I have a build with the Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z/Gen 3 and an HD Radeon 7970. The HD Radeon 7970 has a DVI output and I have a monitor that only supports VGA and DVI. I'm trying to do my first boot and haven't installed the OS on the HD or anything yet, but I can't get anything to display on the screen. I assume this is because the motherboard doesn't have the drivers for the HD Radeon 7970 and is trying to use onboard graphics. Am I going to need to buy an HDMI to vGA or DVI cable just to set up the PC or is it likely something else is wrong? When I boot up, the manual mentions hearing diagnostic beeps but I hear nothing. Power is clearly flowing to all components as everything powers on (all fans are running, harddrive platters are spinning, etc).
*I'm guessing that until the bios is set up that the mobo can't instantly recognise the GPU and use it as the video display? The last time I set up a PC, I can't remember if I had this problem but I know the motherboard came with a VGA output so I didn't have to worry over this triviality...
Help?
I dont know if it matters, but the other components attached to the mobo are G.SKILL Ripjaws X 2 x 4 GB sticks, i7-3770k, coolermaster hyper 212+ cooler, and a WD caviar green HD
Edit: I also checked with another monitor and it's the same issue, that I don't get any signal from the GPU showing up at all.
*I'm guessing that until the bios is set up that the mobo can't instantly recognise the GPU and use it as the video display? The last time I set up a PC, I can't remember if I had this problem but I know the motherboard came with a VGA output so I didn't have to worry over this triviality...
Help?
I dont know if it matters, but the other components attached to the mobo are G.SKILL Ripjaws X 2 x 4 GB sticks, i7-3770k, coolermaster hyper 212+ cooler, and a WD caviar green HD
Edit: I also checked with another monitor and it's the same issue, that I don't get any signal from the GPU showing up at all.