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EMachine Video Card upgrade

Trying to install new video card into my pc and system will not recognize it. I have an eMachine W3502 and purchased an nVidia GeForce 8400 GS to upgrade from the integrated graphics card (an ATI RADEON EXPRESS 200 Series). I have updated the BIOS from the manufacturers website succesfully, but I'm still not seeing the video card. When I try to install video card software from disk, I get a "can not find any drivers that are compatible with my hardware" message. Suspect it is unable to see video card causing this issue, but unsure. Any help/advice would be appreciated.

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And as well i am having the same problem because i have a 9800 nvidia and my monitor still not showing up and as well how do i solve that problem

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Ok so are you getting video from the card? Look in system information and see what graphics hardware the computers says is installed. Are you replacing a video card or did you add a card to the system? If you are adding a card make sure that you change the settings in the BIOS to boot first on AGP/PCI-E express slot. Make sure that fast write settings and bus speed settings are compatible with your card. For example if you purchased a 8X AGP card and your computer only does 4X the card may not work. Double check that you are trying to install the correct drivers for your card and operating system.

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SOURCE: more compatibility problems ?

what you will need to do is accertain which cpu format you have in your machine and find out if you have pcie 1 or 2

regards rich

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