GeForce 5200

Try this procedure..

 

You did not have to upgrade the power supply.  Waste of money I'm afraid.  No PCI slot card will require you to upgrade a low ended pci slot video card. 

 

 

How to disable your integrated video chip as posted by the Moderator

2200, 2300, 2350, 2400, 3000, 3100, E310, B110/1100

* Right click the My Computer icon
* Click Properties
* Click the Hardware tab and/or the Device Manager button
* Open the Display Adaptors. You should see the Intel video card
* Double click the listing for Intel whatever
* At the bottom under "Device Usage", click the down arrow and change this to "Do not use this device, disable"
* Click OK- Apply- OK
* Close all boxes when done
* Click Start- Turn Off Computer- Restart
* Press F2 at the blue Dell logo screen
* Down arrow to either:
Onboard Devices- Primary Video
Primary Video
Integrated Devices- Primary Video Controller
* Change yours to AUTO or PCI (whatever is listed)
* Press ESC several times to Exit and Save your changes
* As the system starts to restart, power the system off
* Open the case cover and add the PCI video card
* Connect the monitor to the added PCI video card
* Power on your computer
* Let the computer boot up and load the drivers off of the CD provided with the card

lol, i've already tried that method, tnx though...i followed every step of this particular instruction but my screen still comes up blank, is there any other help?

Cards do fail even from a retail store.  Unless you can test it out with another system, it is a possibility.  The power supply upgrade also conserns me some.  It was not needed for a pci slot video card. Your stock power supply would run it just fine.  Big waste of money.  

 

Why don't you try putting the old power supply in and try again. 

 

Power Supply Most Often Asked Question......

Dell's power supply is normally underrated, to read the mean average. Reason for this is that Dell wants to be on the conservative side for those that may over do things with their systems. The peak is much higher, and a Dell system can handle many cards that the card manufactures suggest a higher required power supply. Card manufactures list a higher wattage number than is really necessary for their cards, to be more liberal for those individuals that overload their systems with additional hard drives, optical drives, pci slots filled up. This is normally not for those that have a stock system.


This has been an ongoing topic for many years, with the same answer on this forum. Your systems stock power supply will handle many cards just fine. Others have this same system, same power supply and upgraded their cards without issues. Some members may weigh in with their experiences to prove this point. I had a stock 250 watt power supply that handled very well a video card that suggested a 300 and one 350 watter. No issues to report. Many other members have the same experience. You will notice on this forum that this question has been asked on a daily basis.

does psu really matter? i mean my problem is graphic card itself, once i tried g-card in the slot with monitor plugged to it and i just sat ther for while, later on my graphic card was warm, is it just failing to send signal to monitor?, or do i have to disable McAfee before i install the graphic card? i just need graphic device with pixel shader 2 or better for one game thats all i dont want to buy expensive one or to buy new computer, i guess should i buy another graphic card? tnx 

We have found many times that messing with a system beyond what is really necessary may break it some what if not careful, but unknown if its the power supply you have.   Some power supplies purchased cheaply for example can be an issue.  Your stock power supply was more than enough for that card and many others as well.  Ship loads of individuals have upgraded to the 5200 card, the 5500 card, or even the X1550 card that suggest an even better power supply without issues and the system you have. 

 

Again, the power suggested by the card manufacture is only for those that overload their systems with additional hard drives, more optical drives and fill up every pci slot they have.  Not for your stock system.  This is an ongoing question and answer on this forum daily.

 

I would replace the power supply back to the stock just to see if it may be the cause, but I'm not 100% sure.  Might as well see if it is or not.  Check all cables once again and that includes the power cables as well.  If you cannot check the card out in another system to see if its the issue, than try to get another card to see if it works.  Cards do go bad from any vendor.

 

Good luck

tnx for the advices, but well i bought new g-card, its GeForce 6200 OC, and i succesfully installed it, and its pretty good, but one of my game runs really slow, and 1st time i played it my com automatically brought out screen that said windows had to shut down to prevent damage, if this is first time you are seeing it try to restart the windows, -------and at the bottom it said dumping physical memory--------is that mean i dont have enough memory? or do i need better CPU, but after that i played the game again and error didnt show up, except game play is really really slow, any recommendations? i'm guessing i need better cpu...