System will only boot using onboard graphics

[jcr]

have you set bios to use pci grapics? had to do this on a board of mine before it would recognise the gpu

 

[EniGmA1981]

^^ that was what I was going to say - my last system wouldn't boot if the onboard graphics were enabled... same with my current board, if the onboard audio is enabled, the board won't use my audigy...

 

[freddie64]

According to the manual you have to have a system speaker in your case.

You can use the Onboard LEDs to detect faults.

 

[moults]

The options i have in bios under initiate Graphic Adaptor are
iGPU
PCI/iGPU
PCI/PCIE
PCIE/PCI this option is current

There is a section called iGPU Multi-Monitor which is set as disabled? but i am only usiong 1 monitor

 

[olivier renault]

AFAIK, If you have iGPU selected, then you should plug the monitor into the motherboard, not the graphics card. Could be the Display Virtualisation thing. Or change the graphics settings in the bios (probably PCIE / PCI).

 

[moults]

Is it possible my GPU is too powerful for the old monitor?

 

[L0rdMike]

Is it possible my GPU is too powerful for the old monitor?

No

 

[olivier renault]

No

Dunno about that. Worth a shot trying on another monitor.

 

[moults]

Problem solved, it would appear my graphics card was too powerful for the old monitor. As soon as i plugged into my normal screen there was no problem.
Thanks for all your help, i'm sure i will be back.

 

[Sparx]

A graphics card that is too powerful to output on a monitor.. News to me!

 

[moults]

Thinking about it, it could have course be the vga connector on the card is duff as the better monitor works of the DVI connector. As i won't be using the old vga connector again i'm not bothered.

 

[olivier renault]

It was an ancient 14'' CRT With these new UEFI bios and such, I wouldn't be surprised if it tried switching to some form of graphics display settings or a high refresh rate.