Desktop not booting when GPU is installed

[ascii557755]

I've just got a new motherboard and case and I've transplanted my old system into it (i7-3770, 32gb ram, gtx 1070). The new motherboard is a gigabyte ga-z77-ds3h revision 1.

 

When I boot with no GPU installed (so running on the igpu) it boots all the way to windows with no problem. If the GPU is installed it either gives me a long short short beep code (I checked, it just says "graphics error". Very helpful gigabyte) or it beeps once (meaning it booted) then freezes on the post screen where it detects key pressed (it beeps every time you press a key) but does nothing. The GPU worked fine last night when I pulled it from my old computer and I checked the power connector.

 

I'm about to go try and pull the cooler off and re seat the cpu to see if that fixes it but if anyone else has any suggestions that would be much appreciated. 

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

A "new" motherboard for an i7-3770? I'll bet it's used and around 10 years old, and defective.

[ascii557755]

8 minutes ago, Hairless Monkey Boy said:

A "new" motherboard for an i7-3770? I'll bet it's used and around 10 years old, and defective.

Yeah, "new" to me. The board itself seems to be fine unless it's an issue with the PCIe slot itself

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

1 minute ago, ascii557755 said:

Yeah, "new" to me. The board itself seems to be fine unless it's an issue with the PCIe slot itself

That's the first thing to check. Try the other slot, and if you need to, try the card in another system, or back in the old board.

[Quickstrike]

54 minutes ago, ascii557755 said:

I've just got a new motherboard and case and I've transplanted my old system into it (i7-3770, 32gb ram, gtx 1070). The new motherboard is a gigabyte ga-z77-ds3h revision 1.

 

When I boot with no GPU installed (so running on the igpu) it boots all the way to windows with no problem. If the GPU is installed it either gives me a long short short beep code (I checked, it just says "graphics error". Very helpful gigabyte) or it beeps once (meaning it booted) then freezes on the post screen where it detects key pressed (it beeps every time you press a key) but does nothing. The GPU worked fine last night when I pulled it from my old computer and I checked the power connector.

 

I'm about to go try and pull the cooler off and re seat the cpu to see if that fixes it but if anyone else has any suggestions that would be much appreciated. 

Dumb question but you change the screen cable to the gpu plug when you boot with the gpu right?

[Savage2k]

56 minutes ago, ascii557755 said:

I've just got a new motherboard and case and I've transplanted my old system into it (i7-3770, 32gb ram, gtx 1070). The new motherboard is a gigabyte ga-z77-ds3h revision 1.

 

When I boot with no GPU installed (so running on the igpu) it boots all the way to windows with no problem. If the GPU is installed it either gives me a long short short beep code (I checked, it just says "graphics error". Very helpful gigabyte) or it beeps once (meaning it booted) then freezes on the post screen where it detects key pressed (it beeps every time you press a key) but does nothing. The GPU worked fine last night when I pulled it from my old computer and I checked the power connector.

 

I'm about to go try and pull the cooler off and re seat the cpu to see if that fixes it but if anyone else has any suggestions that would be much appreciated. 

hey , try to blow dust from PCI lane , clean contacts on gpu . re-seat your cpu (check for dirt on cpu lga) reset bios , update bios. Bios update may be the solution

[ascii557755]

1 hour ago, Linus5exT1ps said:

hey , try to blow dust from PCI lane , clean contacts on gpu . re-seat your cpu (check for dirt on cpu lga) reset bios , update bios. Bios update may be the solution

im onto the final step there of trying to install a fresh bios. it says its on version F4 and the latest version is F23B (F22 for the most recent stable release). they only have files going back to F18 and all of them are giving me an error of "BIOS ID check error". I'm going to go see if I can find an older bios like F12 or F8 on some weird sketchy website and see if that works at all.

[Savage2k]

DO NOT INSTALL THE BIOSES THAT YOU MENTIONED !!!

BIOS ID check error - means you are trying to install wrong bios , install F11a bios from the link down 

11 minutes ago, ascii557755 said:

im onto the final step there of trying to install a fresh bios. it says its on version F4 and the latest version is F23B (F22 for the most recent stable release). they only have files going back to F18 and all of them are giving me an error of "BIOS ID check error". I'm going to go see if I can find an older bios like F12 or F8 on some weird sketchy website and see if that works at all.

i just looked up and last version of bios for your mobo is F11a which notes next 

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1. Beta BIOS
2. Improve PCI Express x16 slot compatibility

 Click here --->  There is a Bios List for your motherboard.

 

i dont know where did you find mentioned bioses , i think you are looking for something different 

 

[Savage2k]

3 hours ago, ascii557755 said:

I'm going to go see if I can find an older bios like F12 or F8 on some weird sketchy website and see if that works at all.

i hope you didn't kill your board