- Apr 5, 2013
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Hi,
I was getting blue screens of death because of the graphics card for months (it happened rarely but still). After trying latest ati drivers etc. I have decided to upgrade the bios version of the gpu. I downloaded bios image and bios update tool for vga from Gigabytes website. I flashed my gpu (and saved a backup in case something goes wrong.) and restarted. And the computer didn't boot. (I flashed from F10 to F11). When I say it won't boot the screen won't turn on and the machine waits without doing anything.
I said; OK let me switch to internal GPU and reflash the old BIOS to the gpu. But motherboard won't use the integrated gpu even though I tell it to use that one. It is always defaulting to use the external GPU but computer won't boot with that. So I unplug the GPU and reboot; the screen turns on and I can access BIOS ( or UEFI ) settings. From there I set the "Init Display First" to IGFX (onboard graphics). I save and exit. I turn off the computer. I plug the GPU back in. I start the computer and it starts without turning on the screen, waits a little bit and then restarts (I think at this point it switches back to external GPU ). After restart the screen won't turn on and the machine waits. So I can't force the motherboard to use onboard graphics; it always tries to use the external GPU. If I can make motherboard to use the onboard graphics, I think I can reflash the gpu with the backup image.
So my computer won't boot even though I tell motherboard to use the integrated/onboard GPU (so I can reflash the external GPU). The gpu fans are working when I plug it so I am pretty sure that the hardware itself is fine.
My graphics card: http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4154#ov
My motherboard : http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4150#sp
My cpu which has Intel HD 4000 integrated: http://ark.intel.com/products/65520/
Can anyone help me with this issue?
Thank you.
I was getting blue screens of death because of the graphics card for months (it happened rarely but still). After trying latest ati drivers etc. I have decided to upgrade the bios version of the gpu. I downloaded bios image and bios update tool for vga from Gigabytes website. I flashed my gpu (and saved a backup in case something goes wrong.) and restarted. And the computer didn't boot. (I flashed from F10 to F11). When I say it won't boot the screen won't turn on and the machine waits without doing anything.
I said; OK let me switch to internal GPU and reflash the old BIOS to the gpu. But motherboard won't use the integrated gpu even though I tell it to use that one. It is always defaulting to use the external GPU but computer won't boot with that. So I unplug the GPU and reboot; the screen turns on and I can access BIOS ( or UEFI ) settings. From there I set the "Init Display First" to IGFX (onboard graphics). I save and exit. I turn off the computer. I plug the GPU back in. I start the computer and it starts without turning on the screen, waits a little bit and then restarts (I think at this point it switches back to external GPU ). After restart the screen won't turn on and the machine waits. So I can't force the motherboard to use onboard graphics; it always tries to use the external GPU. If I can make motherboard to use the onboard graphics, I think I can reflash the gpu with the backup image.
So my computer won't boot even though I tell motherboard to use the integrated/onboard GPU (so I can reflash the external GPU). The gpu fans are working when I plug it so I am pretty sure that the hardware itself is fine.
My graphics card: http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4154#ov
My motherboard : http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4150#sp
My cpu which has Intel HD 4000 integrated: http://ark.intel.com/products/65520/
Can anyone help me with this issue?
Thank you.
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