New video card not detected

Skarsburning

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Hello , i just bought myself a jewel for my gaming experience but when i plugged it in my pci slot it doesn't start. The card is GF GTX 460 INNO3D 1GB 256-bit. I unplugged my old card ( ati radeon hd 3300 ) went to the shop and came back with the new one. I plugged it and i started the pc. Nothing happened. Then i switched the monitor into the mainboard and when the monitor flashed, it was loading windows 7. When windows loaded it was recognizing the old video card because it's driver was still there. It didn't detect that i have plugged any new hardware. When i insert and run the driver DVD included with my new card it also says that i don't have device compitable with the drivers it wants to install. Truly i am with my generic mainboard video at the moment and at least it allows me to start my pc and try to solve the problem. Is it that i don't have enough powerful supply? Is it that the video card isn't compitable with my mainboard? Is it that i haven't plugged it right, it surely goes smooth into the slot , but the card has 2 ( my old card had 1 ) power supply hubs to stick it in. Tried both didn't work.

My power supply is Flotron 400W
My processor and mainboard are:
AMD Phenom 9650 Quad-Core 2.31 GHz
4 GB RAM
Motherboard ASUS M3A78-T AM2+
OS: Win7 Ultimate

On the official website it says this :

  • 1. A PCI-Express compliant motherboard with full size expansion slot>
  • 2. 2x 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connector
i have plugged only 1 , will try how to plug the 2nd one too and see if it works
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64AMD Phenom 9650 Quad-Core 2.31 GHz
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
AMD Phenom 9650 Quad-Core 2.31 GHz
Yip, the GTX 460 INNO3D requires both PCI-e 6pin power leads attached. 400W PSU is a bit low. A quality 450W is the lowest recommended.
You may also need to go into the motherboards BIOS and change the VGA detection order, so that it looks for a graphics card on the pci-e slot instead of using the onboard HD3300.
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) SP1 RTMIntel Core2Duo [email protected]2x2Gb GEIL DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 @ 1.8vASUS HD4850 512Mb @700/1100
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) SP1 RTM
CPU
Intel Core2Duo [email protected]
Motherboard
ASUS P5Q (BIOS 2208)
Memory
2x2Gb GEIL DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 @ 1.8v
Graphics Card(s)
ASUS HD4850 512Mb @700/1100
Sound Card
Realtek ALC1200 @ Intel 82801JB ICH10
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung Syncmaster T220
Screen Resolution
1680x1050x32@60Hz
Hard Drives
Seagate ST3500410AS SATA300 500Gb
Hitachi HDS721032CLA362 SATA300 320Gb
PSU
Antec NeoPower 650W 3.3v@24A/5v@24A/12v@19A/12v@19A/12v@19A
Internet Speed
3Mbps
Plus, did you uninstall the ATI card (from Remove Programs or from Device Manager) before you shut down to install the new nVidia card?

You can't just switch cards without preparing the OS for the switch.
 

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Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium SP1i7-3820GSkill F3-14900CL9Q - 16GBEVGA GeForce GTX660 - Driver 352.86
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home Built - Jan 2013
OS
Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium SP1
CPU
i7-3820
Motherboard
Asus P9X79-PRO - Bios 4608
Memory
GSkill F3-14900CL9Q - 16GB
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GeForce GTX660 - Driver 352.86
Sound Card
On board Realtek ALC898
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer S271HL
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
#1- Samsung 840 Pro Series
#2- Western Digital WD1002FAEX Sata3 Black
#3- Western Digital WD1002FAEX Sata3 Black
PSU
Corsair CMPSU-850TX-V2 - 850 watt (by Seasonic)
Case
Corsair Obsidian 550D
Cooling
Standard 3 120mm case fans, Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Keyboard
MS KC-0405
Mouse
Intellimouse 5-button
Internet Speed
56 Mbits/Sec (on a good day)
Antivirus
Avast & Malwarebytes
Browser
Firefox
Other Info
Asus DVD - DRW-24B1ST 24X
The problem was that as you said it required both 6pin power leads in. The box of the videocard contrained only 1. :( shame on them. I went and bought for 10 euro 3 more because only 1 goes our of my power supply. It's all connected now and working. The video card is pretty powerful and so far i don't experience problems with not having the 450 min W requirement. I hope it stays like that. Thanks for info guys.
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64AMD Phenom 9650 Quad-Core 2.31 GHz
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
AMD Phenom 9650 Quad-Core 2.31 GHz
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