[olug] Disappointment and a question ...

Aric Aasgaard aric at omahax.com
Thu May 22 08:20:13 CDT 2014


Did you replace the power supply in your Dell Vostro 460 so it will handle
an R9 270?
You should not use a stock Dell desktop PSU with a gamer card.

-----Original Message-----
From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of unfy
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 7:27 PM
To: Omaha Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [olug] Disappointment and a question ...

Depending on where ya are, I can drop by with my R9 270 and ya can watch it
not post in the 460 but post in another system :D

It was the damnedest thing to actually witness heh.

-Will


On 5/21/2014 1:14 AM, Aric Aasgaard wrote:
> What video card doesn't work?  I have a Dell Vostro 460  and a bunch 
> of video cards on a bench at work.
> ......I think I have a hd6570
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf 
> Of unfy
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 9:40 PM
> To: olug at olug.org
> Subject: Re: [olug] Disappointment and a question ...
>
> Started grabbing ideas for checklist...
>
> But in sad news - the Dell Vostro 460 (i7 2600 / h67 chipset) I was 
> going to throw the new video card into ... well, the Dell BIOS is 
> broken and the system doesn't post with the card in the system (card 
> works in the nforce 630i i've mentioned, and an hd6570 works in the
Dell....).
> It's been a known issues for years and they don't appear to care... so 
> I'll be fetching a retail motherboard to put in the system... but that 
> will be a week or two - finances and all.
>
> -Will
>
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