New card new issue - need some help!

Terminel · 13 Aug 2014 at 20:26

Hi,

So I finally put my hand in my pocket and bought a new card (xfx r9 280), installed it and now my computer does not post. Have reseated it, checked connections, reset mobo to defaults and no change. I swapped it out for my original card and all was fine again. Have I missed something - any help would be great.

I have the following main specs.

i5 2500k
Msi mobo p67a-gd65(b3)
Corsair tx650w

snips86x · 13 Aug 2014 at 20:27

Can you see anything when posting?

Terminel · 13 Aug 2014 at 20:29

No beeps, no images, nada.

Terminel · 13 Aug 2014 at 20:38

Fans are spinning up and have both PCI power cables fitted

Terminel · 13 Aug 2014 at 20:47

And am now flashing bios to latest version - which did not help ggrrrrr

Bugger - min req 750w power supply.......would that really be a major issue, think I know what you will say.

funt · 13 Aug 2014 at 21:06

No, people have ran 290's on 500w and 550w PSU's so i don't think the wattage is an issue.. I have a 650w Akasa in one of my rigs and it handles an Oc'd 290 just fine.

Terminel · 13 Aug 2014 at 21:07

Agreed, was just reading the same on various sites. Thx for replying. So a dead card?

Mean Mr Mustard · 13 Aug 2014 at 21:10

Looking like it. Got a friend/family member who'd let you try it in their computer to remove all doubt?

Terminel · 13 Aug 2014 at 21:14

Unfortunately not around where I live.....

Mean Mr Mustard · 13 Aug 2014 at 21:16

It's almost certain it's knackered anyway, just RMA it.

Doogles · 13 Aug 2014 at 22:07

Mean Mr Mustard said:
It's almost certain it's knackered anyway, just RMA it.

This.

Terminel · 13 Aug 2014 at 22:09

Thank you for the advice - rma request submitted.

Terminel · 15 Aug 2014 at 12:27

So I RMA'd the card and it has passed testing with flying colours - now what?

I am inclined to point the finger at the PSU - why?

Occasionally when I boot up my PC everything spins up, the lights come on etc etc but it will reset and go through the boot up process again. Sometimes this will be before the post and sometimes during boot which ends with the normal Windows failure to start warnings.

What do you think - don't really want to sink another £70 unless I need to on a component I may not need.

Cheers

TOL247 · 15 Aug 2014 at 12:39

My PC used to do the double boot up cycle but a bios update cured that.

Terminel · 15 Aug 2014 at 12:52

However, I have just read this forum post and I may need to go with an unofficial bios update.

https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=174344.0

theBEASTxMZA · 15 Aug 2014 at 17:11

Don't know if you have/will see my reply on the other thread, but the beta bios update for me fixed it.

Terminel · 15 Aug 2014 at 22:26

I will hopefully get my card back on Monday so fingers crossed.

Glad it worked matey.

Resa69 · 16 Aug 2014 at 10:56

Terminel said:
I will hopefully get my card back on Monday so fingers crossed.

Glad it worked matey.

Good luck

bigmac121 · 16 Aug 2014 at 16:36

Terminel said:
Unfortunately not around where I live.....

in space?

Terminel · 19 Aug 2014 at 13:10

bigmac121 said:
in space?

Well that went over my head.

Anyway, got the card back after it passed its RMA and after I updated my bios as per the link earlier ..... and..... it worked!

Booted straight into windows, uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers and everything seems to be working as intended.

Thanks for the help.