Hi, I'm wondering if anyone may be able to shed some light on the following problem I'm experiencing: I have a Dell Optiplex GX110 - PIII 933, 128MB RAM, 20GB Hard Drive. I have just bought a new GeForce 2 PCI Graphics card which cost a fortune as it had to be PCI since the GX110 doesn't have an AGP port. I first went into the BIOS and set that to Auto detect the primary video device. Next, I installed the new card, connected the monitor, powered on.... And Nothing - the screen remained blank. I removed the card and tried it in each of the PC slots in turn - nothing on any of them. I then tried the card in a different PC and it worked first time. But when I put it back into the Dell Optiplex GX110 - I get absolutely nothing - not even the POST or BIOS screens. The fan on the GFX Card runs, the keyboard lights flash at power on, and when I power off the system, my monitor "beeps" as it goes into standby mode. But I'm just not getting a thing other than that. I've tried using a different (very basic 1 or 2mb PCI GFX Card and that too worked absolutely fine !) Here's hoping someone might be able to help. Regards Simon

================================================================ Simon, I've experienced this before with a number of Dell systems. One of two things is likely happening. First, it could be a BIOS setting that is interferring with RAM on the video card. Usually a memory/cache/shadow ram option. I just set the BIOS temporarily to its safe settings until I've resolved the new hardware. If that proves to be unproductive, then install 2 video cards. The second video card is to allow you to see your monitor output while you install the device drivers for your new video card. You could most likely install the drivers without the new card actually in the machine but some install programs want to see the hardware so it's just easier to do it with 2 video cards installed. Try those two things and if they don't work let us know. borelli34

Hi Borelli, Thanks for your ideas. I've already checked the BIOS (what little there is of it on a GX110 !) The only things video related are the "Auto select primary device" and "Video DAC Converter" Both of which I've played around with. As regards the other suggestion of using 2 cards so I can load the drivers - That's not the issue in this case unfortunately. When I power on I'm not getting a single thing from the video - this is a problem LOOOOONG before it goes looking at the drivers. That said, On my quest, I've managed to churn up LOADS of posts hidden away somewhere in Dells Forums. There's hundreds of people all in the same boat as myself - basically, it's an issue whereby the motherboard is not capable enough to handle the GeForce graphics cards. Some (but not all) of the posts talk of flashing the BIOS to rectify this. But I've had a couple of bad experiences with this in the past so I don't think I'll bother ! 'bit of a bugger really since I paid a fortune for this PCI GeForce as there's a game I have here which will only run with a GeForce or an ATI Radeon - The Radeon's use AGP which the GX110 doesn't have. Great. So I now have a game AND a graphics card here - both of which I can't use !!! Ain't life great !! Thanks for your help and I hope this info is useful to others.

I know the feeling well, ive got a g-force card and games that i can't use, but my card is agp and it still wont have it

Hello! I have just got a second hand DELL GX110 and I'd like to buy a gforce graphics card to play "Lord of Rings", but after reading your answer I'm afraid. I've been told that GX110 requires PCI as it has not AGP. But, 1. Are you meaning that is it not possible to use a gforce graphics card on GXA to play? 2. Can somebody recommend me some probed and successfull gforce G.Card to mount on GX110? Thanks