Trying to upgrade to a graphics adapter on P6-2011

I have a P6-2011with integrated Intel HD graphics and wanted to upgrade to a dedicated card. I bought a cheap Radeon HD 5450 with 1GB of memory to go into the PCI Express x16 slot available on the motherboard. My power supply is 300W.
I tried just shutting the PC down and installing the card but my monitor was just black. Took HD5450 card out. Then read that I should disable (not uninstall) the intel hd graphics through the devices applet which worked fine and gave me the horrible large icons but windows still functioned. Turned PC off, installed new card again, connected new card, still monitor is blank.
Tried rebooting with the original adapter connected to monitor and it's still black. It wont get past the BIOS checks (or something like that). It never gets to windows. Bottom line installing the card makes the PC inoperative.
Also tried to look for settings in the BIOS to make it look for the PCI adapter first but there is no such a setting.
I read that a 300W power supply is a little small but this card uses power from the m/board and it only draws 20W.
This should be easier!!
Can anyone help please?

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The integrated video should be automatically disabled when the new card is installed. Also, you didn't mention installing the latest driver for the new card. Here is the latest driver for it. I always use the Catalyst Software Suite because it allows you to control the fan speed and overclock the drive. See if this helps. It could be the power supply unit (PSU). If nothing else works, you may have to replace it. HP's PSU's are made to perform with the OEM components; not necessarily with upgrades.
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