HELP WITH MY SETUP!

Steve1994

Steve1994

Steve1994

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Hello everyone,
I have a MSI GTX1070ti ARMOR, along with an i7-2600 3.4GHZ

would the MSI-brand Z370 motherboard work as I've been told the motherboard I'm currently using isn't compatible!

The one that's is currently installed in the computer is a generic branded one from a HP, "IPISB-CH2".

Please any help is much appreciated! if that motherboard won't work then could you point me in the direction of a budget board!

Thanks,
Steve.
 
The motherboard I was looking at is this one:
MSI Z390-A PRO Motherboard ATX, LGA1151, DDR4, LAN, USB 3.1 Gen2, Type-C, M.2, RGB Mystic Light, VGA, DVI-D, Display Port, Intel 8th and 9th Gen

But I've installed the new graphics card and the card won't show anything the fans do however turn on, but nothing is displayed! but if the original graphics card is installed nothing is wrong the computer boots and loads fine?
Yes it has enough power it says it requires a 500w PSU minimum but I've installed a 750w
 
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geekyadz said:
Have you got the MSI motherboard's model number?

EDIT:

Ok me being blind :rolleyes:

So, HP PISB-CH2 (Chicago):

PCIe x16 2.0 and the card is PCIe x16 3.0

On paper it should work however as it is a HP board (ie not a MSI one) anything could happen
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so what your saying is it could be the board and possibly not? okay so if that's the case would the board I'm looking at work with the CPU I have? the i7-2600? I know its compatible with the graphics card.
 
Roadrunner_668 said:
no that wont work with your 2600

it is much too new for newer processors

what was the old graphics card you might need a bios update or something

if not you would need to get a second hand motherboard socket 1155 from ebay or something
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yeah I see now the i7 I have is a 2nd gen and that board is for a 8th and 9th gen
 
snips86x said:
I don't see why it would work as the sockets aren't compatible. The 2600 is 1155 and the z370 is 1151.

1155 boards are mostly on the well know auction site but you might be better off getting the z370 and a compatible cpu.

Graphics cards aren't compatible/not compatible with cpus. It'll work or it won't.

There are multiple reasons why it might not work but that could be a broken card, bad PSU or drivers that are conflicting.
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where would I start diagnosing the problem to determine a broken card? as the card does switch on when you power it up with no beeps like if you had bad memory, just nothing is being displayed. unless I connect the old graphics card back up.
 
Roadrunner_668 said:
yes that should work fine you might be able to find a compatability list online for it to be sure :)
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cheers buddy its funny you joined this forum on my birthday lol! thanks for the help its much appreciated I've only ever really gamed on them never really opened them up, maybe I should have payed more attention to my farther!
 
geekyadz said:
I feel like I'm missing something here, so my apologies but clearly I'm mistaken about something here.

PCIe 3.0 cards can work in PCIe 2.0 slots, certainly on the AMD motherboards anyway (my example: GA-790XTA-UD4 motherboard and XFX Radeon HD 7850 Ghost)

The only thing that's different here is that this is a HP branded board on an Intel socket: I know that the likes of HP do wierd things but I didn't think it was a CPU limitation?


:rolleyes:
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So what your saying is it points more towards the graphics card is faulty?
 
Steve1994 said:
The motherboard I was looking at is this one:
MSI Z390-A PRO Motherboard ATX, LGA1151, DDR4, LAN, USB 3.1 Gen2, Type-C, M.2, RGB Mystic Light, VGA, DVI-D, Display Port, Intel 8th and 9th Gen

But I've installed the new graphics card and the card won't show anything the fans do however turn on, but nothing is displayed! but if the original graphics card is installed nothing is wrong the computer boots and loads fine?
Yes it has enough power it says it requires a 500w PSU minimum but I've installed a 750w
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i did post a link to this motherboard which is what I think your missing?
 
Press Window Key+R to access the "RUN" command window. Then type "msinfo32" to bring up your computer's System Information log. Your current BIOS version will be listed under "BIOS Version/Date". Now you can download your motherboard's latest BIOS update and update utility from the manufacturer's website.

I'm guessing this is the correct procedure?
 
Okay I'll probably report back tomorrow with my findings, or if I have any issues.

One more question: is there any way to back up anything I do to the bios so I can at least revert back to a time before I updated the bios?
 
geekyadz said:
Hate to be the breaker of bad news, but I'm not finding anything on the HP website, unless OP can give us the model numebr of the PC rather than the motherboard.

However what I did find on the HP website whilst looking for a BIOS update:

Integrated Graphics
*Integrated video is not available if a graphics card is installed.
  • Intel HD Graphics 2000 or HD Graphics 3000 (model dependent)
  • Supports PCI Express x16 graphics cards
  • 2 DVI ports (DVI-I and DVI-D)
So, back to the original question in this post: is this a motherboard only jobby or has it got a HP model number on the case somewhere? Everything I'm finding says it's just a board but doesn't state what it was in.
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on the bottom of the case, it has a regulatory model number: TCP-F017-MT

Integrated Graphics
*Integrated video is not available if a graphics card is installed.
  • Intel HD Graphics 2000 or HD Graphics 3000 (model dependent)
  • Supports PCI Express x16 graphics cards
  • 2 DVI ports (DVI-I and DVI-D)
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And I've not tried to see the onboard graphic while having a graphics card plugged in so I wouldn't know if that didn't work but I know when the old card is in it works and displays on a screen the moment the new card is in nothing displays. but I do only have 2 dvi display ports on the board.
 
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Joxeon said:
the old GPU is still in the PC?

What cable are you using to connect the GPU to the monitor and have you tried different ports etc.
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the old GPU works fine its the new card I'm trying to put on that won't display anything it is a MSI 1070ti and ut only seems to have one HDMI and 3 others not sure of the terminology for the other ports
 
Chaos666 said:
is there really nobody close to you that could help diagnosing the gpu?
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I suppose this isn't the community sprite that makes this place what it is? Sorry but I'm just asking if I had someone close by I would have asked them and you may have also read me mention a computer shop believe me I've tried!
 
Joxeon said:
Ok just done some digging and from what I can tell the problem is the bios is legacy and not UEFI so no nvidia card later than a GTX 600 series will work and there is no bios available to fix this.

Your options are to either get a gtx 600 series Gpu or swap out the motherboard in which you will probably need to change the case and psu aswell since it is probably a custom HP design so with the 2nd option your probably best just replacing the lot but obviously this depends on your budget.
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yeah, I have a practically got a 0 budget the PSU (750W) is a new one already and I have the card so really a case and motherboard would be better to change no?
a cheap case with good airflow and a new motherboard?
 
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