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swapping graphics cards
I have one box running XP with a geforce 9600GT, and a more recent build
with windows 7 has a geforce GT430 I want to swap the graphics cards over - can I do that without any driver complications looking for advice, as although I have been building pcs for many yearsI don't know everything and things do keep changing! many thanks, lol |
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"Lol" wrote in message
... I have one box running XP with a geforce 9600GT, and a more recent build with windows 7 has a geforce GT430 I want to swap the graphics cards over - can I do that without any driver complications looking for advice, as although I have been building pcs for many yearsI don't know everything and things do keep changing! many thanks, lol I would think if you do a check to see if your power supply meets the standards of the graphics card for the system you're changing to and there are drivers available for the cards for the OS then there shouldn't be an issue. Uninstall each card first from the device manager to unload the drivers before you shut down to change the cards Additionally there may be ancilliary programs that are associated with each card that you might want to uninstall even before going to the device manager. -- Jan Alter |
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Jan Alter wrote:
"Lol" wrote in message ... I have one box running XP with a geforce 9600GT, and a more recent build with windows 7 has a geforce GT430 I want to swap the graphics cards over - can I do that without any driver complications looking for advice, as although I have been building pcs for many yearsI don't know everything and things do keep changing! many thanks, lol I would think if you do a check to see if your power supply meets the standards of the graphics card for the system you're changing to and there are drivers available for the cards for the OS then there shouldn't be an issue. Uninstall each card first from the device manager to unload the drivers before you shut down to change the cards Additionally there may be ancilliary programs that are associated with each card that you might want to uninstall even before going to the device manager. Yeah, I'd recommend uninstalling the graphics driver, then shut down, change cards, and it should come up in 640x480. Then install the driver. The reason for doing that, is fewer surprises, than if you just leave the Nvidia driver in place. The power consumption of a GT430 is quite low. No worries there. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/gra...0_4.html#sect0 The 9600 GT in the table here, is around 68.7W max. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/gra...b_4.html#sect0 For safe powering, there's probably a 2x3 on the end of the 9600 GT card, like this. The GT430 shouldn't need that connector, as power is much lower. The GT430 draws +12V and +3.3V from the slot. http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggIma...130-328-07.jpg Paul |
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On Jan 19, 12:04 pm, "Lol" wrote:
I have one box running XP with a geforce 9600GT, and a more recent build with windows 7 has a geforce GT430 I want to swap the graphics cards over - can I do that without any driver complications looking for advice, as although I have been building pcs for many yearsI don't know everything and things do keep changing! many thanks, lol You'll probably have residuals, registry entries and so forth. Some are notoriously difficult to totally clean once installed, and may involve a FAQ for helping with that end. Lately been swapping around a couple ATI boards, 7xxx w/ 9xxx series, including throwing in a curve with a NVIDIA MB vidchip. I had to dig out a few unneeded ATI residuals loading up beside the NVidia, but other than that either one the included drivers or website drivers wasn't loading, which I fixed, for nothing much more drastic than a basic display. Anything but older games, of course, and it would probably croak out a nasty fart of protest before sending the system belly up. |
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"Lol" wrote in message ... I have one box running XP with a geforce 9600GT, and a more recent build with windows 7 has a geforce GT430 I want to swap the graphics cards over - can I do that without any driver complications looking for advice, as although I have been building pcs for many yearsI don't know everything and things do keep changing! many thanks, lol I agree with the others' method of uninstalling the old first. I do the same, except when you boot up the first time with the new card, if the 'Found new hardware' wizard comes up (and it probably will), cancel out of it and use the Nvidia setup program. It seems to be a cleaner, less troublesome installation that way, plus the other parts of the driver suite (such as PhysX) get installed and updated at the same time. My method is: 1) uninstall the current driver; 2) shut down and replace the card (be sure to unplug the PC from the wall. Otherwise there is still power to the MB); 3) boot up. Cancel out of the 'New hardware wizard'; 4) reboot; 5) install the new driver and reboot a final time. The reason for #4 is to let the system "settle" with the basic VGA driver. I've had a couple of swaps go bad by skipping that step. I don't know if it was because of residuals from the old driver or what, but it's just a couple more minutes, and seems to make things go a little smoother in the end. -- SC Tom |
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On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:04:53 -0500, "SC Tom" wrote:
