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    Question Should ATI HD6950 GPU from the year 2010 work in an MSI Z690 Tomahawk Motherboard?

    So an update for anyone encountering this same problem: I ended up buying a Sapphire Radeon RX 6500 XT. Now when I am installing Windows 10, and Windows decides to automatically install things related to the video drivers, the screen no longer goes blue. Of course the current drivers and...
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    Question Should ATI HD6950 GPU from the year 2010 work in an MSI Z690 Tomahawk Motherboard?

    So to update - I updated the vBios to an UEFI supported version. When it rebooted the Bios detected it and switched to UEFI mode since it could not display in CFM mode. Everything was fine but 2 things keep crashing my display card: 1) If I install the latest drivers for the Radeon HD 6950...
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    Question Should ATI HD6950 GPU from the year 2010 work in an MSI Z690 Tomahawk Motherboard?

    Try what I did - update the Bios to the latest version using the Flash button in the rear. You have to download the latest Bios, uncompress it and save it onto the root of the USB as MSI.ROM. Stick into the USB port labelled "Flash.." Turn it on and press the button. That might at least let you...
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    Question Should ATI HD6950 GPU from the year 2010 work in an MSI Z690 Tomahawk Motherboard?

    I would like to also reference this thread where user has the same problem initially w message - "There is no GOP support".. however he instead updated his video card to provide GOP support. https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/new-pc-wont-boot-with-radeon-hd-6900series-card.272962/...
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    Question Should ATI HD6950 GPU from the year 2010 work in an MSI Z690 Tomahawk Motherboard?

    Well it works prior to installing my video drivers.. I can see everything - Bios setting screen, and Windows but in low resolution. During the install of the video drivers the screen goes black and is black when I reboot into windows, but you can still see the POST screens..
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    Question Should ATI HD6950 GPU from the year 2010 work in an MSI Z690 Tomahawk Motherboard?

    Hi, So my old i7 Gigabyte motherboard kicked the bucket and I'm upgrading my system.. Got a MSI Tomahawk Z690 (DDR4) Motherboard w 12th Gen i9. I already have an old ATI Radeon HD 6950 graphics card (HIS brand) so just moved it over. When I initially booted the computer, it did not even go...
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    [SOLVED] Strange symbols in Bios menus / Problem booting

    That’s the conclusion I’m coming to. Thanks for the reply.
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    [SOLVED] Strange symbols in Bios menus / Problem booting

    I am on my desktop now. It seems to be stable in Safe mode.
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    [SOLVED] Strange symbols in Bios menus / Problem booting

    Thanks for the reply. I'm trying to remember the details but I think before I changed the battery it did not even boot to the splash screen. It was many days ago and forget. The Bios did not have those symbols before my computer crashed. The new battery is definitely good, I tested it.
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    [SOLVED] Strange symbols in Bios menus / Problem booting

    My computer was working great and one day it crashed and just went to a black screen (never in my life has that happened). Later discovered CMOS battery was bad and replaced it; not just low voltage but I may have read a short on it w my Ohm meter. I may have misread it because later there was...