hi

Russell2014 · 6 May 2014 at 16:42

hello people

Hi im currently sorting a pc out for a freind of mine but i can not get the pc to accept any graphics card i can only use onboard graphics please help, the cards seem to fire up, but no display on HDMI Or VGA

Im running a I5 cpu
500wats Cosair psu
1TB Sata Hard drive
The cpu is a little overclocked only up to 3.8Ghz
8Gb DDR3 in dual channel mode

Any help or surgestions are very welcome:-

From
Russell

stulid · 6 May 2014 at 16:45

BIOS update?

What board and GFX card is it?

Russell2014 · 6 May 2014 at 16:48

im using bios f18
and graphics card geforce gts 450

stulid · 6 May 2014 at 16:51

How many different gfx cards have you tried?

Again, what board is it?

Does this GTS 450 need extra power via a PCI-E power cable from the PSU?

pgi947 · 6 May 2014 at 16:53

Oh god not a gts 450!!!!!!

Russell2014 · 6 May 2014 at 16:53

sorry the motherboard is
A gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H rev1.0

i have tried 2 graphics card the gts 450 which requires 1 extra power pin from the psu
and a gtx 570 asus card which requires 2 extra power pins from the psu.

Russell2014 · 6 May 2014 at 16:54

yeah a gts 450 its not a great card but its ok for the system it is going in lol

stulid · 6 May 2014 at 16:56

F18i is the newest at Gigabyte - http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4144#bios

Is that the one you have?

pgi947 · 6 May 2014 at 16:57

Russell2014 said:
yeah a gts 450 its not a great card but its ok for the system it is going in lol

Sorry it was in reference to a thread yesterday in which some Serbian nut job claimed nvidia crippled drivers and a gts450 could max anything at 1080p

Russell2014 · 6 May 2014 at 16:58

i have f18 bios not the f18i

Russell2014 · 6 May 2014 at 16:59

pgi947 said:
Sorry it was in reference to a thread yesterday in which some Serbian nut job claimed nvidia crippled drivers and a gts450 could max anything at 1080p

ohh ok then the gts can do that anyway lol

stulid · 6 May 2014 at 17:00

Flash to F18i then, use Qflash found within the BIOS and stick the BIOS file after you have extracted it onto a USB drive.

Russell2014 · 6 May 2014 at 17:02

i dnt have a pen drive can i update through the gigabyte @BIOS utility in windows

Russell2014 · 6 May 2014 at 17:03

there is no f18i on gigabyte website only f20 but thats a beta bios

stulid · 6 May 2014 at 17:03

You can, its just that Qflash is the safer more recommended way.

If you have trouble getting @BIOS to work then check Gigabyte again as there is a newer version available to whats on the disk.

mmj_uk · 6 May 2014 at 17:04

Check the bios to make sure the PCI-E slot is first to be initiated before onboard GPU.

stulid · 6 May 2014 at 17:04

Russell2014 said:
there is no f18i on gigabyte website only f20 but thats a beta bios

I gave you the link tot the board you said you have, BIOS F18i us the latest listed.

Russell2014 · 6 May 2014 at 17:05

mmj_uk said:
Check the bios to make sure the PCI-E slot is first to be initiated before onboard GPU.

yeah but if i do that wat happensif the card dosent display i wont be able to get a display back again

Russell2014 · 6 May 2014 at 17:06

this is the board
http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4153&dl=1#bios

stulid · 6 May 2014 at 17:06

Take the card back out and reset the CMOS.