GPU Issue

[danoedel97]

Hi folks,

I have an GPU issue. I decided to OC my work rig this morning.

Fatal1ty z77

3770s

32gb 1600mhz ECC

Radeon HD7790

500gb Samsung boot ssd 850 EVO

6x2TB WD Green in RAID 5

 

I was overclocking the 7790 when my PC froze up, upon reboot I only got black screens with the "No Input" message.

Naturally thinking "Oh S*** I broke company equipment screwing around" I immediately panicked. I put the 7790 in my workbench and discovered it to have some output (phew!)

I took the card that was in the workbench before (gt 630) out and put it in my work rig. I got a signal. So it looks like nothing is broken. However when I put the 7790 into the main rig and plug in the DVI cable the same no signal message pops up. I have done some Googling and many people said to uninstall your GPU drivers from the boot drive. Did that. No changes. I tried booting to a windows CD and taking the SSD out so that way there was no chance of GPU drivers being on there. Still nothing. The onboard Intel HD4400 works so if need be I can still use everything on that PC. Other forums I have checked said to reset CMOS. I don't think that this will be possible due to the software RAID 5 I have going on the mobo. To make matters worse the RAID is encrypted. I'm running out of ideas. HALP?

 

Thanks in advance guys.

 

(The worst part of this is that this shit happened while I was trying to prove to a friend that i could get a 4k+ Fire Strike at work.......I'm and idiot.)

[Evanair]

You can reset your CMOS.  You just have to go back into BOIS and switch from ACHI (or IDE) to RAID for your HDD configuration.

Works with every system I've done. 

Still... I'd want a backup if it was my only data storage area just in case.

[danoedel97]

Just now, Evanair said:

Still... I'd want a backup if it was my only data storage area just in case.

No can do. The Array is 9.3TB.

Reseting CMOS wouldn't touch the array?

Thanks for the reply.

[Evanair]

If you Google it to confirm (I would, I'm just a random guy on the internet) you'll see that it SHOULD be perfectly ok. 

 

However (and this is the big however) the Intel Raid controller sometimes can randomly make a disk NON-member, thus destroying your raid. If it's just one disk, you might be able to recover the array, more than one however, and you're stuck.

[Evanair]

Have you tried plugging into your onboard graphics, setting that as display priority, with your card inside.  Boot to windows using onboard video with your card as an addon display, then see about resetting the clocks from inside your OC utility?

[danoedel97]

2 minutes ago, Evanair said:

Have you tried plugging into your onboard graphics, setting that as display priority, with your card inside.  Boot to windows using onboard video with your card as an addon display, then see about resetting the clocks from inside your OC utility?

I can boot into windows using onboard GFX. Windows doesn't even see the 7790. When I go into the Device Manager, It only shows HD4400 gfx. When I open MSI afterburner it doesn't see it either.

[Evanair]

Have you checked the MOBO settings to see if dual-GPU is enabled?  It might be trying to run some kind of CrossFire setup.

[danoedel97]

2 minutes ago, Evanair said:

Have you checked the MOBO settings to see if dual-GPU is enabled?  It might be trying to run some kind of CrossFire setup.

All of that stuff has never been enabled on this board. I double checked, to confirm this. I just reset the CMOS and it looks like the issue may be resolved. I just have to verify the integrity of the RAID and the GPU settings.

[danoedel97]

It appears to be working for now!

Thanks for all your help. If we ever cross paths, I owe you a beer.