Where is the graphics card located
AMD Support: How To Install A Graphics Card
hey everyone i'm devon neff chuck i'm a
product manager here at AMD's graphics
product group and today I'm going to
show you just how easy it is to install
a new graphics card into your system
there might be some big games this
holiday season that you're looking
forward to like dirt to like Modern
Warfare 2 or Dragon Age Origins and a
new graphics card is the easiest way to
upgrade your system so it's ready to
play these games not only are these
graphics cards good for these games but
it's also good for general Windows 7
computer and experience such as
transcoding video for your portable
media player or just creating a great HD
media experience as you might have seen
my monkey friend I do a little bit
earlier it's very easy to install one of
these cards I'm just going to show you
the process in a bit more detail today
I'm going to assume you already have one
of these cards but if you don't just
check out the link below and we can get
you pointed in the right direction
so to get started all we really need is
a Philips screwdriver and your graphic
script so before you get started make
sure that you ground yourself before you
open up your PC you can do this by
touching any grounded metal object such
as a water tub also make sure that your
PC is shut down and that the power
switch is turned off the back of the
computer unplug all the cables
especially the power cord
so it's really easy to open up your
system with two simple screws on the
back you can take off your front cover
if you've had your PC a while it might
be a little bit dusty in there so people
vacuum cleaner handy if you want to if
you want to clean up the inside of your
case so here's the inside of our system
your system might not look identical but
it will share a lot of the same
components I'm going to give you a quick
rundown of all the major parts of the
system so you can identify in your in
your computer which part is which this
is the CPU under this fan the vertical
slots here of the memory you have the
hard drive over here and there's usually
an open slot for a graphic script so
this slot right here is called the PCI
Express slot and it's used for graphics
some motherboards have one two or even
more slots
so I have a few video cards here
for example this is one of our HD 5770 s
and this is an HD 3450 you know they're
they look quite a bit different just
like cars video cards come in all sorts
of styles some of them are much more
powerful and will require an external
power connector while other ones they're
quite as powerful don't require the
connector this right here is the PCI
Express interface that will go into the
slot that I showed you earlier
so first locate your PCI Express
graphics lab there may be some plates on
the back of your case that you'll need
to remove place the card in the slot and
push it down to secure it you may need
to also screw in your graphics chip
if your graphic card requires an
external power connector please make
sure that you have a 6-pin PCI Express
connector on your power supply you can
contact your system manufacturer or your
power supply vendor to verify this
simply plug the power connector into
your video card and install the video
card the same way as you did before
now they've installed your graphics card
replace the back panel on your case
remember to screw it in and reconnect
all the cables to the back the first
thing you need to do is reconnect to
your display connector this might be in
the position if you have a new video
card and did not have one before
reconnect all your peripherals including
your mouse on the keyboard and lastly
reconnect the power and turn your power
supply back on
in order to allow your new video card to
communicate with the Windows operating
system you need a special piece of
software called the driver this is
available either on the CD that you
received with your graphics card or from
our website simply click through the
install process and the drivers will be
installed
click on finish' do one final reboot and
your drivers will be insult
as you can see a simple graphics kind
upgrade can make what you see and what
you do on your PC much better think
you're ready to try for yourself go to
the link below and you can compare
graphics cards find out which card is
good for you and get the best prices
hope this helps for AMD I'm deaf and
extra and I'll see you online
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