R9290 Upgrade ?Display Problem? Please Help? :-(

[Quin_89]

Hi guys,

 

I recently updraded from EVGA GTX 670 FTW Edtion to the Gigabyte reference Radeon R9290. Picked up display problems from the get go.

And it would give me no post beeps and displays on my mobo "Multi-Bios 62" rather then "A2" to.Funny thing is that it would fully start up into windows when i just hook up the two 6 pins power connectors but with display. But with with the 8 and 6 pin gives the above mentioned problem "No display and now post beeps"

 

Already did your basic troubleshooting,

-reset cmos / bios

-reset memory modules ect

-Booted up without the card and shutdown and intserting it powering it up again ...nothing

-Powered up with my onboard display and the card inserted just to load the driver then switch over to the GPU Display but nothing ending up giving me BSOD Atimdag.sys then reboots

 

 

Even updated my bios but stil no luck.

 

My rig as follows;

 

Cougar 650CM Modular PSU

MSI Z77a GD65 Motherboard

Intel Core i5 3570QC CPU

2x 4GB Apacer 1333Mhz Stock Memory

DVD-Writer

1x Adata SP600 128 SSD

1x WD Caviar Green 2TB HDD

1x WD Cavier Blue 500GB  HDD

1x WD caviar Blue 500GB  HDD

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sauron]

Try using different slots on the power supply

[Quin_89]

Thanks i will, keep you posted :-)

[simson0606]

does the machine still boot fine with the old card?

[Quin_89]

Okay i tried and with different power connectors as well as a seperate 8 pin and 6 pin but still no luck.

 

Everything boots fine with my old GPU "EVGA GTX 670 FTW"

 

Tested the card on a friend's computer to clarify what it might be but had the exact same experience.....

 

Any other ideas ?

 

And thanks for your time, really appreciate it guys

[0x1e]

So, You're saying that the GPU has 2 power connections. An 8 and a 6 pin connection?

If you try to use 8 + 6 power it doesn't work? However if you use 6 pin and another 6 pin power connection then it works?

The computer boots up like nothing is wrong?

 

You've tried another computer (your friends) , another connection on the PSU, another cable.

You mentioned you used another GPU with the PSU and it worked fine? EVGA GTX 670 FTW.

 

That would make me point towards the extra 2 pins on the GPU.

If I remember correctly the only difference between 6 pin and 8 pin connections are, the two extra pins are ground only. They don't supply power.

Either they are busted, or something on the GPU is shorting. As long as you don't draw more than 75 watts through the 6 pin (supposed to be 8 pin) then everything should be fine. Only sometimes though.

 

That should at least point you in the right direction.

You can always RMA the card as it sounds faulty to me.