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You may also need a BIOS update to recognize the chip on the motherboard. I have a ASUS Maximus VII Hero, and the BIOS it shipped with didn't support my processor out of the box. Getting the latest BIOS update before installing the processor might do the trick.

Yes, the MB is new also. The GPU card is fairly new and I do notice in the case that it doesn't quite line up and stay seated when I put the screws in to hold it in the case. My thinking is that somehow I'm not getting a good seat because there are two green led's under the power connectors that should light up, but are not. I'll try your idea to see if that does anything.

the drivers were already installed previously from my other system that used this card. Should I now uninstall the drivers and reinstall them while plugged into onboard graphics? The drivers were installed on my other system that was using this card. Should I uninstall them and then re-install them?

I changed out monitor and cable to monitor and the PSU, still nothing. But, I now notice that the fans on the GPU are not spinning - lack of power/shorted out or something?

All of the drives are set and enabled for SATA - Windows and BIOS are set to AHCI mode also

I forced it to use PCI-E, no luck, get q-code A0 (IDE Initialization has started) or A2 (IDE Detect) when I do this. I have no IDE devices or ports on this board all drives are SATA ports. Monitor works fine when connected to the onboard graphics. I am only using one monitor.

I changed the GPU to the 8X slot, still no output to monitor. I'll try changing display to pci-e but if I do this, and it doesn't work, will I be able to get back into the BIOS if I connect output to the onboard graphics?

Yes, the fans spin up, but the two led's where the power connects do not light up at all. On my previous system, they would be green. Also, I forgot to mention I have an ASUS monitor model VG248QE in my system specs

I updated my computer with a new processor (i7-4790k) and a Maximus VII Hero motherboard. I have only one problem though, I can't get any video to the monitor if I am using my GPU (ASUS R9-290 Direct CU II OC). If I connect the monitor to the onboard processor, I can get the machine to boot into Windows 8.1 without any issues. Only with the GPU does this happen. I have tried solving this by talking with ASUS Tech Support where we loaded optimized defaults for the board, reseated the video card, RAM, all connections to the board, used only one stick of RAM, cleared CMOS to no avail. I have the latest BIOS for the board (1002). Any help or suggestions would be appreciated so I can start using my GPU in this system. My system specs are this: CPU: Intel i7-4790k (stock for now) Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VII Hero RAM: Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 4 x 4GB kit PSU: Seasonic X-660 660w GPU: ASUS R9-290 Direct CU II OC using AMD Driver 14.4 Boot drive: Intel 520 series SSD 240 GB Other drives: Samsung 840 EVO 500 GB Hard drive: WD7501AALS-00J7B0 750GB Hard drive: WD1600JS-00NNCB1 160GB Optical drive: Plexor PX-755A Keyboard: Corsair K90 Mouse: Corsair M65 Case: Fractal Design Define XL R2 Speakers: Bose Companion 5 Monitor: ASUS 248QE OS: Windows 8.1 Pro w/Media Center Update 1