Hello guys,
im basically out of ideas with this issue.
Basic System Speccs:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @2.40 GHz
MSI Mainboard MS-7358
Chipset Intel P35/G33/G31
BIOS
Phoenix Technologies Version 6.00 PG
Date 7/24/2007
6 GB DDR2 Ram
Nvidia Geforce GTX 470 1280 MBytes
Windows 7 Home 64Bit
PSU Corsair 650 Watt
(please tell me if you need more information on that)
Now the problem:
On booting the Computer my monitor pretty much randomly told me that he will go into DVI-D Sleep Mode and thus the screen remains black although Windows is booting and starting normally (Windows login sounds, everything fine)
I singled out the Monitor as the issue, testing it with a different Monitor to no avail.
Upon plugging the monitor into the mainboard directly i saw in windows that the Nvidia device is not found and that the computer is running on the mainboard chipset.
The only thing that works (randomly as well) is unplugging the machine from the powert source, draining all remaining power, waiting a bit and sometimes the GPU gets detected again on loadup.
Apart from that, the card is runing fine, done all different sorts of testing, no errors what so ever.
On a sidenote, also the RAM are working properly, had a long session of RAMtest going on lately.
I read on different sources that maybe a BIOS update would or could work, but for my specific setup i couldnt find a proper update, the MSI page is kinda garbage, or i am, dunno.
Apart from that i never flashed my BIOS before so im looking for alternatives beforehand.
I tried to find someone with a desktop PC to exchange cards and see what happens but so far i couldnt find anyone.
I had the problem now for ages now, but in recent weeks it hardly recognizes my card on first boot. I pretty much always have to unplug, drain power, wait, reboot. Makes me crazy.
Edit:
As soon as the machine detects the card i can reboot as many times as i want, it works fine.
2nd Edit: Two days ago, computer was shut down for about 10 hours over night, turned it on in the morning before work, everything fine. 8 hours later turned it on again, fine as well.
Today after about 20 hours of shutdown it didnt detect the card. Plugged the monitor into the mainboard GPU to type that stuff now.
Fan of the GPU is running though, which i feel is kinda weird but well, it does.
3rd Edit:
Replaced mainboard battery as suggested, but as i was expecting it didnt change anything. Problem persists. I also reseated and cleaned out pretty much anything, but today in the morning after about 15 hours of shutdown, same story.
Anyone got ideas? Thx for every possible help!
im basically out of ideas with this issue.
Basic System Speccs:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @2.40 GHz
MSI Mainboard MS-7358
Chipset Intel P35/G33/G31
BIOS
Phoenix Technologies Version 6.00 PG
Date 7/24/2007
6 GB DDR2 Ram
Nvidia Geforce GTX 470 1280 MBytes
Windows 7 Home 64Bit
PSU Corsair 650 Watt
(please tell me if you need more information on that)
Now the problem:
On booting the Computer my monitor pretty much randomly told me that he will go into DVI-D Sleep Mode and thus the screen remains black although Windows is booting and starting normally (Windows login sounds, everything fine)
I singled out the Monitor as the issue, testing it with a different Monitor to no avail.
Upon plugging the monitor into the mainboard directly i saw in windows that the Nvidia device is not found and that the computer is running on the mainboard chipset.
The only thing that works (randomly as well) is unplugging the machine from the powert source, draining all remaining power, waiting a bit and sometimes the GPU gets detected again on loadup.
Apart from that, the card is runing fine, done all different sorts of testing, no errors what so ever.
On a sidenote, also the RAM are working properly, had a long session of RAMtest going on lately.
I read on different sources that maybe a BIOS update would or could work, but for my specific setup i couldnt find a proper update, the MSI page is kinda garbage, or i am, dunno.
Apart from that i never flashed my BIOS before so im looking for alternatives beforehand.
I tried to find someone with a desktop PC to exchange cards and see what happens but so far i couldnt find anyone.
I had the problem now for ages now, but in recent weeks it hardly recognizes my card on first boot. I pretty much always have to unplug, drain power, wait, reboot. Makes me crazy.
Edit:
As soon as the machine detects the card i can reboot as many times as i want, it works fine.
2nd Edit: Two days ago, computer was shut down for about 10 hours over night, turned it on in the morning before work, everything fine. 8 hours later turned it on again, fine as well.
Today after about 20 hours of shutdown it didnt detect the card. Plugged the monitor into the mainboard GPU to type that stuff now.
Fan of the GPU is running though, which i feel is kinda weird but well, it does.
3rd Edit:
Replaced mainboard battery as suggested, but as i was expecting it didnt change anything. Problem persists. I also reseated and cleaned out pretty much anything, but today in the morning after about 15 hours of shutdown, same story.
Anyone got ideas? Thx for every possible help!