New graphics card causing B2 black screen

[Masterdeadly]

Hi guys,

As the title says, I've bought a new Galax 970 and when I boot up I'm met by a black screen with a hyphen in one corner and 'B2' on the lower right corner. This hangs for about 3 minutes until eventually loading windows.

I've tried updating my motherboards BIOS (MSI Z77A-G45). When I download the BIOS update via live update 6, I run the download, the computer restarts and I check Live Update to see that the current BIOS version hasn't changed.

Because of this I tried downloading it from their site, however when I try to run the update it says it's not compatible with my version of windows (64 bit). Another thing I've tried is clearing CMOS but no luck.

Any ideas?

 

[Masterdeadly]

Here is my card:-

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-006-GX&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1010

I've reseated the card but haven't tried a different slot.

 

[Masterdeadly]

try downloading/extracting bios to a usb stick and update it through your boards bios pages

there should be a bios flashing utility inside there

Did this as suggested and the motherboard now recognises the GPU fine! No more B2 screen thank you very much.


Just seen your post NUFCRulez and that's practically exactly what I did to get it working. Thank you also.