| Windows 7: Installing Graphics Card |
30 Oct 2009
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#1 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1 Houston, Texas |
Installing Graphics Card I need to upgrade my video card to get Aero when I install Windows 7. I have an onboard card now. I understand that I need to go into the Bios and disable it. I don't want to go in there and screw it up. I have an AMI Bios. I don't know if it is possible to give me a "road map" so that I know what screens to bring up, but I sure would appreaciate some help if that is possible. == One thing that concerns me is what if I change the Bios in error and nothing shows on the screen, how do I go back in the Bios and change it back since nothing is on the screen? == Also I am looking for a video card in the $60 range. Does anyone have a suggestion?
Thanks, | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build OS Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1 CPU Intel Core i3-2120 3.30Ghz Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 Socket H2 ATX Memory Kingston 4 GB DDR3 1333 mhz Graphics Card Zotac GeForce 9400 GT 512MB Sound Card Sound Blaster Audigy SE 24-Bit Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Sync Master 940 = 19 inch Screen Resolution 1440 X 900 Keyboard Microsoft Natural 4000 Mouse Microsoft Custom Optical 3000 PSU 500 watt Case NZXT Apollo - Silver with Clear Side Panel Cooling Three 120 mm Fans Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB Sata 3 SSD ==
Western Digital 160 GB Caviar Blue 7200 RPM ==
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30 Oct 2009
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#2 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Rochdale, Lancashire |
You don't need to go into the bios, once you install a card it disables onboard graphics. As for which card to choose in your price range the ATi Radeon 4350 is a solid cheap card.
Also, I don't recommend messing with the bios if you don't know what you are doing. Thats why pci-e and agp cards automattically disable the onboard.
Finally I found this, hope it helps This one is PCI-E http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127412
AGP http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131173 | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Me OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU AMD Bulldozer FX-8 8120 Black Edition @ 4GHz Motherboard Asus Crosshair V Formula 990FX Memory Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Graphics Card MSI nVidia Geforce GTX 670 OC 2048MB GDDR5 Sound Card Sound Blaster X-Fi 2 MB 2 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster SA350 22" LED HDMI Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech G510 Mouse Microsoft Wireless 3000 PSU Corsair Professional Series Gold AX1200 (1200Watts) Case Antec 1200 Ultimate Gaming Case Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda SATA II 500GB 16MB Cache 7200.12 Internet Speed Upto 40Mb/s Fibre Optic Broadband |
30 Oct 2009
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#3 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1 Houston, Texas |
Thanks very much for the help. == My motherboard has an Auxcillary 4-pin power connector. Is this is what I use to connect the card to? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build OS Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1 CPU Intel Core i3-2120 3.30Ghz Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 Socket H2 ATX Memory Kingston 4 GB DDR3 1333 mhz Graphics Card Zotac GeForce 9400 GT 512MB Sound Card Sound Blaster Audigy SE 24-Bit Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Sync Master 940 = 19 inch Screen Resolution 1440 X 900 Keyboard Microsoft Natural 4000 Mouse Microsoft Custom Optical 3000 PSU 500 watt Case NZXT Apollo - Silver with Clear Side Panel Cooling Three 120 mm Fans Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB Sata 3 SSD ==
Western Digital 160 GB Caviar Blue 7200 RPM ==
Western Digital 500 GB Caviar Green 7200 RPM == Internet Speed AT&T Fiber Optic Wireless Network Other Info 120 mm Blue LED Fan -- Three Blue LED Lazer Light Sticks |
30 Oct 2009
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#4 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Rochdale, Lancashire |
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Me OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU AMD Bulldozer FX-8 8120 Black Edition @ 4GHz Motherboard Asus Crosshair V Formula 990FX Memory Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Graphics Card MSI nVidia Geforce GTX 670 OC 2048MB GDDR5 Sound Card Sound Blaster X-Fi 2 MB 2 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster SA350 22" LED HDMI Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech G510 Mouse Microsoft Wireless 3000 PSU Corsair Professional Series Gold AX1200 (1200Watts) Case Antec 1200 Ultimate Gaming Case Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda SATA II 500GB 16MB Cache 7200.12 Internet Speed Upto 40Mb/s Fibre Optic Broadband |
30 Oct 2009
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#5 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1 Houston, Texas |

