What is the brand, and wattage of your PSU. Also include the make and model of your machine. If custom build what is the make and model of your mother board. Check the voltage also in BIOS.

 

Thanks for the reply
I have a poweredge 840
Standard 420 watt psu
I could not find the voltage in the bios
Is there anywhere specific I should look for it?

 

I believe your PSU is too weak for your graphics card. I recommend a 600W or more PSU 80+ rating like Corsair. What brand and model cpu do you have, How many HDD do you have installed, includind USB devices? Try this website to calulate the wattage PSU you would need. Power Supply Finder

 

Is that a PCI card or a PCIe x16 card?

The power edge server may need to have the integrated video disabled in the bios to recognize the card is installed.

 

It is pci but I had ati 9250 in it before
And I don't think there is a way in the bios to shut off the integrated graphics
At least in this machine I have very limited control in the bios

 

9500 Gt is a PCIe card (sometimes confused with the much older PCI card) the bare minimum power requirements are 350 Watt PSU if there is only one HDD, one CD drive and no external USB drives. Anything more hardware then that would be closer to Jacks recommendation of 600 Watt PSU.

 

I was able to find a 9500 gt pci from an offbrand manufacture
I have some small hardware like a USB headset and some other stuff
So even though I might not have good enough psu I think I will just go buy a 600 watt and see if that works

 

If it was working with the 9250 PCI card before I think you may have a defective card.

 

Okay first I will see if I can send it back and get a replacement card then if it still doesn't work then I will get a new 600 watt psu

 

PCIe ports to PCI can be flaky, they do not all meet the PCI spec exactly since they were designed for the later spec and later modded to the PCI spec.