GTX 770 Still not working, beeping

MellowKevsto

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Made a thread close to a week ago describing the problem I am having setting up my new GTX 770 GPU. It beeped 5 times and nothing would show up on my monitor.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2005783/gtx-770-working-beeping.html

Was told that I needed to get a new PSU in order to fix this problem, that there was not enough amperage on my +12V rail to get the GPU running. I've now spent more than $150 purchasing a new PSU, to find that the exact same thing is happening. I Need to know why. The thread link that I posted should give enough info, but I have my specs here.

My specs are:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770k CPU @ 3.50GHz (8 CPUs) ~3.5 GHz
System Manufacturer(motherboard): Hewlett-Packard
System Model(motherboard): H9-1387
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151087
(750W) (62A on +12V)
Ram: 16GB
Switching from the GPU: AMD Radeon™ HD 7770, which works perfectly fine with my old PSU and new PSU.




To add: I've noticed that my GPU does the exact same thing whether the 2 8pin PCI-E are plugged in to the GPU or not.
 
The following codes can vary depending on BIOS version.
hp bios
5 short beeps BIOS recovery successful (depending on the bios manufacturer)
ami bios
4, 5, 6, 7 Fatal errors related to the operation of critical motherboard components - such as the CPU.

5 beeps Failure while reading file(so could denote a hdd issue)
if its a pheonix bios things get a little complicated because there based on long and short beeps.
with multiple issues depending on what combo of beeps the 5 are heard in.

basics....
plug in your gpu, connect all the power leads (not just 1 8pin) boot the pc. wait for the error codes to end and turn off the pc.
now quickly while there is still residual power in the system reset the bios. (either use the motherboards reset button, set the bios jumper for 3 seconds or remove the battery and short the +/- terminals (again with residual current left in the system from the last power down)
replace the battery and turn the system on... bios should now auto detect your gpu. or at the least allow you to get into bios where you can set the gpu priority.
if that doesnt work then maybe your gpu is faulty so try it in another build or RMA it.
 

MellowKevsto

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tried resetting the BIOS by removing the battery like you explained + some more research and didn't help.

Don't know how to:
"did you switch over the setting in the bios to boot from pci-e instead of onboard? if not try that."
But my old GPU did use a 6pin PCI-E connector.



I see that I need to do something with my BIOS, don't know what that is though.... resetting it doesn't seem to help, if it's worked.