA display).
Is the card either dead, or incompatible for some reason?
Computer uses DDR2 memory while the card uses DDR3. Is this a possible cause? The card is 512MB and is supposed to be able to use a further 512MB of RAM to make use of 1GB total for video memory. I upgraded the video card as I am getting a new RAW converter that harnesses GPU power.
Power down, and try it with the old video card and no card, and it boots with either (albeit to very basic VGA display).
Is the card either dead, or incompatible for some reason?
Computer uses DDR2 memory while the card uses DDR3. Is this a possible cause? The card is 512MB and is supposed to be able to use a further 512MB of RAM to make use of 1GB total for video memory. I upgraded the video card as I am getting a new RAW converter that harnesses GPU power.