- Jul 18, 2017
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I was gifted a MSI R9 270 Gaming Series GPU to replace my Nvidia GTX 550 Ti, plugged it in, and I continuously get the Award POST beep code indicating a video error has occurred and BIOS can't do anything more (1 long, 2 short). I moved the R9 to a lower slot and replaced my GTX and everything is fine (after testing the port itself of course) so long as the R9s 6pin connector is in and everything, but it won't pass POST without the 6pin plugged into the R9.
I've been digging around and have had some issues finding incompatibility reasoning due to how old the mobo is (most compatibility sites don't list the mobo at all) and all I've been able to find is that the 775 socket is extremely outdated, but no reasoning why the R9 can't be detected. I updated my BIOS from P06 up to P10, all Nvidia drivers have been removed, I have an Antec CP-1000 PSU so power isn't the issue, PCIe x16 2.0 is backwards compatible so the R9 (PCIe x16 3.0) shouldn't have any qualms.
I'm getting by with the GTX for now, but if i'm simply missing something to fix this it would be lovely to utilize the R9. In the meantime I'm just making some possible builds to buy during cyber monday.
Specs:
CPU: Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4mhz
Mobo: EVGA 32-ck-nf78 Nvidia 780i SLI mainboard
Top PCIe x16 (SLI): Nvidia GTX 550 Ti 1Gb
Bottom PCIe x16 (SLI): MSI R9 270 Gaming Series 1/2Gb? (Can't be sure of DDR5 amount)
PSU: Antec CP-1000
RAM: 4x2GB Corsair @ 400mhz
Thank you for reading.
I've been digging around and have had some issues finding incompatibility reasoning due to how old the mobo is (most compatibility sites don't list the mobo at all) and all I've been able to find is that the 775 socket is extremely outdated, but no reasoning why the R9 can't be detected. I updated my BIOS from P06 up to P10, all Nvidia drivers have been removed, I have an Antec CP-1000 PSU so power isn't the issue, PCIe x16 2.0 is backwards compatible so the R9 (PCIe x16 3.0) shouldn't have any qualms.
I'm getting by with the GTX for now, but if i'm simply missing something to fix this it would be lovely to utilize the R9. In the meantime I'm just making some possible builds to buy during cyber monday.
Specs:
CPU: Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4mhz
Mobo: EVGA 32-ck-nf78 Nvidia 780i SLI mainboard
Top PCIe x16 (SLI): Nvidia GTX 550 Ti 1Gb
Bottom PCIe x16 (SLI): MSI R9 270 Gaming Series 1/2Gb? (Can't be sure of DDR5 amount)
PSU: Antec CP-1000
RAM: 4x2GB Corsair @ 400mhz
Thank you for reading.
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