My graphics card isn't detecting!

[Sebjay]

Here is the inside of my pc: http://m.imgur.com/a/awnFX

 

[Lokken86]

What kind of HDMI cable is that? It looks like a round connector.

Have you tried the DVI/VGA connection? Whichever one it has.

 

[Sebjay]

What kind of HDMI cable is that? It looks like a round connector.

Have you tried the DVI/VGA connection? Whichever one it has.

I have tried the HDMI on other things and it has worked. I haven't tried a dvi cable yet.

 

[Sebjay]

9/10 of not detecting is because the card is not fully sat down correctly so...
1,,,,take card out and check there are no bent pins and give them a quick clean with a tissue and alcohol
2... check your pci slot just to make sure that it is clear and nothing has become stuck
3.... insert card back in making sure that your release tab comes back up and it is level all the way across
4....plug power back in and boot up
5.... hopefully it should have been detected ... check under device manager

goodluck

It still isn't being detected unfortunately.

 

[VincentHanna]

Harder than a graphics card that's for sure.

 

[Lokken86]

You got another pc you could try it on?

 

[Sebjay]

You got another pc you could try it on?

Unfortunately not

 

[Sebjay]

This is what it pci e slot looks like when my gpu is plugged in: https://imgur.com/gallery/leuD2

 

[Sebjay]

Last month there was a thunderstorm which hit my router. My ethernet cable hasn't been able to work since. Do you think this could've had an effect on the rest of my motherboard, damaging the PCI-E slot somehow?

 

[Tracy E]

I don't know if this is the answer! I'm only asking.

Is a Corsair VS350 powerful enough? How many hard drives and what memory is installed? Anything else drawing power?

The CPU uses around 100w The card uses up to 150W.
That only leaves 100w for everything else.

 

[Tracy E]

Last month there was a thunderstorm which hit my router. My ethernet cable hasn't been able to work since. Do you think this could've had an effect on the rest of my motherboard, damaging the PCI-E slot somehow?

Yes happened to me fried components of my motherboard.

 

[Sebjay]

I don't know if this is the answer! I'm only asking.

Is a Corsair VS350 powerful enough? How many hard drives and what memory is installed? Anything else drawing power?

The CPU uses around 100w The card uses up to 150W.
That only leaves 100w for everything else.

I have 1 have 1 seagate 1000gb hdd, 1 8gb 1600mhz ram stick and an optical drive.

 

[mushtafa]

Have you checked your GFX configuration?

http://www.manualslib.com/manual/437993/Gigabyte-Ga-F2a55m-Hd2.html?page=39#manual

 

[Sebjay]

Yep, that was one of the first things I tried.

 

[Tracy E]

I have 1 have 1 seagate 1000gb hdd, 1 8gb 1600mhz ram stick and an optical drive.

That should be okay!

But I do recommend changing your motherboard,
My Ethernet wire went out a bedroom window down into my living room window about 3-4 years ago lightening hit the wire, I had to use a dongle to get internet after that the motherboard still worked but sometimes things wouldn't post, My graphics card etc!

 

[spleeny]

when you power on do the fans come on breifly

 

[Sebjay]

Yep, and they stay on as long as my pc is on.

 

[Sebjay]

when you power on do the fans come on breifly

Yep, and they stay on as long as my pc is on.

 

[spleeny]

and nothing under device manager

 

[Tracy E]

Thanks for replying! That's a massive relief. I thought the gpu was broken. Motherboards aren't too hard to install are they?

No they are pretty easy 10 - 30 mins max, just make sure you replace the
thermal paste on the CPU when it's on the new board, swap over wires, memory etc, that's about it!