GeForce logo doesn't light up

Bellaflica · Apr 22, 2014

Hey Tom's,

My GeForce logo on my EVGA SC 780Ti won't light up, and I haven't heard of anyone else who's had this problem.

Also, when I installed a game it didn't let me play because it said I had 0 VRAM..

I have no internet access and therefore no drivers installed for my hardware, could this be the cause?

Richard Naylor · Apr 22, 2014

Yes. Your card should have come with a basic driver disk. Install the drivers!

Bellaflica · Apr 22, 2014

Lol yeah Idk why I didn't think of that. I will try that tomorrow.

One more thing when I played solitaire it got really laggy after the computer had been on for 25~ minutes. Is this because of the drivers as well?

saggers123 · Apr 22, 2014

yes it's also because of the drivers silly

Bellaflica · Apr 22, 2014

Yeah I'm a noob xD.

1 more noob question. Any changes I should make in the BIOS? Like I've heard people say to enable XMP, and my RAM is running at 1600Mhz when it's meant for 1866Mhz.

photonboy · Apr 22, 2014

Bellaflica :

Yes, enable XMP which auto-applies the optimal profile for your DDR3 memory and then SAVE.

After that, run MEMTEST. www.memtest.org (may need to change BIOS boot order so DVD or USB is first before the boot drive).

The drivers for your card are from www.nvidia.com (if in doubt, run the auto-detect utility to find the correct drivers but it's pretty straight forward).

Don't use the driver disk unless you can't get network access because you want the latest drivers anyway which you would download.

Why don't you have a network connection?
(if it's an issue with setting up wi-fi, then maybe just temporarily use the wired connection as that is easier to setup.)

Bellaflica · Apr 22, 2014

Ok, will do.

I'm at my Grandparents house, and they don't have internet. I'm getting TWC within a week though.

It kinda sucks how little you can do without internet lol.

genz · Apr 22, 2014

Bellaflica :

There should be drivers that come on a DVD with your GPU, they will be adequate until you have internet access.

Bellaflica · Apr 22, 2014

Yeah I'll install those and then hopefully the GPU logo will light up and all my issues will be solved!

cst1992 · Apr 22, 2014

Is your card installed properly now? You earlier had issues with it.

Bellaflica · Apr 22, 2014

Yes it is. I fully inserted it via more force but it still wouldn't light up, if when I install the drivers and it still doesn't light up, should I be concerned?

cst1992 · Apr 22, 2014

It will.

Bellaflica · Apr 22, 2014

Sweet, I'll look forward to seeing that

genz · Apr 22, 2014

Just to confirm, you have actually connected both Power connectors to the card, right?

You need two. AFAIK your card should light up when you power on your PC from then on.

Bellaflica · Apr 22, 2014

Yes I plugged in the 8-pin and 6-pin, filling up all the available power connections.

I was under the impression it would light up as soon as it powered on as well, which is why I'm a bit worried. I'm about to install my drivers then I'll tell you what happens.

cst1992 · Apr 22, 2014

It happens with the Corsair H100i watercooling solution too. There's a light inside the Corsair logo, which lights up only when you install the software. You can even change the color of the light!

Bellaflica · Apr 22, 2014

So I just installed the drivers for everything but it still didn't light up.

I'll update them once I get internet, but I feel like that,a not gonna work, I'll probably end up calling EVGA.

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