Failing to boot with GPU plugged in

The Only Beardy · 2 Jan 2017 at 17:36

Hey,

I recently took my PC with me on my travels for Christmas. Today I've plugged it all back in at home and it fails to boot, in fact it fails to even display the boot screen. I am getting the error code B2 on the mobo. After removing the GPU and changing the boot settings to use the onboard graphics, it boots up fine. I then tried to plug the GPU back in and boot using onboard graphics so that I could try and flash the BIOS on the GPU however the peripherals don't work at all and I can't get past the windows login screen. I'm guessing this is a problem with my GPU? It's a bit old and I don't mind replacing it, I just want to make sure its not something else, or that I'm missing something before I go and replace it.

Any advice would be great, thanks!

TWiNKLeT0Es · 3 Jan 2017 at 00:59

Was the GPU left in while travelling? It could be possible its damage the PCIe Slot or the card itself. Any bent pins or damage on the card?

The Only Beardy · 3 Jan 2017 at 07:11

Yeah, it was left in. I can't see any visible damage, but I've tried the card in the other PCIe slot and it gives the same problem. The most common suggestion online is to update my BIOS but it's already at the latest non beta release.

Midlife Crisis · 3 Jan 2017 at 11:53

Got a spare card to plug in and try?

The Only Beardy · 3 Jan 2017 at 12:32

I'm borrowing one off a colleague tomorrow, kind of hoping its the GPU and not a broken mobo. Turns out Z77 mobos are quite hard to get hold of.

The thing that seems weird to me is that the peripherals don't work when the card is plugged in. I'm using the on board graphics and it all displays fine, but the peripherals just dont respond. Weird...

Midlife Crisis · 3 Jan 2017 at 13:11

Get a can of air and blow any dust out of the pcie slot, always worth having an old obsolete card handy for doing as test like this.

The Only Beardy · 5 Jan 2017 at 19:47

Plugged in another GPU and it worked. Guess I'm in the market for a new GPU