- Apr 3, 2011
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Hi long time lurker in need of a little advice..
I have a weird problem with my new Powercolor 6950 PCS+ (this is the one that ships with the 6970 gpu clock on the secondary bios).
It will not run on my PC in the 16x slot I just get a blank screen. If I put it in the 8x slot it works ok....
System as follows
Antec 300
Q6600 @3.0
MSI P45 Platinum systemboard
4GB OCZ Reaper memory
Enermax Modu 82 525W PSU
Mushkin 120gb SSD
WD 500gb HDD
2x DVDROM
Previously I hade a Gigabyte 5870 OC which worked ok, when I first fitted it everything was ok, then I came home one evening (it was about 3 days after I had fitted it) and the computer wouldnt boot showing a error before the memory detection check, I tried a few things (dropping the OC and tried both bioses) and eventually found it booted ok in the 2nd PCIE 8x slot. So I have left it running like that thinking I had damaged the PCIE slot and looking forward to a SB upgrade.
Fast forward to this weekend repair/upgrade time..... bought
MSI P67A-GD53 systemboard
i5 2500k cpu
4GB Ripjaw DDR3 memory
Assembled it all same fault, the 6950 will not run in the 16x slot works fine in the 8x.
Swapped in my wifes HD4870 it works fine in both slots checked with GPU-Z to make sure it was in 16x , put my 6950 in my wifes PC in the only PCIE 16x slot and it worked ok (well booted up and windows didnt try gaming), her board though is just an Gigabyte G31M-S2L and her PSU is a Corsair HX520 .
I was then convinced it would be the psu so I have just finished swapping PSU's over and still getting exactly the same error. I have tried booting with no hard drives or keyboard and mouse.
Any other ideas (although I'm guessing it will be the card )
I have a weird problem with my new Powercolor 6950 PCS+ (this is the one that ships with the 6970 gpu clock on the secondary bios).
It will not run on my PC in the 16x slot I just get a blank screen. If I put it in the 8x slot it works ok....
System as follows
Antec 300
Q6600 @3.0
MSI P45 Platinum systemboard
4GB OCZ Reaper memory
Enermax Modu 82 525W PSU
Mushkin 120gb SSD
WD 500gb HDD
2x DVDROM
Previously I hade a Gigabyte 5870 OC which worked ok, when I first fitted it everything was ok, then I came home one evening (it was about 3 days after I had fitted it) and the computer wouldnt boot showing a error before the memory detection check, I tried a few things (dropping the OC and tried both bioses) and eventually found it booted ok in the 2nd PCIE 8x slot. So I have left it running like that thinking I had damaged the PCIE slot and looking forward to a SB upgrade.
Fast forward to this weekend repair/upgrade time..... bought
MSI P67A-GD53 systemboard
i5 2500k cpu
4GB Ripjaw DDR3 memory
Assembled it all same fault, the 6950 will not run in the 16x slot works fine in the 8x.
Swapped in my wifes HD4870 it works fine in both slots checked with GPU-Z to make sure it was in 16x , put my 6950 in my wifes PC in the only PCIE 16x slot and it worked ok (well booted up and windows didnt try gaming), her board though is just an Gigabyte G31M-S2L and her PSU is a Corsair HX520 .
I was then convinced it would be the psu so I have just finished swapping PSU's over and still getting exactly the same error. I have tried booting with no hard drives or keyboard and mouse.
Any other ideas (although I'm guessing it will be the card )