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I am at a brick wall so to say. I've started trying to use windows 8.1 as a secondardy driver due to finding an old drive, however i cannot get half of the board's features to be detected. Namely second pcie slot, and built in network card. Device namager shows them with the yellow explimationmark as lacking a driver. How do i fix the second pcie slot bluetooth and wifi? I also do not have intel graphics control pannel.

Hi! I was wondering if my motherboard, the b85-g43 gaming will work with the elgato 4K 60 pro mk2? To my understanding it will work, but I’m not a pc expert and not 100% sure. Here is the link to the motherboard https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B85-G43-GAMING/Specification And here is the link to the elgato specifications: https://help.elgato.com/hc/en-us/articles/360059182072-All-about-PCIe-PCI-Express-

My RX 470 (i have 2 of them) gaming g1 from gigabyte are not being detected by the upper PCIE slot in the motherboard. Tried: Resetting CMOS Reseating GPU Physically Inspected GPU Physically inspected and cleaned GPU and MB slot vBios updates weird thing is that the pc i tested it on lets call it PC 1 is my main Pc which has a 2080 and that 2080 works perfectly in the upper slot, and i had put different gpus in there and they work perfectly too but the rx 470s dont work up there. I also tried it in my gfs PC which has a 1070 and the RX 470 doesnt work on the upper slot either so i narrowed down that the problem is in the RX 470. WELL GUESS WHAT THEY WORK ON THE LOWER PCIE (x4 slot) ON BOTH PCs. I have updated the bios, run bench marks while it was on the lower PCIE slot and it doesnt overheat or show any signs of anything wrong with it. I dont think is a bios corruption, only thing i can think of is that it was used for mining but wouldnt the vbios update delete any mining update stuff they did on it? NOTES: On PC1 Upper PCIE is a 4.0 x16, Lower is 3.0 x4 SPECS: PC 1 I5 12400f 2080 Msi pro b660m-a ddr4 750 PSU gfs PC i5 11400 Z490 gigabyte gaming x 500 or 550 PSU 1070 Recently tried it in a 3rd rig that only had a: i3 10100f 550 PSU b560 acer motherboard that only has 1 pcie slot x16 and it didnt work on that x16 any ideas on what it can be? Thanks very much

Hey guys, I've just upgraded to a Gigabyte Vision OC 3080 from my 2070S but I'm having some trouble with it, I can't get a post with the 3080 installed in the first PCIe slot! ● 3080 doesn't work in the FIRST PCIe slot ● 3080 works in the SECOND PCIe slot ● 3080 works in other GEN 3 PC's ● 2070s works in BOTH PCIe slots The 3080 fans spin & the logo lights up, but doesn't post / 'no signal' on my monitors - The 3080 doesn't even get warm whilst the PC is on with no display showing, it's literally not being detected atall... Things I've tried so far : ●Updating BIOS ●DDU safe mode drivers ●Cleaning PCIe slot ●Resetting BIOS to default settings ●Unplugged all SATA/USB devices ●Reseating/Checking CPU for bent pins ●Reseating alternate RAM sticks in the preferred slots ●Making sure PCIe power cables are correctly clipped in ●UEFI/CSM both modes ●Settings PEG0 to Gen 3/2/1/Auto ●Different HDMI/DP cables ●Removing my M.2 My Specs; MSI Z490 Tomahawk Corsair 16GB DDR4 3200Mhz 10700KF 2070S/3080 RM850X Thanks in advance

So, recently, I purchased an Optiplex 990. It came with a 500w PSU, so I thought it would be able to handle my R7 260X. I put it in, and nothing. I update the bios, I switch to a 600W PSU, and nothing. So, I make sure that it's not a gpu problem, so I plug the 260x into another PC, and it works. So, to see if the PCIE slot is bad, I plug another GPU into the 990, an HD 6570, and it shows up in BIOS. So, I plug in the 260x back in, and it shows up at boot, but disappears when I get into Windows, and then when I restarted the PC, it never showed up in BIOS again. I even tried Linux to see if it would recognize the card, but no. I'm at a loss. The GPU is fine, the slot is fine, the PSU is fine, I don't understand what's happening. Any help is appreciated!

is it bad?

