Computer not detecting gpu

[Beltboy]

I am not sure if you have it (or someone said to download it). But get Nvida Geforce Experiance and download that. It might suddenly "detect" it and might work? 

Why its not an NVidia card?

[Bittenfleax]

Why its not an NVidia card?

Oh, haha. It was just a brief read of it. Did not really read the whole thing fully 

 

--My bad  :wacko:

[caruso55]

I have a similar problem. New 

ASUS M5A78L-M with phenom ii x4 965, corsair vengeance 2x4GB, Sapphire 7870 all from a previous built. The GPU worked fine on a MSI 970A-G46 that I before (just that one fan stopped spinning, but I regarded that as simply replaceable), but it wont read in my new ASUS board, even after disabling the onboard. I get the error code 1 long beep 3 short and I have a AMI BIOS. THe fans still spin though.   

[caruso55]

I have a similar problem. New 

ASUS M5A78L-M with phenom ii x4 965, corsair vengeance 2x4GB, Sapphire 7870 all from a previous built. The GPU worked fine on a MSI 970A-G46 that I before (just that one fan stopped spinning, but I regarded that as simply replaceable), but it wont read in my new ASUS board, even after disabling the onboard. I get the error code 1 long beep 3 short and I have a AMI BIOS. THe fans still spin though. 

[Froggerztech]

Check "Device Manager". What do you see under Display Adapters? If your card is listed, do you see a yellow exclamation point next to it? If you don't see it under Display Adapters, do you see it under "Other Devices"?

It says "microsoft basic display adapter" under display adapters and it does not show it under "other devices" either

[Froggerztech]

Check "Device Manager". What do you see under Display Adapters? If your card is listed, do you see a yellow exclamation point next to it? If you don't see it under Display Adapters, do you see it under "Other Devices"?

It is not under either, it just shows microsoft basic display adapter

 

Edit- sorry about double post, it glitched

[Bonesy]

Do you have the ability to try the card in a different system?  It's sounding more and more like card is dead...are the fans even spinning on graphics card when it's plugged in? Do you have another PCI-E slot you can try?

[Syte]

The chances of 2 R9 285 (being a very recent AMD Release) being DoA is absurd. I've used well over 50 of the cards with absolutely no problems from all sorts of manufacturers and have no notes saying retailers are reporting DoAs. 

 

If all else fails reinstalling Windows further isolates the problem, but may not solve it. If you have your GPU correctly seated in the PCIe slot, have the power connector plugged in, and have your display cable connected to your graphics card instead of your motherboard, and finally have your AMD Catalyst Drivers installed correctly then I don't what the problem is because I don't have your PC in front of me.

 

As always the goal is to find out what the problem is; you need to isolate it wherever possible, taking sticks of RAM out, moving pieces around, making sure everything's connected and your motherboard drivers are updated.

[Froggerztech]

Do you have the ability to try the card in a different system?  It's sounding more and more like card is dead...are the fans even spinning on graphics card when it's plugged in? Do you have another PCI-E slot you can try?

They are spinning while plugged in, so I do not think it is dead. I have a second pcie slot to try, but the card may not fit as it is right next to the hard drive cages

[Froggerztech]

Do you have the ability to try the card in a different system?  It's sounding more and more like card is dead...are the fans even spinning on graphics card when it's plugged in? Do you have another PCI-E slot you can try?

They are spinning while plugged in, so I do not think it is dead. I have a second pcie slot to try, but the card may not fit as it is right next to the hard drive cages

[Bonesy]

Well at this point, I would suggest completely uninstalling your graphics drivers and catalyst software, and performing a clean install afterwards.