Quote: Originally Posted by Fluffy No thats for the CPU I'm confused now. Where do I plug the cord on the card? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build OS Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1 CPU Intel Core i3-2120 3.30Ghz Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 Socket H2 ATX Memory Kingston 4 GB DDR3 1333 mhz Graphics Card Zotac GeForce 9400 GT 512MB Sound Card Sound Blaster Audigy SE 24-Bit Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Sync Master 940 = 19 inch Screen Resolution 1440 X 900 Keyboard Microsoft Natural 4000 Mouse Microsoft Custom Optical 3000 PSU 500 watt Case NZXT Apollo - Silver with Clear Side Panel Cooling Three 120 mm Fans Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB Sata 3 SSD ==
Western Digital 160 GB Caviar Blue 7200 RPM ==
Western Digital 500 GB Caviar Green 7200 RPM == Internet Speed AT&T Fiber Optic Wireless Network Other Info 120 mm Blue LED Fan -- Three Blue LED Lazer Light Sticks |
30 Oct 2009
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#6 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Rochdale, Lancashire |
Some cards don't have the connector, but if you get one that does, they usually plug into the back of the card. Older cards have the 4 pin Molex (Same connector as an IDE Drive) but the newer ones have 4 pin or 6 pin PCI-E connections. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Me OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU AMD Bulldozer FX-8 8120 Black Edition @ 4GHz Motherboard Asus Crosshair V Formula 990FX Memory Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Graphics Card MSI nVidia Geforce GTX 670 OC 2048MB GDDR5 Sound Card Sound Blaster X-Fi 2 MB 2 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster SA350 22" LED HDMI Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech G510 Mouse Microsoft Wireless 3000 PSU Corsair Professional Series Gold AX1200 (1200Watts) Case Antec 1200 Ultimate Gaming Case Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda SATA II 500GB 16MB Cache 7200.12 Internet Speed Upto 40Mb/s Fibre Optic Broadband |
30 Oct 2009
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#7 | | Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3 Gulf Coast Texas |
bigmck. If you would list your power supply make and model we could look it up and see if it has the proper power connector. Otherwise most cards come with an adapter which would connect to 2 4pin molex's then at the end a 6 pin connector for your video card. If that is what is needed. Fabe | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built OS Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3 CPU intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0ghz Motherboard Asus P5ND bios 1401 Memory 8 gigs 1066 OCZ Fata1ty Graphics Card EVGA GTX 580 Call of Duty Black Ops Edition Sound Card Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2zs Monitor(s) Displays Asus 24in LCD's 2MS X2 Screen Resolution 1920x1080p @60Hz Keyboard Logitech Bluetooth Wireless MX5000 Mouse Logitech Bluetooth Wireless MX1000 PSU OCZ 700W GameXtreme Case NZXT Apollo Cooling Corsair H50 CPU/120mm x3 /60mm x2 /Corsair Dominator Ram Hard Drives WD Caviar 500 Black/ WD Caviar 200 Blue Internet Speed Download 19.83 Upload 0.97 Other Info Logitech Z2300 Speakers/ Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones/Avermedia PCI-e Hybrid TV Bravo/Epson NX415 all in one/ 4 Port Powered USB Hub/ LG 10x Bluray Burner /TSST Corp DVDRW External |
31 Oct 2009
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#8 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1 Houston, Texas |

Quote: Originally Posted by thefabe bigmck. If you would list your power supply make and model we could look it up and see if it has the proper power connector. Otherwise most cards come with an adapter which would connect to 2 4pin molex's then at the end a 6 pin connector for your video card. If that is what is needed. Fabe I just got a new power supply a couple weeks ago. I have looked at it to find the info, but do not see it. I am going by the store to find out. == Let me phrase my problem another way. -- I am leaning toward this video card. Newegg.com - MSI N94GT-MD512 GeForce 9400 GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards You can see the wire that needs to be plugged in. Would you happen to know if this is a 4 pin plug for power? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build OS Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1 CPU Intel Core i3-2120 3.30Ghz Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 Socket H2 ATX Memory Kingston 4 GB DDR3 1333 mhz Graphics Card Zotac GeForce 9400 GT 512MB Sound Card Sound Blaster Audigy SE 24-Bit Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Sync Master 940 = 19 inch Screen Resolution 1440 X 900 Keyboard Microsoft Natural 4000 Mouse Microsoft Custom Optical 3000 PSU 500 watt Case NZXT Apollo - Silver with Clear Side Panel Cooling Three 120 mm Fans Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB Sata 3 SSD ==
Western Digital 160 GB Caviar Blue 7200 RPM ==
Western Digital 500 GB Caviar Green 7200 RPM == Internet Speed AT&T Fiber Optic Wireless Network Other Info 120 mm Blue LED Fan -- Three Blue LED Lazer Light Sticks |
31 Oct 2009
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The card you posted doesn't require any supplementary connections from the psu, Big. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number self built OS 7600.20510 x86 CPU P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz Motherboard MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard Memory OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz Graphics Card HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP Sound Card MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit Monitor(s) Displays 22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT Screen Resolution 1680x1050 and 1280x1024 Keyboard Logitch Classical Keyboard 200 Mouse Logitech Mediaplay cordless PSU 350W generic Case Cybertronpc, it glows blue Cooling stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans Hard Drives SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB Internet Speed 1792/448 kbits/sec Other Info SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2 |
31 Oct 2009
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#10 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1 Houston, Texas |

Quote: Originally Posted by torrentg The card you posted doesn't require any supplementary connections from the psu, Big. Thank you very much. I tried to give you REP, but it wouldn't let me. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build OS Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1 CPU Intel Core i3-2120 3.30Ghz Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 Socket H2 ATX Memory Kingston 4 GB DDR3 1333 mhz Graphics Card Zotac GeForce 9400 GT 512MB Sound Card Sound Blaster Audigy SE 24-Bit Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Sync Master 940 = 19 inch Screen Resolution 1440 X 900 Keyboard Microsoft Natural 4000 Mouse Microsoft Custom Optical 3000 PSU 500 watt Case NZXT Apollo - Silver with Clear Side Panel Cooling Three 120 mm Fans Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB Sata 3 SSD ==
Western Digital 160 GB Caviar Blue 7200 RPM ==
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