trying to add an hd 5450 to an emachines E4210 with the card installed it just beeps at me (well a buzzer noise) yet try the card in my machine and its fine , also works in the kids pc. the childrens video card works in the emachines pc. any idea`s?
PSU? From Guru3D: "The card requires you to have a 300 Watt power supply unit at minimum if you use it in a mainstream system. That power supply needs to have (in total accumulated) at least 30 Amps available on the +12 volts rails."
Is the children's video card a NVidia perchance? I've seen a lot of issues like this come up on here with people unsuccessfully adding a newer AMD card to an older machine. I think they have a compatibility problem. NVidia cards don't seem to have this problem.
nah kids pc is using an hd 6670 and it boots with it . psu is a `bestec` rated at 300w contiuous with 15a on 12v rail. no pcie connectors,its slot powered
The buzzing is usually a sign that not enough power is getting to the card, maybe the more modern card does more thorough tests at start-up or maybe it actually requires more power. Even though they are both similar in power requirements the AMD website does recommend 400W minimum, and 15Amps on 12v is very low for this level of PSU in this day and age.
Okay, so than, you tried your kids HD6670 in the pc were you have problem, too see if its the slot? next thing it may be is the power supply.. what is in the kids machine power supply wise ? is it the same 300watt power supply or? ****edit**** very strange
its not power - it doesnt boot with my own psu attached , but it happily now starts with my own 7870 in the pcie slot!
Sounds like the eMachines box just isn't going to work with the 5450. There's a reason they went bust you know
emachines E4210 will boot with a 6670 installed (ownpsu) but not hd 5450 hd 5450 willwork in 3 other pcs E4210 will boot with my own psu and my 7870 but will not start with my psu and the hd 5450 but buzzes low and high pitched!
So all hardware worth fine...with other stuff, just not were you want it to work...Worth a shot, but take back the HD5450 ( even through it works in 3 other machines) and get a replacement I know you said the bigger better GPU works but not that which is very odd but hay..ahhh the art of problem solving
Don't both the 6670 and 7870 both take a PCI-E power feed (or 2), but the 5450 doesn't - perhaps the PCI-E lane can't supply enough juice? Have you got another lane-powered GPU to try?
Was the HD5450 new? You could take it back and get GT210 I know its a pain in the butt, but if you just got it you have the right to take it back without being questioned