I have a R5 1600.About a month back my RX 480 died.It has always been mounted in the first PCIE slot on my Gigabyte GA-AB350 Gaming 3 motherboard.I had an HD 6570 laying around which I decided to use as a back up untill I could get a new GPU.Even though it has always worked with no problems and requires no additional power connectors I went ahead and ran the OCCT power stress test just to be sure. After a couple of minutes the screen went black,rebooted,ran the test again,same result.After that I ran the OCCT 3D stress test and in a matter of seconds got hundreds of errors detected,screen goes black(I use this phrase because if I have music or something playing in the background it continues to play,so I assume the system doesn't actually crash but somehow the video signal gets affected),even though the CPU and GPU were running at stock(the 1600 was running a stable OC of 3.8GHz @1.37V, prior to the 480 diyng,but I went back to stock settings after),with the only "overclock" being the active XMP profile in the BIOS. Ran both memtest86 and memtest64 for multiple passes,no issues found,so I think it's highly unlikely the RAM is faulty. Ran the OCCT CPU test,Cinebench R20,all good,so I guess the CPU is fine too. I'd like to note that when running prime95+Furmark for over an hour nothing happens,no crashing,no screen going black,seems 100% stable(I know 1 hour is low for thorough stability testing but I think it's still interesting since when using OCCT the issue occurs in a matter of seconds or minutes at best).Also,when running the OCCT tests with HD 6570 on a LGA 775 system nothing happens. I went on a limb and got a new PSU(Seasonic GC Core 650) just because, since I would get a new GPU anyway,even though my Seasonic S12II 520 has never given me any sort of trouble.Ran both OCCT tests with the new PSU,same results,at which point I concluded it must be the motherboard.I mounted the HD 6570 in the second PCIE slot(up untill this point it was mounted in the one in which de 480 died).Ran the power and 3D tests for over 20 minutes each,no issues,so I thought problem solved,it was the B350 all along.My theory was,although I don't know if it's possible and sounds highly unlikely to me,that when my 480 died(it died while I was using the PC) it somehow damaged the PCIE slot in the process. I swaped the B350 for a Gigabyte B450 S2H which I briefly used for a month with a 3400G.Ran the stress tests,everything seemed fine. Fast forward a couple of weeks to now,I ran the OCCT 3D and power tests on the same B450 board and the "crashes" are back.The B450 has only one PCIE slot. Using various BIOS versions for both motherboards leads to the same results. Sorry for this story being so convoluted but I hope some of you have managed to follow along,so my question is this:am I the unluckiest person in the world and have stumbled upon two semi-faulty motherboards(the B450 is still under warranty) or is it possible that my issues with the OCCT stress tests have something to do with the fact that I`m using a Ryzen 5 1600 given that that prime95 and Furmark don't lead to any sort of crash and OCCT,using the same GPU on another platform,also doesn't appear to manifest any issues.

My Intel DH61ww Motherboard does not have SATA 3 support. It has only SATA 2 ports. I have a Kingston 120gb SSD which gives max performance on SATA 3 rather than SATA 2. So my question is. Can I use any sort of SATA 3 pcie card adapter to convert it into SATA 3 lane? Does that make any sense? Few people suggested me this. But I'm not sure about the performance change. Suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.

