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gtx 970 wont boot

Grassy

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just got a gigabyte 970,
i booted windows uninstalled amd catalyst for my 6870
shutdown pc then inserted 970
tried to boot but i hear the normal beep i do when it turns on, then a while later i hear 1 more short beep.

I cant even get into the bios.

2500k
msi gd55 g3 = http://uk.msi.com/product/mb/Z68AGD55_G3.html#hero-overview
corsair 650w tx2

PS. not sure what bios im running exactly but i remember i did update it to the latest a while back.
any ideas?
 
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Re seat the card. Check power connectors at both ends (card and PSU). What cable you using to connect to monitor? Try a different one.
 
Fanatic said:
Re seat the card. Check power connectors at both ends (card and PSU). What cable you using to connect to monitor? Try a different one.
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Tried all that and still no result, i can run it from the onboard graphics fine.

I cant even get into bios when i have the 970 installed it just says "entering setup...." frozen on the screen along with a code "b2"

is my mobo even compatible?

edit: i just checked with msi live update and ive got all the latest bios etc.
 
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You need access to a 2nd PC really so you can try the graphics card there and see if you have the same problem.

A long shot but you could try removing and reinstalling the CMOS battery on your motherboard. You will lose all your BIOS settings, so depending how much you changed from default in the BIOS it might not be worth it.
 
Grassy said:
apprently my motherboard might not be compatible but it seems silly considering its not that old
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Hmm this is a worry. I have the same mobo chipset (Z68a) on a Gigabyte board, and have been thinking about getting a GTX970.

Are there others using Z68 based boards + GTX970's without issue?... seems crazy a board that is not that old should have issues running this card.
 
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A lot of older boards have issues with some of the latest microcode from all gpu manufacturers.

Luckily MSI are generally on the ball behind the scenes.

The latest Beta bios for your motherboard has added support for UEFI- so it may work.

UEFI/GOP/windows 8 have caused quite a bit of hassle for GFX cards at post.

You will probabbly need to sign up to the msi forums to be able to download. remember to use a propper usb stick boot and not the windows flash to update your bios. - Instructions are available in the link.

https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=163866.0
 
Blackbadger said:
A lot of older boards have issues with some of the latest microcode from all gpu manufacturers.

Luckily MSI are generally on the ball behind the scenes.

The latest Beta bios for your motherboard has added support for UEFI- so it may work.

UEFI/GOP/windows 8 have caused quite a bit of hassle for GFX cards at post.

You will probabbly need to sign up to the msi forums to be able to download. remember to use a propper usb stick boot and not the windows flash to update your bios. - Instructions are available in the link.

https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=163866.0
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Thanks for the reply, my bios is already up to date and can't update it any further. If i have to, i'll buy a new mobo and cpu which is about £300 but it seems a waste and i was hoping to wait for 20nm or something big.

edit: ill give this another go and see if it makes any difference.
 
This sounds like the very same problem I had last Saturday when I picked up my gtx 970.my components aren't the same but it certainly looks like you've had the same problems as me.

Mine too is a gigabyte g1 ,motherboard is gigabyte x79-up4 and my previous cards were sli 670.basically the exact same thing happened to me when I installed the 970,wouldn't post and couldn't get into the bios either.eventually took 970 out and replaced with one of the 670's and it posted and booted into windows no problem.i then tried putting the 970 in while the 670 was still in the other PCI slot rebooted and installed driver to see if it would recognise the 970.

Upon the next reboot it found the 970 but for some reason it had a yellow exclamation mark on it and said the the card would not function correctly because there was not enough free resources :/.

Strange I thought,so I rebooted and this time I tryed to enter the bios and the problem became apparent,it just wouldn't load the bios at all.so I did the old power switch trick to go to the backup bios and right away it said that my main bios was corrupted and it was installing my backup bios.groovy I thought problem solved ;).

Not quite though,after it had done the backup bios it still wouldn't load the bios.so as a bit of a last throw of the dice I booted into windows and used the gigabyte flash util and updated the bios from their website.rebooted machine and hey presto bios was back and functioning :)

I then powered down removed the 670 and put the 970 back in the same slot and bang first time machine booted and driver installed ,970 driver installed and basically working.

Still doesn't seem perfect(it doesn't seem to like having anyone of my 670's in at the same time as the 970 for physx) but all seems right now.to be honest I'm not a fan of this motherboard and may end up swapping it out at some point.Always seemed a bit flakey to me no matter what bios version I've been running,but hey that's another story :).

So to surmise,try to flash the bios in windows with the 970 removed and either your old card or onboard video on then introduce the 970 after the flash.hopefully that will cure it.wonder if these gigabyte g1's are the cause or just unlucky coincidence??
 
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redline said:
Hmm this is a worry. I have the same mobo chipset (Z68a) on a Gigabyte board, and have been thinking about getting a GTX970.

Are there others using Z68 based boards + GTX970's without issue?... seems crazy a board that is not that old should have issues running this card.
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Also thinking the same :(

I have a Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 and am thinking of getting a GTX970

Just googling to see if anyone else has the same motherboard with a GTX970 before I order from OcUK

edit: found someone with 2x gigabyte gtx970's in SLI with Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 :D
 
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My GTX970 also didnt boot the first time. I read somewhere that the GTX780 may require some motherboards to have a BIOS update but thankfully I never had this issue as i got a GTX770. When i got the GTX970 I have everything plugged in & booted up to be greeted by a black screen. Tried several resets but nothing. I was worried id have to do the BIOS update (not something i have done on this particular board, never done one unless through desktop software).

Strangely enough even though everything seemed connected fine I simply unplugged everything, resat card & re plugged everything in & BOOM! it worked. No problems since. Hope u get your issue sorted ;)
 
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