How hard is it to change video cards on a water cooled PC?
400604
not too hard, especially if the video card isn't water cooled. if it is the only extra steps would be to remove the cooling solution from the new card and installing the water block.
126439
Your going to have to check with the manufacturer to be sure, but in most cases with laptops you won't be able to upgrade the video card. The video card is integrated into the system board.
317649
If you have enough slots in your PC to add two more video cards to the existing one, then yes, you can.\nMost current operating systems can handle it...
1102872
Turn the power off, pull out the plugs.\nOpen the case\nPlug in the new card (make sure you're grounded first eg. touch something metal i guess)\nConnect the monitor to the new card\nPlug the power on\nLoad up window\nRight click "my computer"\nClick on hardware tab then device manager\nExpand the Display Adapter\nDouble click on your old device\nOn Display usage: disable it.\nPress Ok\nGoto Ati Website and download the Catalyst Drivers for the Radeon series.\nInstall it.\n\nThis is what I would've done, but since I'm not there, I can't really tell you what problems might pop up or occur.
875584
Well without knowing your computer specs it is difficult do you have an agp card or a pci-express card currently or if it is a really old system maybe even a pci card. \nOnce you know that it is rather simple by a new card of the type you need.\n1st remove the any divers and software for your old card\nthen shut system down and open case.\nremove the old card and insert the new card \n(note many video card slots have locking clips on the right side of the card slot)\nMake sure the card is fully seated and any locking clips engaged\nreconnect monitor to new card and reboot\nthen just use the installation cd to install new drivers and software and viola done
402668
You can add RAM, change video cards and add additional cards without much incident.\n\nDell, however, does not use standard motherboards or power supplies; if you want to change those, you have to buy Dell parts as replacements, because standard mobos and ATX power supplies just won't fit in the case.
189858
yeah u have to open ur computer and switch ur video card
853223
swap the moniter with annother one if tat ones pink then replace your video card if not replace the moniter
30466
Yes, if they can change your CPU speed or videocard speed with overclocking software its possible to burn it out.
126070
I don't find it difficult at all, but there are quite a few little things you learn before it stops being frustrating. Like learning to put risers under the motherboard so it doesn't touch the case, and removing risers that aren't being used so they don't touch other parts of the motherboard where they aren't supposed to. And thermal goo (mmm, themal goo....) that goes between the cpu heatsink and the cpu itself to help conduct heat. And that floppy drives and cd and dvd roms use finer threaded screws than everything else (if you accidentally use one of those screws on the motherboard, for example, they are very hard to get out, so watch out for that). Ever see the old ads for the board game Othello? It's slogan was "A minute to learn, a lifetime to master". It's like that.
791941
you cant, it requires a CPU and motherboard to control it ... its an "add-on" card
1021463
Use the PCI slot man. If is has an onboard video, disable it in the bios and use the new card that you installed. Good Luck!
926076
yes  you can\n\nthe DDR, DDR2, and now DDR3 ON VIDEO CARDS, does not have to be DDR like the motherboards/chipset\n\nThe latest cards are using DDR3 (nVidia 8800 GTx) and they will fit into anything w/ a PCI-Express slot on a motherboard using (DDR or DDR2)\n\nDont get the 2 confused.
965378
it can take DDR ram not DDR2 \nhttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-SAMSUNG-1GB-PC3200-DDR-400Mhz-RAM-NT-512MB-PC-3200_W0QQitemZ230049114703QQihZ013QQcategoryZ74942QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem\n\nit can take Agp x8 video cards not pci-e\nhttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRAND-NEW-GEFORCE-6800-XT-DDR-128MB-AGP-DVI-VGA-TV_W0QQitemZ200044697797QQihZ010QQcategoryZ27387QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem\n\ni can take pci sound cards \nhttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SOUND-BLASTER-AUDIGY-2-ZS-7-1-OEM-FREE-GAME_W0QQitemZ160052030840QQihZ006QQcategoryZ3701QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem\n\nas long as you fill those criteria you should be ok
1150766
its easy but sum ppl dont wanna touch the mother board cuz it has stuff chemicals that may give u cancer its ur choice \n\n\nhey if u do do it come n change mine to i wanna upgrade to a better MB and processor email me ok
610391
Yes, power supply is what you call the "box".  They are highly interchangeable between computers.  As far as difficulty, I think they're the worst thing short of (sometimes maybe even in front of) a CPU to change.  There's just one heck of a lot of little cables and its a nuisance to figure out where they all go.  I would recommend that you get someone certified to do it.  \nIf your warranty's expired (you'll void it if you aren't certified and go into the case) and you try to do it yourself on limited knowledge, you may not find it to be difficult, but if you end up with some little kink, it'll be difficult for you to trace down what you did wrong.  \n1) Essentially, you'll have to unplug both power supplies from AC (the wall outlet).\n2) Open the case and unplug both power supplies from everything they are connected to inside the case - they will have cables linking up to almost every other piece of hardware in your case.\n3) Unscrew both power supplies from the case.  You can now remove the organ.\n4) Swap the power supplies and do the opposite of 3, 2, then 1.\nHitches:\nThe plugs are usually keyed so that you physically cannot insert them backward or anything.  You can fry components if you still manage to hook things up incorrectly.  And between the two different motherboards, you might not hook the same cables in the same places.  If you do not make a good note of where you unpugged from, it might be difficult for you to figure out what to plug back in and where to plug it.  Having the plans to your motherboards wouldn't hurt you.  You can find those online if you don't have them.
83880
If you have the mother board on an intel chipset then it will take a percentage of ram by itself.\nYou cannot change that Neither is it required