"Lol" wrote in message ... I have one box running XP with a geforce 9600GT, and a more recent build with windows 7 has a geforce GT430 I want to swap the graphics cards over - can I do that without any driver complications looking for advice, as although I have been building pcs for many yearsI don't know everything and things do keep changing! many thanks, lol I agree with the others' method of uninstalling the old first. I do the same, except when you boot up the first time with the new card, if the 'Found new hardware' wizard comes up (and it probably will), cancel out of it and use the Nvidia setup program. It seems to be a cleaner, less troublesome installation that way, plus the other parts of the driver suite (such as PhysX) get installed and updated at the same time. My method is: 1) uninstall the current driver; 2) shut down and replace the card (be sure to unplug the PC from the wall. Otherwise there is still power to the MB); 3) boot up. Cancel out of the 'New hardware wizard'; 4) reboot; 5) install the new driver and reboot a final time. The reason for #4 is to let the system "settle" with the basic VGA driver. I've had a couple of swaps go bad by skipping that step. I don't know if it was because of residuals from the old driver or what, but it's just a couple more minutes, and seems to make things go a little smoother in the end. I wouldn't bother uninstalling the drivers in this case. Both cards are Nvidia and they use unified drivers. -- (\__/) M. (='.'=) Due to the amount of spam posted via googlegroups and (")_(") their inaction to the problem. I am blocking some articles posted from there. If you wish your postings to be seen by everyone you will need use a different method of posting. |
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"Mark" wrote in message ... On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:04:53 -0500, "SC Tom" wrote: "Lol" wrote in message ... I have one box running XP with a geforce 9600GT, and a more recent build with windows 7 has a geforce GT430 I want to swap the graphics cards over - can I do that without any driver complications looking for advice, as although I have been building pcs for many yearsI don't know everything and things do keep changing! many thanks, lol I agree with the others' method of uninstalling the old first. I do the same, except when you boot up the first time with the new card, if the 'Found new hardware' wizard comes up (and it probably will), cancel out of it and use the Nvidia setup program. It seems to be a cleaner, less troublesome installation that way, plus the other parts of the driver suite (such as PhysX) get installed and updated at the same time. My method is: 1) uninstall the current driver; 2) shut down and replace the card (be sure to unplug the PC from the wall. Otherwise there is still power to the MB); 3) boot up. Cancel out of the 'New hardware wizard'; 4) reboot; 5) install the new driver and reboot a final time. The reason for #4 is to let the system "settle" with the basic VGA driver. I've had a couple of swaps go bad by skipping that step. I don't know if it was because of residuals from the old driver or what, but it's just a couple more minutes, and seems to make things go a little smoother in the end. I wouldn't bother uninstalling the drivers in this case. Both cards are Nvidia and they use unified drivers. And you may or may not have any problems. I went from a 9800GT to a GT 240 without uninstalling/reinstalling and had no problem at all. But I went from the GT 240 to a GT 520 (mistakenly thinking it was an upgrade), was sorely disappointed in its performance, and put the GT 240 back in without uninstalling/reinstalling. What a mistake. The 240 now ran as slow as the 520, even though device manager and Nvidia control center picked it up as a 240. After following my usual method, I got it back up and running the way it should. -- SC Tom |
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very many thanks to everyone for all that advice
I'll probably follow the simplest, then get complicated when it goes wrong Lol "Lol" wrote in message ... I have one box running XP with a geforce 9600GT, and a more recent build with windows 7 has a geforce GT430 I want to swap the graphics cards over - can I do that without any driver complications looking for advice, as although I have been building pcs for many yearsI don't know everything and things do keep changing! many thanks, lol |
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"Mark" wrote in message ... On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:04:53 -0500, "SC Tom" wrote: "Lol" wrote in message ... I have one box running XP with a geforce 9600GT, and a more recent build with windows 7 has a geforce GT430 I want to swap the graphics cards over - can I do that without any driver complications looking for advice, as although I have been building pcs for many yearsI don't know everything and things do keep changing! many thanks, lol I agree with the others' method of uninstalling the old first. I do the same, except when you boot up the first time with the new card, if the 'Found new hardware' wizard comes up (and it probably will), cancel out of it and use the Nvidia setup program. It seems to be a cleaner, less troublesome installation that way, plus the other parts of the driver suite (such as PhysX) get installed and updated at the same time. My method is: 1) uninstall the current driver; 2) shut down and replace the card (be sure to unplug the PC from the wall. Otherwise there is still power to the MB); 3) boot up. Cancel out of the 'New hardware wizard'; 4) reboot; 5) install the new driver and reboot a final time. The reason for #4 is to let the system "settle" with the basic VGA driver. I've had a couple of swaps go bad by skipping that step. I don't know if it was because of residuals from the old driver or what, but it's just a couple more minutes, and seems to make things go a little smoother in the end. I wouldn't bother uninstalling the drivers in this case. Both cards are Nvidia and they use unified drivers. -- (\__/) M. (='.'=) Due to the amount of spam posted via googlegroups and (")_(") their inaction to the problem. I am blocking some articles posted from there. If you wish your postings to be seen by everyone you will need use a different method of posting. was hoping someone would say that!! |
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