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    Video card not recognized after upgrade.

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by TexasNomad, Jan 24, 2014.

  1. TexasNomad

    TexasNomad Newbie

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    I have a E1705/9400 I bought back in the Day and its been running great until the video card checked out.
    So I upgrade to a Geforce 7900 GS 256 I booted up it runs and the card is working, I can set the Resolution to 1440 x 900 but I can't get the laptop to Recognize the card, in the device manger it just says Standard VGA Graphics adapter and in Bios it says Unknown video card. :confused:.
    I don't know what to do any help would be awesome.
    I've upgraded to win7 64 and running max Ram.
    Thank you for any help. :)
     
    TexasNomad, Jan 24, 2014
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  2. dave-p

    dave-p Notebook Deity

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    are you sure it was a 7900 card from the Dell series laptops ?

    It could be an issue with the vbios.
     
    dave-p, Jan 25, 2014
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  3. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    The E1705/9400 can only accept graphics cards from other similar Dells... the form factory is totally proprietary.

    Assuming you're sure that the current card is a 7900GS, if your original GPU was also a 7900GS, I'm not sure what the BIOS issue is. If it was something like a 7800, you may just need to update the BIOS.

    In Windows you probably just need to reinstall the driver...
     
    Commander Wolf, Jan 25, 2014
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  4. StormJumper

    StormJumper Notebook Virtuoso

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    Well that is a problem right off the bat when it doesn't recognize the card? Do you have a picture of the GPU card so others can verify it or its model number so others can see if it is the right card. I have a Dell XPS M1710 Go 7950GTX and it works find and still have the 7900GS as spare. So we need to know what exact model number GPU you have and if you updated the BIOS?? Also my XPS has 4 gig ram with the latest Bios as well to use Go 7950GTX.
     
    StormJumper, Jan 26, 2014
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