Graphic Card Upgrade - card not detected

[watchdog79]

I just upgraded my graphic card from Nvidia GeForce 650 Ti to Asus GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. Problem is, my PC refuses to detect the new card.

I admit being almost totally inexperienced in the PC upgrading and it seems I must be doing something wrong.

I bought the new card from the same company as the whole PC a year ago. The shop assistant recommended the 1050 Ti based on my PC specs he checked in the invoice for it. He said the motherboard was compatible.

I unplugged the old card and plugged the new one in. Strange thing is, the old card had this bundle of black and yellow cables connected to it, but the new one does not seem to have any port to connect anything inside the PC at all. Could this be the problem? Is that some external power supply for the card and its two ventilators?

Any ideas what am I doing wrong, please? What should I do? Any help would be appreciated.

[Darkdeviousdevil]

Yes, you need to plug in cables to your motherboard, and plug those into your graphics card. There should be vids on YouTube on how to do it. You won't have to do this with some graphics cards but in your case, i think that's what you have to do.

[joetheplumber68]

Post specs of pc including power supply. Some of the 1050Ti cards do not require a power connection from power supply. Which model 1050Ti exactly do you have? Make sure you plugged the monitor cable into graphics card and not motherboard.

[watchdog79]

Thank you for taking time to help me.

@GSdragon: I found a video, no cable needs to be connected to the card, it takes power from the motherboard slot, hence no port for the cables.

In case the card is plugged in correctly, is there anything special I need to do make my PC detect the new graphic card?

@joetheplumber68:

My graphic card:

Asus Expedition GeForce GTX 1050 Ti.
4 GB GDDR5 memory
Auto Extreme
Dual Fan

My current specs according to Steam (minus the undected graphic card, naturally):

Computer Information:
Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Model: To be filled by O.E.M.
Form Factor: Desktop
No Touch Input Detected

Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: AuthenticAMD
CPU Brand: AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor
CPU Family: 0x15
CPU Model: 0x2
CPU Stepping: 0x0
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3516 Mhz
6 logical processors
3 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Supported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Supported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
Windows 10 (64 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Crypto Provider Codes: Supported 311 0x0 0x0 0x0

Video Card:
Driver: Základní grafický adaptér Microsoft

DirectX Driver Name: d3d10warp.dll
Driver Version: 10.0.14393.0
DirectX Driver Version: 10.0.14393.576
Driver Date: 21 June 2006
OpenGL Version: 1.1
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
DirectX Card: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
VendorID: 0x1414
DeviceID: 0x8c
Revision Not Detected
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Desktop Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Primary Display Size: 17.52" x 10.94" (20.63" diag)
44.5cm x 27.8cm (52.4cm diag)
Primary Bus Type Not Detected
Primary VRAM: 0 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x

Sound card:
Audio device: Reproduktory (Razer Surround Au

Memory:
RAM: 16350 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Microphone: Not set
Steam Controller Cable and Base: Not set
Media Type: DVD
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 953416 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 547924 Mb
OS Install Date: led 01 1970
Game Controller: None detected
VR Headset: None detected

[upcoast]

1st you should unistall old gpu drivers, boot to safe mode use DDU from guru3d.com to clean out all leftover bits of old gpu drivers, from safe mode shut pc down pull out old gtx650ti and put in new gtx1050ti gpu boot up pc, go to NVidia.com and DL latest gtx1050ti gpu drivers and install.

The majority of GTX1050ti s only draw 75w from the pci e slot so no external power is require only a few gtx1050tis draw 120w and need an additional power input.

http://www.geforce.com/drivers

Ps, change ^ OS in drop down menu accordingly ^.

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/10series/geforce-gtx-1050

[watchdog79]

Цитата допису upcoast:

1st you should unistall old gpu drivers, boot to safe mode use DDU from guru3d.com to clean out all leftover bits of old gpu drivers, from safe mode shut pc down pull out old gtx650ti and put in new gtx1050ti gpu boot up pc, go to NVidia.com and DL latest gtx1050ti gpu drivers and install.

The majority of GTX1050ti s only draw 75w from the pci e slot so no external power is require only a few gtx1050tis draw 120w and need an additional power input.

http://www.geforce.com/drivers

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/10series/geforce-gtx-1050

I am afraid you lost me with the "boot to safe mode" part. Note, please, that English is not my mother tongue and I am not quite good in technical terms. *blushes* How do I enter this safe mode after restarting my PC?

Do you mean I should instal the Display Driver Uninstaller, clean any drivers that may still be in the PC using the DDU and restart? Do I need to remove the new card and plug the old one back in again before doing so?

[76561198343548661]

Trust Device Manager . It will tell whether the card is detected at all

[watchdog79]

Ah.

The safe mode is called "emergency mode" in my language. I see. I know what that is afterall.

I cleaned the drivers I had installed and I am downloading the NVIDIA drivers 376.33 now.

The programme requiring payment that DDU links to did manage to detect my card properly, however, my Windows settings still refuse to identify it.

[watchdog79]

Alright. Thank you all for the help and patience with me.

The new graphic card has been identified with the drivers and it seems to be working fine.

My sound settings somehow went totally screwball, but all seems to be fine now. :-)

[Bad 💀 Motha]

What paid app? I would never suggest using any "Driver Updater" apps; especially if it requires you to buy it. Those should be avoided. As all you need to do for Drivers is google the hardware model to seek out Drivers for it.


When you run DDU, it has options there, you should select Safe Mode and then click Restart. This reboots the system and enters the Safe Mode of Windows OS; as this is best since such things you'd be clearing out, won't be actively running when in Safe Mode. Then you'd click NVIDIA in DDU and click Clean & Restart. It will clean out NVIDIA GPU Drivers, Software, and Registry entries for those. Then reboot the OS back into normal mode. Then you simply run your NVIDIA Driver Installer to reinstall GPU Drivers and Software. Once that has completed and exited, restart.

[[☥] - CJ -]

DDU gives you the option to donate when you first use it

Thats what he means, most likely.

[watchdog79]

Цитата допису ☥ - CJ -:

DDU gives you the option to donate when you first use it

Thats what he means, most likely.

Nope, that is not what I meant.

When you launch DDU, there is a large orange button on the right saying "Update Display Driver (And ALL Hardware Drivers)". That is the link to the paid programme I spoke about. One does not need to use it though.

All seems to be fine, my new EX-GTX 1050 Ti appears to be running smoothly, and even relatively silently. I tried Fallout 4 and Skyrim SE and the improvement was tremendous, the games run on Ultra settings without any hickups. Space Hulk: Deatchwatch still seems too demanding to run on High settings, but one cannot expect miracles from a PC like mine.

Again, thanks for the help everyone. :-)

[[☥] - CJ -]

Close enough, i was still on the right track.