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Computer won't boot properly with dedicated GPU

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Computer won't boot properly with dedicated GPU

So I have a computer which is unable to boot when I put in a Radeon 5450 into the machine. Need it for doing dual monitor setup and the onboard won't work because it only has VGA (old computer). Everytime I put in the card it will power on then 5 seconds later turn off with nothing appearing on the screen. Take out the card works fine no issues and I have tried other video cards (PCI) as well with no resolve. Swapped PSU's and that didn't help either.

Computer specs:

ECS 945GCT-M
1GB PC5300
Coolmaster Eliete 400W PSU (old but functioning PSU was a no name brand)
The usual's (1 hard drive, 1 DVD drive)

I also reset the CMOS and that didn't help. Would a BIOS update fix this or are is a possibility with dead PCI/E slots?
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go into your bios and set your video to AGP/PCI-E instead of onboard video and shut down. Put your video card in and then power it back up. Give it a try and post back.

edit: nvm, if your computer shuts off every 5 seconds with the video card in, then you might want to check the contacts between the slot and the card. If contacts are okay then you might want to try another video card to determine whether it is your computer or the card. On a side note, i never really liked ECS boards as they always gave me problems
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sometimes on older board pci/agp slot share irq with the first pci slot.
if that pci slot is occupied try moving the component to another slot.
a bios update is definitely worth trying.
if that does not work i would start to suspect either a bad slot on the mobo or your psu is crapping out when peaking.
as the above poster said change the default graphics startup to agp/pcie.
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Well after swapping the PSU i know that isnt the issue because it still happened regardless of the power source inside. We have already tried a different GPU but that was PCI based no PCI-E. I have been suspecting a bad board for a while since I ruled out the PSU.

Will post back with results for BIOS update.

@trixstar: first time dealing with ECS but i heard they were a pain.
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Amourek wrote: The board has a second PCI-E slot. Did you try it?
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Shutting down like that always suggests power or temperature issues!

EDIT (yikes ... I didn't notice how old the original post was!)

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