Problem adding a graphics card

External Since: Feb 11, 2008 Posts: 10

On Feb 12, 9:32 am, "Dave" <no....TakeThisOut@nohow.not> wrote:
> Well, with the new PSU in, the card is still not posting anything.
> It's probably some incompatibility between this particular motherboard
> (ASUS PK5-E) and the HD3850 based card. The other card that's working
> well is from NVIDIA.
>
> (my reply)
>
> Not so fast. You are jumping to conclusions. It's possible that the new
> video card is too power-hungry for every power supply that you've tried so
> far. A new power supply isn't necessarily the right solution, that is. But
> the RIGHT new power supply might do the trick. Post the exact make and
> model number of the power supplies you've tried so far. -Dave

Here's the last power supply I tried:

CLIO GreatPower X1454PT 550 Watts

External Since: Jun 20, 2007 Posts: 80

JosephMo wrote:
> On Feb 11, 12:59 pm, "SteveH" <steve.houghREM....TakeThisOut@MEblueyonder.co.uk>
> wrote:
>> JosephMo wrote:
>>> On Feb 11, 11:33 am, "SteveH" <steve.houghREM....TakeThisOut@MEblueyonder.co.uk>
>>> wrote:
>>>> JosephMo wrote:
>>>>> I have been using an Nvidia PCI-E graphics card with my P5K-
>>>>> board. I upgraded to a new graphics card (GIGABYTE GV-RX385512H
>>>>> HD3850 RT), but I can't get it to post. I tried both PCI-Ex16
>>>>> slots. I tried the same card in another system and it posted
>>>>> fine. When I put the old graphcis card back in, everything works.
>>
>>>>> Any ideas?
>>
>>>> Silly question, but you are connecting the cardds power connector I
>>>> presume?
>>
>>>> SteveH
>>
>>> Yes Smile

>>
>> Reset the BIOS? Can't hurt either way.
>>
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>
> Well, with the new PSU in, the card is still not posting anything.
> It's probably some incompatibility between this particular motherboard
> (ASUS PK5-E) and the HD3850 based card. The other card that's working
> well is from NVIDIA.

Did you try resetting the BIOS?