Device Manager in Windows 7 won't populate

My device manager won't populate in Win 7 Premium. It started after I tried to install a video card, but could never get it installed, so I took it out & reverted to onboard graphics. I tried 2 different video cards-a Radeon 6450 & an Nvidia 8600
GT with no success. The computer would not recognize them. It's an HP p6310f about 2 years old. How do I get Device Manager to populate again?

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