Source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10465/amd-releases-statement-on-radeon-rx-480-power-consumption This is the statement sent to Anandtech: It seems that AMD is aware of the problem and is already working on a driver update to fix it. The problem, howrver, only seems to show itself when a 480 is being used on lower end mobos, but regardless it is still an issue that could both scare away consumers and potentially result in litigation against AMD. Whether or not this driver update will really fix it we don't know; we will be getting an update from AMD on the status of the driver on Tuesday and I will update this thread once that update is released by AMD. I will also update the thread once the driver is released. UPDATE: AMD has released their statement on the matter, and it basically is stating that we will get the driver on Thursday. Source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10469/amds-tuesday-radeon-rx-480-update-new-driver-by-late-thursday AMD's official statement: We cannot be sure, but it sounds like AMDs solution is to move power draw off from the pcie slot and onto the 6 pin power connector. There wording isn't that clear, though, so that is only a guess. It could also possibly mean that AMD is only reducing pcie power and not increasing power draw from the 6 pin. We will have to wait until Thursday to see just what AMD meant. The fix I just detailed, however, is only one part of the driver update. That fix will be on my default-however, AMD will now also be offering a toggle (not on by default) that will reduce total power consumption of the card; presumably this would be used to keep the power draw below the 150 watt tdp. Since this mode would decrease total power consumption, this leads me to believe that the default mode would keep power draw the same and only shift power draw from the pcie slot of the 6 pin. However, as I said earlier this is not confirmed. I have a feeling the driver update will not impact performance and rather will just shift the load over to the 6 pin (which is capable of handling the extra current). Hopefully this driver update actually works. While some out there don't believe that the extra power draw is an issue, I believe it is, especially when it does in fact cause problems. There is evidence of this across the web-granted the issue mostly only occurs in budget mobos but this is a budget card after all, so it should work with budget mobos. I will be updating this thread (again) once the driver is released. UPDATE 2: Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-rx-480-polaris-power-fix,4668.html So AMD has at last released the driver fix they promised. AMDs fix is pretty simple-move the power draw from the pcie slot to the 6 pin. The "compatibility mode" that AMD is also adding with this driver is not enabled by default. What it does is it lowers the total power consumption of the card, albeit at a small loss of performance, in order to keep the card's power draw below the 150 watt tdp. So so does the driver actually work? Well it sure does! As you can see in the graph above, the main board power draw amounts to exactly 75 watts, the max for the PCI-SIG spec. 6 pin power is increased, but if you are using a 500 watt+ psu like AMD recommends there is no reason that this should cause concern. Now that AMD has gotten rid of this issue with the 480, it now is a card that can be recommended to anyond looking for a decent 200 dollar GPU. Problem fixed!

Hello, Recently I stopped getting a display when booting using the PCI express slot, so I switched to the PCI 2.0 slot (Which works). When I use the express slot, my monitor doesn't detect a display and my computer seems to freeze (When a press the Num. lock button on the keyboard the light doesn't turn on/off, and when I press the power button the PC turns off instantly). I have tried resetting the CMOS, but it didn't work. Can anyone please help? System: MOBO: MSI Z97 PC Mate GPU: AMD Radeon R9 280X PSU: Corsair VS650 CPU: Intel i7 4790K Thank you! EDIT: Sorry I forgot to add that I had flown it from Singapore to France, and when I started it up the slot didn work. I was already having some display issues before the flight but nothing like this.

Hi, I am having serious problems with my new rig. I have tried some things already but without success. Here are my specs and hardware that I'm using. Gigabyte GA-Z97X-GAMING 5 EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB FTW ACX 2.0+ (DVI-I, HDMI, DisplayPort) Intel Core i5-4690K Processor 3.5 GHz Corsair Builder Series CX 500 Watt ATX/EPS 80 PLUS (CX500) Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Monitor DELL SE198WFP (DVI-D and VGA) NOTE: I had to make use of a VGA to DVI adapter in order to conect my monitor to the GPU I couple of days ago my computer arrived so I put it together, and after that I installed Windows 8.1 (during which I used the MoBo built in graphics). However after a few minutes I noticed that the GPU fans wasn't working. The fans just "tried" to spin at intervals of 2 seconds approximately. Then I noticed that I hadn't conected the PCI-e power cable to it (my mistake since I had never had a GPU which needed a separate power cable). Unfortunately, after connecting it, the computer refused to start at all. A few attempts later I decided that maybe was because of the drivers so I disconected the power from the GPU and installed all the latest drivers of each component, yet with no success, the computer still refused to start with the GPU being conected. I started to think that maybe was because of the PSU which was too weak to power the graphics card but later on I proved that was not the issue. What I did was move my GPU from the PCIx16 to the PCIx8, and voila!, it finally started but there was still one problem. Now everything in the monitor looked greenish, so I opened paint to check what exact colors were missing and I discovered that the Red channel was totally missing. In other words now everything works (even games run smooth as hell) but my monitor only displays Blue and Green. But I won't give up that easy. I also tried to check if the VGA to DVI adapter that I'm using is the problem, and it isn't; I'm using it right now with my old computer (GeForce 9500 GT) and it works just fine, no weird colors. So summarizing, I wonder if my complete GPU is defective or maybe just the DVI-I port is bad (I hope). Or maybe is it the MoBo the one that is defective? Why the GPU didn't work at all on PCIx16? Right now I'm still trying to test the HDMI port of my GPU, I will reply with the results. I will greatly appreciate any help and thanks for taking the time to read this.