Hello all, so today I got this card in the mail:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125455&nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_-
Basically a AMD HD 7790
To go with it... I bought a 500 watt Corsair PSU.
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Got everything installed. Plugged in the 6-pin pci-e connector to the gpu, and when I turned it on, the screen remained black. The door of my case is off, and I can see all the fans working.
When I uplugged the 6-pin connector, and reverted back to using my on-board intel graphics card using my standard vga monitor is worked fine.
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After hours of scouring the internet I tried a few things.
1. going into the bios and making the pci-e slot the primary video slot. A NEW problem arises. My bios seems to be very limited. There is NOTHING about a video controller ANYWHERE in the advanced menu.
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For reference I have a Dell inspiron 620 (default motherboard).
Motherboard model: MIH61R-MB
My other specs include:
Windows 7 Home 64 bit
6 GB Ram
Intel i5 2320 cpu @ 3.00 ghz
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That's not my only problem either. No matter what I do... NO driver will install on my system.
For future reference I am using the correct driver on the AMD site. I have also tried the one that came on my disc. And furthermore, when the Catalyst Control Center finishes and says it installed....
in the c:/program files/amd/blah blah blah (the place where it said it was installing too). Nothing is there! the folder is empty!
Afterwards I check my device manager and my card doesn't show up. It's just the basic Intel HD graphics family.
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I have used one of those sweepers to clear away any AMD leftovers before I tried installing again. My system will not install any drivers I need for my video card, let alone the AMD catalyst control center.
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To Sum Up.
New 500 watt psu to go with my AMD HD 7790 card.
Screen remains black when the 6-pin connector is connected to the gpu. Computer works fine when it's not actually hooked up.
No option in the bios to make my pci-e slot the primary slot.
Computer will not install the drivers or the AMD Catalyst control center no matter what I try.
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Anybody have a suggestion before I send this thing back for a different one?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125455&nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_-
Basically a AMD HD 7790
To go with it... I bought a 500 watt Corsair PSU.
--------
Got everything installed. Plugged in the 6-pin pci-e connector to the gpu, and when I turned it on, the screen remained black. The door of my case is off, and I can see all the fans working.
When I uplugged the 6-pin connector, and reverted back to using my on-board intel graphics card using my standard vga monitor is worked fine.
-------
After hours of scouring the internet I tried a few things.
1. going into the bios and making the pci-e slot the primary video slot. A NEW problem arises. My bios seems to be very limited. There is NOTHING about a video controller ANYWHERE in the advanced menu.
------
For reference I have a Dell inspiron 620 (default motherboard).
Motherboard model: MIH61R-MB
My other specs include:
Windows 7 Home 64 bit
6 GB Ram
Intel i5 2320 cpu @ 3.00 ghz
-----
That's not my only problem either. No matter what I do... NO driver will install on my system.
For future reference I am using the correct driver on the AMD site. I have also tried the one that came on my disc. And furthermore, when the Catalyst Control Center finishes and says it installed....
in the c:/program files/amd/blah blah blah (the place where it said it was installing too). Nothing is there! the folder is empty!
Afterwards I check my device manager and my card doesn't show up. It's just the basic Intel HD graphics family.
-----
I have used one of those sweepers to clear away any AMD leftovers before I tried installing again. My system will not install any drivers I need for my video card, let alone the AMD catalyst control center.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-
To Sum Up.
New 500 watt psu to go with my AMD HD 7790 card.
Screen remains black when the 6-pin connector is connected to the gpu. Computer works fine when it's not actually hooked up.
No option in the bios to make my pci-e slot the primary slot.
Computer will not install the drivers or the AMD Catalyst control center no matter what I try.
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Anybody have a suggestion before I send this thing back for a different one?
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