4600c.. where to go.

Video and power supplies are unrelated. You either have a bad monitor or bad video card. You can either try another video card or try the monitor on another computer. Replace whichever one doesn't work. My money's on a bad video card. Try checking the cable connections to it and reseat it in the slot.

thanks for the reply, but your not quite right.

Modern video cards use a lot of power. The 6200 which is now old specifies that it requires a 300w psu. Now I have read listing where people have gotten away with it in the 4600c.. and I did for a bit... but I guess not anymore.. maybe I am straining it too much. The psu in a 4600c is only 160w.

The card and monitor work fine on other machines.. no problem.

SO I really need to know if a std 20pin ATX psu will power this (figuring how to run the cables) or should I try and transfer the computer into another case.

James

thanks for the reply, but your not quite right.  Modern video cards use a lot of power. The 6200 which is now old specifies that it requires a 300w psu. Now I have read listing where people have gotten away with it in the 4600c.. and I did for a bit... but I guess not anymore.. maybe I am straining it too much. The psu in a 4600c is only 160w.  The card and monitor work fine on other machines.. no problem. SO I really need to know if a std 20pin ATX psu will power this (figuring how to run the cables) or should I try and transfer the computer into another case.  James

Bikerbob

The Dimension 4600c power supply connections are standard ATX, but the default Dell power supply itself is proprietary, due to it's shape and size.

The 4600c motherboard is proprietary and built to fit into the Dell Slimline case and is not readily transferable to a Standard ATX case, plus it has proprietary undocumented front panel wiring.

Bev.

Thanks, I think that tells me what I need to know.

Nvidia seems to think it might be drivers.. I need to use older drivers.. but I dont see how they would just go bad.

James

thanks for the reply, but your not quite right.   Modern video cards use a lot of power. The 6200 which is now old specifies that it requires a 300w psu. Now I have read listing where people have gotten away with it in the 4600c.. and I did for a bit... but I guess not anymore.. maybe I am straining it too much. The psu in a 4600c is only 160w.   The card and monitor work fine on other machines.. no problem. SO I really need to know if a std 20pin ATX psu will power this (figuring how to run the cables) or should I try and transfer the computer into another case.

Dell power supplies tend to be underrated and the 6200's power consumption (as tested by real world reviewers) shows it to be within the 4600c's capacities. Then again, I find numerous posters here complaining that the 6200 doesn't work with their old Dells. Maybe it's just an incompatibility?

If you want a more efficient low-profile card, I would suggest the Sparkle 8400GS. Per Wikipedia, power consumption of the G98-core 8400GS is only 25 watts. I have tested this card with a 2350 having a 200-watt power supply, and it worked very well.

I got Windows 7 to work on my 2350, and it is a very old computer.

I used a Sparkle 8400GS PCI for video and disabled the old onboard video.

It worked with XP, Vista, and Windows 7. Yes, I tried all three of those with the 2350/Sparkle combination.

I tried one card that didn't work as I thought it would (HIS 4350) and Newegg gave me a refund (minus a restocking charge).

Thanks, I think that tells me what I need to know. Nvidia seems to think it might be drivers.. I need to use older drivers.. but I dont see how they would just go bad.  James

James.

Drivers can become corrupt over time and need to be reinstalled, or updated.

Bev.