Video Card & Windows 10

TomMcgTx

TomMcgTx

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Hello all, dumb question time! I have an eMachines ET1831 computer with Windows 7 Home Premium. I have been getting those little messages in the right hand corner to upgrade to Windows 10. When I try and do that, I get a message that my video card is not compatible:

"NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 620i
The display manufacturer hasn't made your display compatible with Windows 10. Check with the manufacturer for support."

I really don't have the money to purchase a new computer, so I want to upgrade the video card if possible. From what I understand, (which isn't very much), my computer has integrated graphics. Below is a picture of the inside, are those white or orange slots for video cards? I also read somewhere that for a video card upgrade the power supply should at least be 400w to 500w, and mine is only 250w, I believe (ATX-250PA). So, I don't really need anything fancy, I'm not playing games or doing anything that demanding. I just want to make my computer compatible for the Windows 10 upgrade. I want to know what will work, and what will fit before I buy something. Forgive my ignorance of these matters, and I appreciate any advice.





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Yes, you have a PCIe slot so you can use virtually any graphics card. Windows 10 requires a graphics card with DirectX 9 or later with WDDM 1.0 driver. As you don't game, you simply need an adaptor that has these basic requirements.

This card is DX 11 and will be a significant boost in your system. It also only uses less than 20W so you should be fine with your current PSU. If you can afford it, I would recommend getting something like this though...Corsair CX430W PSU for $20.

It is currently $49 at newegg - GeForce GT 720. I have chosen nVidia as you can sometimes have problems on older machines with nvidia chipsets using AMD graphics cards. Better to avoid that.

To install do the following exactly:

  1. Download to your desktop (don't install yet): nVidia chip set drivers (latest)
  2. Download to your desktop (don't install yet): nVidia graphics drivers (latest)
  3. Download and install this Display Driver Uninstaller.
  4. Set a restore point.
  5. Run Display Driver Uninstaller and choose nvidia from the drop down menu and then select Clean and Shut Down.
  6. Install new video card.
  7. Start computer and enter BIOS and disable any onboard graphics options.
  8. Save and Restart into Windows. Cancel any automatic drivers that Windows tries to install.
  9. Install the nVidia chip set drivers downloaded earlier.
  10. Restart.
  11. Install the nVidia graphics card drivers downloaded earlier.
  12. Restart.
  13. Update Windows.
  14. Restart and create a new System Restore if all is well.
Also, do yourself a favor and get a can of compressed air and clean all the case out particularly the CPU fan.
 
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TomMcgTx said:
Thank you so much! I will try these and let you know how it went.
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You're welcome. Let us know how you go.

In the meantime download PC Wizard and install it. Run it and go to FILE, SAVE AS and save the text file to your desktop. Copy its contents to this thread so I can make double sure of another issues that may be present.
 
Ok, this is what PC Wizard says:
PC Wizard 2014 Version 2.13
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Owner: Tom
User: Tom
Computer Name: TOM-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium Home Edition Media Center 6.01.7601 Service Pack 1
Report Date: Tuesday 16 February 2016 at 20:55

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<<< System Summary >>>

> Mainboard : eMachines EMCP73VT-PM

> Chipset : nVidia GeForce 7050

> Processor : Intel Celeron 450 @ 2200 MHz

> Physical Memory : 3072 MB DDR2-SDRAM

> Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 620i

> Hard Disk : Seagate ST350041 8AS SCSI Disk Device (500GB)

> DVD-Rom Drive : HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH41N

> Monitor Type : E17T4W - 17 inches

> Network Card : Realtek Semiconductor RTL8101 PCIe Fast Ethernet Adapter

> Operating System : Windows 7 Home Premium Home Edition Media Center 6.01.7601 Service Pack 1 (64-bit)

> DirectX : Version 11.00

> Windows Performance Index : 3.2 on 7.9
Help : Example of usage


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***** End of report *****
 
Nice, you could also upgrade your CPU to a E8400 or similar and get much better performance. It has a PCIe x16 so you're all set. I have also updated the links in my previous post to 64bit OS.
 
Yes, your motherboard supports a Core 2 Duo processor that is up to 65W on the power usage.

If you do that, i would definately upgrade the PSU.

So a nice upgrade to your machine would be:

GT 720 - $50
Corsair 430W PSU - $19
Intel E8400 (currently $14 - cant go wrong)
New RAM (2 x 2GB) to give you 4GB - $31
Arctic Silver 5 - $7 (when you reinstall the heatsink)

All up, around $120. You will get a significant performance boost. Also clean out the fans and case, use a USB stick (4GB or greater) and enable ReadyBoost.
 
Ok, I'm less than patiently waiting for a power supply, video card, and CPU in the mail. In the meantime, I have a RAM question. I noticed the RAM that you recommend is PC2-5300. I asked a Crucial Rep what was compatible with my system, and used their "scanner", and their recommendations were PC2-6400. Yet another site, upon typing the motherboard type recommended PC2-5300 also. I don't really know what those mean, but looking into it led me to discussions of FSB, etc. Would either work, and would the full potential of PC2-6400 be useful on my system? I'm not really sure how all that works.
 
Pc26400 should work but technically the board only supports up to pc25300. If you are adding to existing ram just get the same speed as original.
 
As John said, and also, putting faster ram in where it costs more isn't a good idea as it will simply downclock it to the motherboard rating. I chose the fastest ram your board can handle.
 
Ok, I swapped out the power supply, CPU and installed the graphics card. I followed the steps above, but when I went to upgrade to Windows 10, I got the same error message:

NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 620i
The display manufacturer hasn't made your display compatible with Windows 10. Check with the manufacturer for support."

What am I missing? The onboard graphics are disabled. I used the Display driver Uninstaller also.
 
If you've changed your CPU or motherboard then you should probably consider reinstalling Windows fresh. I'd give that a go and then see if you have any luck with the display driver.
 
What video card did you install? Did you connect the video cable to the video card or onboard connector? I'm questioning this because windows 10 doesn't officially support the onboard 7050.
 
The video card I installed is the "MSI GeForce GT 720" discussed above. Everything is connected properly, and it's working. The Windows update program just isn't recognizing it. I went into BIOS and made sure the onboard video card was disabled. Actually, the whole point of my thread was that I could not update to Windows 10 due to the incompatibility. When I get home later, I'll reinstall Windows 7 as has been suggested and see if that makes a difference.
 
Don't reinstall windows 7, you can use your windows 7 key to activate a new install of windows 10. Do this by using the media creation tool to download the ISO for 10 and then write the image to a dvd and then boot to it. It's best to do a fresh install of 10 anyway, if you have any issues with 7 then they will just transfer over to 10.

media creation tool here.

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691209
 
johnb35 said:
Don't reinstall windows 7, you can use your windows 7 key to activate a new install of windows 10. Do this by using the media creation tool to download the ISO for 10 and then write the image to a dvd and then boot to it. It's best to do a fresh install of 10 anyway, if you have any issues with 7 then they will just transfer over to 10.

media creation tool here.

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691209
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Ok. Will it still give me an error, saying it still detects the incompatible video card?
 
I don't know how it can be incompatible since the gt720 has windows 10 drivers. I'm sure a fresh install will go through with no problems.

Go into device manager and look under display adapters and tell me what it says.
 
johnb35 said:
I don't know how it can be incompatible since the gt720 has windows 10 drivers. I'm sure a fresh install will go through with no problems.

Go into device manager and look under display adapters and tell me what it says.
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I'm not at home right now, but last night it reflected the new card. That's why I don't understand why when I click on the little windows upgrade icon in the lower right side of the screen, it still gives me the same error as discussed above.
 
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