Dell optiplex gx260 and GEFORCE 8400GS card

[gxa2007]

I have a dell optiplex gx260 mini-tower 1.8 Ghz (with integrated video card), and the GEForce 8400 GS is just not working. I see the same blank screen after BIOS screen is done, and I am unable to get into the SAFE mode with the card in place.

- I disabled the driver for the integrated card
- My BIOS is the latest A09
- I am unable to boot/SAFE boot with the card in the PCI slot
and as a result I am unable to get the drivers for this sucker installed

Running Win XP SP3, and the PSU for my desktop (it seems) is 250W

Any advice?. I am really upset D:, as I spent about 45$ just to get my PC doing some decent graphics..

Your help is appreciated!.. Thanks.

BTW, I forgot to add.. I even tried booting without the card, and installing the driver pack from NVidia's website, and that fails, because "the requisite hardware is missing"

 

[Harvey]

Searching Google for "gx260"+8400gs finds links to others who have had similar problems. For example, here and here.

Sorry, I don't have time to check them, but you may find answers, there. I had a similar problem with a friend's Asus board that was resolved by changing a jumper setting on the motherboard with a PCI-e slot and onboard video. I e-mailed Asus tech support, and they said to change the jumper for the PCI-e slot from x4 to x1. Strangely, that board was set to x1, and moving it to x4 resolved the problem.

Hope that helps. Good luck.

 

[Emulex]

if you have two monitors you can boot to bios and disable the on-board. iirc the newer nvidia require an active monitor to recognize.

if you have a spare monitor give that a shot.