Build Advice.

GinGo · 5 Oct 2016 at 23:24

I just sent a friend of mine my old GTX 770 as he doesn't have a graphics card at all but it just isn't working, he isn't sure what his motherboard is just yet but the CPU he's using is the AMD A8-6500 APU. I can only assume his motherboard just doesn't like the 770 and i was wanting to know if anyone here knows what motherboard will work with the GTX 770 and that CPU.

GinGo · 5 Oct 2016 at 23:58

scottb777 said:
When he says 'it's not working' - Do you have any more information? Is it receiving power from the board/psu? Is it crashing upon startup etc?

Yeah sorry about that, all hes told me is that its beeping and not starting up. I also sent him my old PSU that used to run that card. So, the only difference is his board, chip and memory.

GinGo · 6 Oct 2016 at 00:47

Hes saying that the beeps were graphical beeps, with just the PSU he was getting the same beeps which don't make much sense to me as it wasn't plugged in. I know both PSU and 770 work as i used them before i sent them to him, i sent them the same day i got my upgraded gears. hmmmm its strange

GinGo · 9 Oct 2016 at 17:45

sorry for the delay, We can't really try his PSU as its only 350w i believe, i'll have to double check with him when he gets back. Also, he did plug the PCI-E Power cables in, Once he gets back i'll be getting him to try and put his old card in with my old PSU see if it boots.

As for the beeps, i wasn't there at the time but a friend was helping him and he said it was graphical beeps but it even done the same beeps when he tried to power it without the gfx card in.