I'm parting together an older system for a friend. It was a Gateway DX4860, So it has an Acer ipisb-vr motherboard, which does in fact have a PCI x16 slot.
Specs:
i7 2600
Acer ipisb-vr
8GB 1333 Ram
Asus GTX 1060 3GB
2TB WD green HDD
525W Coolermaster
WIndows 10 64 bit
It initially came with an i3 2240, but I found a cheap i7 2600 on ebay to throw in. I have a GTX 1060 3gb I also have hooked up to it ( I upgraded the PSU to a cooler master 525w)
So my issue is the fact that it is currently only displaying anything if I use the onboard graphics, There is no display from plugging into the card, Device manager is not detecting a card, even though the card is powering on and fans are spinning. There is no options in the BIOS to turn off the onboard graphics. There is a section in the chipset that has DVMT options, but the 'DVMT Mode" is greyed out and I cannot change it.
I have tested the card in another system and it works fine. I am not sure if this is a software issue, Or if the x16 slot in the mobo isn't working properly, I also read somewhere that the CPU could potentially have a hand in it? I am worried about that being the case, because I bought the i7 on ebay and it seemed to have a super tiny little chip on the top of it but it seems to be running fine.
I've also noticed I am not getting a splash screen when I load in, fairly sure i used to when i had the i3 in there, instead I get a quick black screen with a bunch of writing on it that is up for 1 second, not sure what it says but I'm able to get into bios during that screen.
I am going to attempt to put the i3 back into the system and see if it detects the card then.
I would be fine doing a reinstall of windows also, but as there is no display when i plug into the card it seems that It wouldn't solve any issues.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Specs:
i7 2600
Acer ipisb-vr
8GB 1333 Ram
Asus GTX 1060 3GB
2TB WD green HDD
525W Coolermaster
WIndows 10 64 bit
It initially came with an i3 2240, but I found a cheap i7 2600 on ebay to throw in. I have a GTX 1060 3gb I also have hooked up to it ( I upgraded the PSU to a cooler master 525w)
So my issue is the fact that it is currently only displaying anything if I use the onboard graphics, There is no display from plugging into the card, Device manager is not detecting a card, even though the card is powering on and fans are spinning. There is no options in the BIOS to turn off the onboard graphics. There is a section in the chipset that has DVMT options, but the 'DVMT Mode" is greyed out and I cannot change it.
I have tested the card in another system and it works fine. I am not sure if this is a software issue, Or if the x16 slot in the mobo isn't working properly, I also read somewhere that the CPU could potentially have a hand in it? I am worried about that being the case, because I bought the i7 on ebay and it seemed to have a super tiny little chip on the top of it but it seems to be running fine.
I've also noticed I am not getting a splash screen when I load in, fairly sure i used to when i had the i3 in there, instead I get a quick black screen with a bunch of writing on it that is up for 1 second, not sure what it says but I'm able to get into bios during that screen.
I am going to attempt to put the i3 back into the system and see if it detects the card then.
I would be fine doing a reinstall of windows also, but as there is no display when i plug into the card it seems that It wouldn't solve any issues.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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