Help building a new computer
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Sounds like you fixed this issue. Nonetheless I highly recommend making sure you have correctly plugged in your case speakers plug, if your case has a case speaker. (Most cases do.) It is a very small 2 or 4 pin plug, it looks like the power and reset plugs and is ideally labeled "speaker" or "SPKR" or something. This is what beeps when you boot up. The beeps are sometimes the only way to diagnose a future boot error you might encounter--consult your mobo's documentation to tell you what the beeps mean.
Alright, I have more or less everything set up now. Still no beeping sound, I don't think my case has a speaker, though its not much of an issue since my computer is up and running with all the basic programs installed.
But! The video card problem is still there. I tried going into the BIOS, but I couldn't find the option to boot to the PCIE, and it continues to boot to the internal Intel card. Device manager still doesn't recognize the card at all, so I can't install drivers to it (the Nvidia installation thing tries to detect your card, and if it doesn't, it doesn't go ahead with the installation).
Is there a reason it wouldn't be detected? Googling the problem just suggests that I either reconnect the card (maybe I didn't use the right wires? I used the ones that came with the PSU, not the ones in the video card case) or that my PSU isn't powerful enough. I'm not thinking its the PSU not being powerful enough though.
But! The video card problem is still there. I tried going into the BIOS, but I couldn't find the option to boot to the PCIE, and it continues to boot to the internal Intel card. Device manager still doesn't recognize the card at all, so I can't install drivers to it (the Nvidia installation thing tries to detect your card, and if it doesn't, it doesn't go ahead with the installation).
Is there a reason it wouldn't be detected? Googling the problem just suggests that I either reconnect the card (maybe I didn't use the right wires? I used the ones that came with the PSU, not the ones in the video card case) or that my PSU isn't powerful enough. I'm not thinking its the PSU not being powerful enough though.
Looking through the BIOS again, I managed to find the boot setting for the video card, it was already set to PCIE, not the internal one. So I guess that means maybe I plugged in my video card wrong, or something? I mean the fans are spinning on it, so I assume it has power. What else could be failing the detection?
I've uninstalled the video card, then reinstalled it, plugging in all the correct cords, to no avail.
Not sure what else to do... it just doesn't want to be recognized. Is it something wrong with the card itself, or the motherboard?
EDIT: I sent a support ticket to Gigabyte, so hopefully they can help figure out this issue as well.
I really hope it's either something stupid, or the graphic's card itself. I'd rather not have it be a bad PCIE slot on the motherboard, and have to send that in for a whole new one.
Not sure what else to do... it just doesn't want to be recognized. Is it something wrong with the card itself, or the motherboard?
EDIT: I sent a support ticket to Gigabyte, so hopefully they can help figure out this issue as well.
I really hope it's either something stupid, or the graphic's card itself. I'd rather not have it be a bad PCIE slot on the motherboard, and have to send that in for a whole new one.
tokala
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You may try to look in the BIOS options for something like "PCIe mode".
There is a known problem with PCIe 3.0 that sometimes a video card / mainboard combination won't work in 3.0 mode, but will in 2.0 mode.
Unfortunately the designation of that option in the BIOS usually is somewhat obscure, so you might need to consult the manual.
You might also try to flash the latest mainboard BIOS.
There is a known problem with PCIe 3.0 that sometimes a video card / mainboard combination won't work in 3.0 mode, but will in 2.0 mode.
Unfortunately the designation of that option in the BIOS usually is somewhat obscure, so you might need to consult the manual.
You might also try to flash the latest mainboard BIOS.
hobbsyoyo
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The 360 only outputs at 720p so it will look the same if viewed on either a 720p or 1080p monitor.
Only some mobos have their own speaker. His doesn't. Most mobos, if connected to one, also give one beep at startup if everything is fine. Every computer I have ever owned or built did that. Looking at the Carbide 500R however it seems that it does not have a case speaker.
But I digress! @Joe: Do you have another mobo to plug the card into? Alternatively do you have another video card to plug into the mobo?
His doesn't as per the manual? Most of the computers I've built over the past decade have a speaker built into the mobo, and for the majority of them they don't beep at all on error-free boot, they only beep if there are problems.
I think there's another x16 slot that's PCIE2, so I can try that.
I don't think my new card will fit in my old case, considering my old card barely fit in there as it is.
Though, I could try bringing my old card over to my new computer, and seeing how it fares.
SUCCESS! IT WAS SOMETHING STUPID!
Tried switching out my card for the other slot, and when doing so, realized that maybe it wasn't in all the way.
Then upon booting, realizing that originally I may have misread what Microsoft Basic Display adapter meant in the device manager (thought it was the basic on board one). And that it may have been working all along, just that the drivers weren't installed so it didn't show up as the card.
Anyhoo, I think the troubleshooting period is over! Everything seems to be working as far as I can tell now (even switched the RAM from 1333 to 1600 in the BIOS).
If any hardware problems come up again in the near future, I'll bump this thread. Thanks again guys!
Tried switching out my card for the other slot, and when doing so, realized that maybe it wasn't in all the way.
Then upon booting, realizing that originally I may have misread what Microsoft Basic Display adapter meant in the device manager (thought it was the basic on board one). And that it may have been working all along, just that the drivers weren't installed so it didn't show up as the card.
Anyhoo, I think the troubleshooting period is over! Everything seems to be working as far as I can tell now (even switched the RAM from 1333 to 1600 in the BIOS).
If any hardware problems come up again in the near future, I'll bump this thread. Thanks again guys!
