Hello, all. I recently bought a RADEON R9 270x to put into my aging PC. The GPU was the weakest link, so I figured I should upgrade there first. Installed it, and I got nothing. The fans turned on, but nothing else. So, the most common suggestion was that my PSU was too weak.
Today, I installed a Zalman 600W PSU, and tested it with my original GPU. Everything was fine, so I put in the R9 again. Nothing but fans again. After more searching, I determined that my BIOS was too old to handle the newer GPU. Others solved their R9 problem with an update, so I tried it. Oops.
Everything seems to be working, except that Windows flashes an error message and restarts. I can go into the BIOS utility, and Windows autorepair menu, but Windows can't seem to find the error. This MoBo will be next on the upgrade list, but that does me no more good than this gigantic RADEON paperweight I have in the meantime.
Having a working computer is better than a fancy GPU, so how can I fix this BIOS problem? I'll worry about the R9 later.
Today, I installed a Zalman 600W PSU, and tested it with my original GPU. Everything was fine, so I put in the R9 again. Nothing but fans again. After more searching, I determined that my BIOS was too old to handle the newer GPU. Others solved their R9 problem with an update, so I tried it. Oops.
Everything seems to be working, except that Windows flashes an error message and restarts. I can go into the BIOS utility, and Windows autorepair menu, but Windows can't seem to find the error. This MoBo will be next on the upgrade list, but that does me no more good than this gigantic RADEON paperweight I have in the meantime.
Having a working computer is better than a fancy GPU, so how can I fix this BIOS problem? I'll worry about the R9 later.
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