System boots but no video with pcie video card

[scottatah]

Hey folks,

Recently built a new system and it's been working great, but I decided the onboard intel 4000 was insufficient so I went and picked up an MSI gtx 660 TF OC. Installed it, and the system boots into windows from what I can tell (based off the mobo q code and the hdd activity light patterns, but there's no video. I'm using HDMI if it matters.


The MSI card is being installed onto an ASUS Maximus V Gene board. I've uninstalled it about 14 times both with tightening the screens and leaving them off all together. I even tried the second pcie (8x) slot and same issue.

I've confirmed the fans are spinning on the card so I know its getting power, but no video.

Unplugging the power to the card and attempting to boot with onboard video yields the same issue. The only way to get video is to pull the card all together from the board.

I've tried going into the BIOS and messing around a little to try and force it to use the PCIE graphics and then putting the card in and booting but no luck. Strangely enough when I boot back up using onboard it's set to auto again.

I'm running out of ideas.....any thoughts?

I've confirmed through ASUS' ROG connect software that the system does in fact boot into windows, it just doesn't display any video.

I've got my video card connected to a molex connector on the same chain as something else (SSD harddrive i think). Does that matter? I didn't wanna add in another power cable just for the video card as room is tight.

 

[meeshu]

If possible, try another known working video card in the PCIe slot(s).

If video works fine, then the (original) MSI video card is most likely faulty. If video still doesn't work, then the PCIe slot(s)/Asus motherboard may be faulty.

And/or, try the MSI video card in another computer. If the card works on that other system, then the Asus motherboard is most likely faulty. If card doesn't work on that other system then the MSI video card is most likely faulty.

 

[scottatah]

Kinda what I figured...sadly it's the only desktop in the house-hold. Guess I'll go buy another card to try tomorrow. I more so just wanted to ensure it wasn't some weird setting in the BIOS or something

Also, reset the BIOS for the heck of it and ensured it was up to date with the latest version from asus: 1604

 

[max347]

I've got my video card connected to a molex connector on the same chain as something else (SSD harddrive i think). Does that matter? I didn't wanna add in another power cable just for the video card as room is tight.

Does the chain have a fan connector (inline molex passthrough that gives you a 3 pin fan connection)? If so, I would put it on another chain. Some of those only have a 5v and ground line, in which case your gpu will not be getting the 12v line.

Also, you have the HDMI hooked up to the graphics card or the motherboard?

 

[scottatah]

Ill check and try another and dedicated power cable soon. As for the hdmi... This machine connects to my tv so I've switched it between the on board and the card depending on which I'm intending to use. Should that work on the card or does it need to be DVD or something until a driver is installed? No dvi cable to test with at the moment.