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XFX R9-380 4GB Problem

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OK ordered an XFX R9-380 4GB card yesterday morning which turned up around an hour ago, so i installed it as per usual and upon switching on my rig to install the drivers i noticed my monitor was receiving no signal (Little blue light in the corner sat there flashing with a black screen...) So i tried a second monitor with an older (DVI?) connection just incase it was a dodgy connector/cable same response.

Thinking it may be a dodgy rail/lead from my PSU i tried alternative 6 pin sockets (is a couple of spares on this PSU) same response black screen and little blue light flashing. Same when i tried on of the two molex/6 pin adapters you get with the card. During all of the above the fans on the GPU were spinning up so power is getting to it.

So i have reinstalled this old 5770 and it is working fine, i have tried all of the 6 pin connectors and all power it up fine. So does anyone have any ideas if i have missed anything/ messed anything up? Or is this card DOA?

Current rig

Gigabyte GA-Z77-DH3 Mobo
16 gig Ram
i5 3570k CPU
Seasonic M12 700w PSU


Thnx
 
You have the same mobo as me and when I bought a 280X I had the same issue. Go into the motherboard's BIOS and in PCIe slots settings change it from EFI to Legacy support. That should solve your problem. I have also seen this with other Z77 boards and 390/X cards.

Hope this does the trick. :-)
 
You have the same mobo as me and when I bought a 280X I had the same issue. Go into the motherboard's BIOS and in PCIe slots settings change it from EFI to Legacy support. That should solve your problem. I have also seen this with other Z77 boards and 390/X cards.

Hope this does the trick. :-)

Many thnx, seems to have done the trick and now up and running. Undoubtedly have to update the bios at some point as well. Although i generally tend to be of the if it's working leave alone mindset :p
 
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