My Asus Z170 motherboard cannot detect MSI Nvidia GTX 560 graphics card

daniluk

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PC spec:
Windows 10 64-bit ( 10.0 Build 10586 )
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz(8 CPUs),~4.02 GHz
Display: Intel(R) HD Graphics 530
PSU: supernova 750W
Motherboard: Asus Z170 pro gaming.

what i have done:
1. updated bios to the latest version
2. tried all 3 PCI-E 3.0 slots on my motherboard
3. tried connected 1 6-pin slot from the graphics card (in total 2 6-pin slots on graphics card) to PSU

However, neither from the bios nor windows device manager can i see my graphics card.

Can anyone help?
also do i actually need the power cable connected to graphics card? there are 2 6-pin slots on the graphics card, do i have to connect both of them?
do i need to connect monitor to the graphics card? (at the moment monitor is connected to the motherboard directly)
 

daniluk

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It worked, thank you!

One more question, there r 2 types of port on the card (mini hdmi, and dvi 24+5), which type should I use to archive a better performance for a 4K monitor?