- Oct 14, 2017
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Hey there mates
Got the following PC from a gamer for free, who surmised it was probably the GFX that was dead.
i7-4790k - Watercooled (one of those double fanned corsair coolers)
MSI Z97 Gaming 5
32 GB ram Hyper Beast
Geforce 780 Ti
I got a 7970 Sapphire Vapor-X (tested if it works in my own PC), but when I install it and boot up, it initializes the display, but it's still just black. Can still reset ALT+CTRL+DEL, so I figure the system is running, just no display output.
iGPU works fine, and I can see BIOS when starting then.
Tested all 3 PCIe sockets, another PSU (Corsair TX850), tested ram, reset CMOS, updated BIOS - nothing worked.
Now, the real kicker - I put in an old Sapphire Radeon HD6850. Works fine.
Then I tried my 1080 Ti, because why not, and it works fine too...
Back to the 7970, that still works in my rig, and it doesn't work.
Sorry for the language, but the actual ****? I'm stumped. Which is why I finally caved in, made an account here, and ask more tech savvy people.
Grasping for straws here: While I haven't dared putting the 780 Ti in my rig for testing, for fear of it killing/damaging my MB/CPU too, can it be that one of the PCI lanes are "broken", and the 780 Ti/7970 happens to use that, and the 6850 and 1080 Ti doesn't?
Got the following PC from a gamer for free, who surmised it was probably the GFX that was dead.
i7-4790k - Watercooled (one of those double fanned corsair coolers)
MSI Z97 Gaming 5
32 GB ram Hyper Beast
Geforce 780 Ti
I got a 7970 Sapphire Vapor-X (tested if it works in my own PC), but when I install it and boot up, it initializes the display, but it's still just black. Can still reset ALT+CTRL+DEL, so I figure the system is running, just no display output.
iGPU works fine, and I can see BIOS when starting then.
Tested all 3 PCIe sockets, another PSU (Corsair TX850), tested ram, reset CMOS, updated BIOS - nothing worked.
Now, the real kicker - I put in an old Sapphire Radeon HD6850. Works fine.
Then I tried my 1080 Ti, because why not, and it works fine too...
Back to the 7970, that still works in my rig, and it doesn't work.
Sorry for the language, but the actual ****? I'm stumped. Which is why I finally caved in, made an account here, and ask more tech savvy people.
Grasping for straws here: While I haven't dared putting the 780 Ti in my rig for testing, for fear of it killing/damaging my MB/CPU too, can it be that one of the PCI lanes are "broken", and the 780 Ti/7970 happens to use that, and the 6850 and 1080 Ti doesn't?
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