Trouble with first time GPU install - 6850

lichfield · 21 Feb 2012 at 22:53

I had a very similar problem when I bought my asus dual fan 4890,
loud fans at start up,beeping and signal sometimes @800x600 and other times none whatsoeve.after exhausting all the options I took it back to my local pc component shop,he gave me a new card,same result..so we tried again with a nvidia card..same result,ended up being my pci express slot was faulty and my board blew in the end (must have loved my 8800gt too much :-)

) needless to say I got a new mobo and it all worked first time.

might not be the same with you,just thought i'd share my gpu nightmare

SMed · 21 Feb 2012 at 22:58

I forgot to say, I also tried it in the PCIE x4 slot, same issue.

ALXAndy · 21 Feb 2012 at 23:01

MOOGLEYS said:
The V1 was not 80+ but the V2 is 80+ certified if I remember....

Edit - here is the corsair link V2 is 80+ certified but I have never really understood the point of worrying about a few quids worth of electric saving when building a high end gaming system....

Corsair cx430 range

It's not so much that. It's that the PSU doesn't create tons of waste heat when loaded up. 80+ is usually a good indicator that it's a nice stable and cool PSU.

infernox · 22 Feb 2012 at 12:41

my CX400 was an absolute beast, seasonic unit that could run way further than any other 400w supply.

I miss it.

Pohly · 22 Feb 2012 at 15:47

hi i cant be bothered to read all the replies so not sure if you have fixed it i had similar problems with my new 6850's the only drivers that seems to work where 11.9 or 12.2 (beta) i am using the 12.2 and it works fine
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/Catalyst122Previewdriver.aspx

SMed · 22 Feb 2012 at 15:53

Pohly said:
hi i cant be bothered to read all the replies so not sure if you have fixed it i had similar problems with my new 6850's the only drivers that seems to work where 11.9 or 12.2 (beta) i am using the 12.2 and it works fine
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/Catalyst122Previewdriver.aspx

So when you first installed the card, did you not have any display coming from any of the GPU's sockets? Were the fans also on max rpm?

thecremeegg · 22 Feb 2012 at 16:10

Have you disabled the onboard graphics?

Pohly · 22 Feb 2012 at 16:23

SMed said:
So when you first installed the card, did you not have any display coming from any of the GPU's sockets? Were the fans also on max rpm?

fan was maxed but i had a display :/ have you disabled onboard graphics (if you have them) and remove all old drivers (use driver sweeper) and if you are using a vga to dvi adapter make sure you plug it into the right dvi slot

SMed · 22 Feb 2012 at 16:30

thecremeegg said:
Have you disabled the onboard graphics?

No. Do I do that in BIOS? Wouldn't I still get some display from the GPU though? :confused:

SMed · 22 Feb 2012 at 16:34

Pohly said:
fan was maxed but i had a display :/ have you disabled onboard graphics (if you have them) and remove all old drivers (use driver sweeper) and if you are using a vga to dvi adapter make sure you plug it into the right dvi slot

Do I need to remove the onboard intel graphics drivers? I'm using the HDMI slot.

phill9800 · 22 Feb 2012 at 16:40

Not to see if the card works no. Just make sure its disabled in the bios if you have enabled it in there. I'm not sure if things might get a bit confusing if its still enabled

SMed · 22 Feb 2012 at 16:48

OK, so I've just done my best to remove all traces of AMD driver software. I'm going to now try to disable the onboard graphics in the bios and see what happens. If the card is working, I should still get some display, and then I need to re-install the AMD drivers?

phill9800 · 22 Feb 2012 at 17:05

You should get a display even if your card has no drivers, it'll just be on a small res that's all. If the card doesn't work, then it won't even display a post screen.

SMed · 22 Feb 2012 at 17:06

On my gigabyte board, for onboard VG it basically has:

1)Disable if GPU card installed
2)Always enable
3)Auto

It was on 1 by default and that wasn't working. I put it on Auto, and that didn't work either. No display, fans at max still.

I guess I'll try resetting the CMOS, but I guess that's the last attempt?

phill9800 · 22 Feb 2012 at 17:08

You could always try and select option 1. I think that could be worth a go.

Also if you do have another card that might use a PCI-E slot, put that in there to check that its not the slot. It doesn't have to have a PCI-E 6 pin plug for the power, just so you can see if its the card or not...

SMed · 22 Feb 2012 at 17:08

I've also reseated the card in the pcie x16 slot and 6pins several times. They're in there.

Sounds like the card needs to go back.

SMed · 22 Feb 2012 at 17:09

phill9800 said:
You could always try and select option 1. I think that could be worth a go.

Also if you do have another card that might use a PCI-E slot, put that in there to check that its not the slot. It doesn't have to have a PCI-E 6 pin plug for the power, just so you can see if its the card or not...

Oops, that was a typo. It's on option 1 by default. I've tried both 1 and 3.

And I tried running it in the PCIE x4 slot too, same thing. Unless both slots and the mobo are faulty.

Pohly · 22 Feb 2012 at 17:14

when you plug the hdmi lead into the card do you get any display (post screen/ bios etc) if you dont try using a different cable or dvi (long shot but hay it might work )

SMed · 22 Feb 2012 at 17:17

Pohly said:
when you plug the hdmi lead into the card do you get any display (post screen/ bios etc) if you dont try using a different cable or dvi (long shot but hay it might work )

Tried that already with DVI-D.

cmndr_andi · 22 Feb 2012 at 17:24

Sound like you have covered all your bases now.

RMA time