Motherboard GB Z77X UP7

[virus464]

https://www.gigabyte.com/de/Motherboard/GA-Z77X-UP7-rev-10#ov

 

so, this motherboard has overall 5 pcie 16x slots. the second one (black slot) would be the ideal slot for a single gpu setup,

as linus claimed in his video many many moons ago ( i watched it many times

BUT if i seat the card in that slot i cant get it to post.

no problems in the first and i belive in the 3rd slot.

it boots fine, since i just take the dvi cable and plug it into the board itself and by that time it would already be in windows.

disableing the igpu makes no difference.

the card is a asus 980ti strix. cpu is a 3770 with random 4x2gb 1333mhz ram.

 

is there a magic bios option wich would help me? would it make any noticeable difference at all? i bet it would in csgo tbh, also i take what i can get for bf5.

[Cereal5]

If any/all of the other slots work, there might be dust or debris in the slot. The slot itself could also be faulty, or it could be your GPU. Can you confirm the GPU works by using it in another system?

 

Assuming it works, you can use the GPU in any slot, as they are all 8x and shouldn’t impact performance at all

[virus464]

4 minutes ago, Cereal5 said:

If any/all of the other slots work, there might be dust or debris in the slot. The slot itself could also be faulty, or it could be your GPU. Can you confirm the GPU works by using it in another system?

 

Assuming it works, you can use the GPU in any slot, as they are all 8x and shouldn’t impact performance at all

the gpu works, i game with this system every day.

[Cereal5]

22 minutes ago, virus464 said:

the gpu works, i game with this system every day.

Ok that’s only one thing answered

 

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 i game with this system every day

Then what’s the problem...

 

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BUT if i seat the card in that slot i cant get it to post.

no problems in the first and i belive in the 3rd slot.

it boots fine, since i just take the dvi cable and plug it into the board itself and by that time it would already be in windows.

putting the DVI cable into the motherboard doesn’t mean anything. So even if you plug the GPU into another slot, if you’re not running video out of your GPU, it will obviously work fine.

[virus464]

oh, ur right.

the slot looks fine, no dust or debris.

 

the problem is: i dont want the "delay" linus talks about.

 

i only switch the cable to make sure the pc is still working, long after it should have shown smthn out the GPU DVI.