GTX 760 refusing to work on Abit QuadGT IX38 Motherboard

[Darg]

Hi all,

I recently bought an Abit QuadGT IX38 motherboard as part of a project to build a spare parts machine. I have a GTX 470 that works just fine in the machine but when I tried putting my GTX 760 it refuses to show anything to the screen, it does boot up correctly and seems to get into windows okay. I can hear it pausing until I type in my password at which point the drive spins up again for a bit while it does the normal bit of more thinking on login.

The only thing I can think of is that the motherboard has a PCI-E x16 2.0 slot whereas the card is PCI-E 3.0 but it should be backwards compatible. The PSU also shouldn't be a problem, it's a good quality Silverstone 650W and I doubt the 760 needs much more power than the 470.

Any ideas? I've tried just about everything I can think of in the BIOS, all the PCI-E compatibility settings don't do anything.

Thanks!

 

[Kelt]

Guessing it needs a BIOS update. Have you checked if it's running the latest version?

 

[wedrum]

as above, try a bios update on the motherboard.

 

[Darg]

Yep it's running the latest BIOS, unfortunately Abit went out of business in 2009 so nothing further coming from them.

 

[pandem0nium]

If it has a bios switch, try switching to the other bios.

Some have a uefi and a legacy compatible bios.

 

[Darg]

If it has a bios switch, try switching to the other bios.

Some have a uefi and a legacy compatible bios.

I can't find any information on a switch so I'm not sure if it has one, I'll have a look when I get home.

 

[Lokken86]

I can't find any information on a switch so I'm not sure if it has one, I'll have a look when I get home.

Look for a tiny little switch on the card. I had to do this to sort out a mates 280x once.

 

[Darg]

Look for a tiny little switch on the card. I had to do this to sort out a mates 280x once.

Oh on the GPU, no I don't think so sadly, I know what you mean though my 280s had them too.

 

[five8five]

It's possibly because the card only supports a UEFI BIOS.

A few months ago I was looking to purchase a 700 series card for an old Abit motherboard. I discovered that the lower spec cards (710,720,730) have a legacy BIOS and would be compatible. I didn't go ahead with the purchase so I can't say with certainty they'd work.

 

[Darg]

After reading into it a bit five8five I think you're right. Does anyone know of a solution to this? I'm willing to try flashing a BIOS onto the 760, it'll just sit and gather dust otherwise.