monitor says 'no signal' when i put in my nvdia geforce gtx 650 ti

[vc2846]

i just bought a new pc. i have nothing installed in it except the os (windows 8.1 x64) which came with it as a package

my problem is that when i put in the graphics card (gtx 650 ti), the monitor says 'no signal' but i'm sure it boots up correctly

i removed the graphics card and used the onboard instead and it worked.

next i put in the graphics card from my old pc (geforce 210) and it works too even without installing any drivers

i have a vga to dvi adapter to connect with the gtx 650 ti since my monitor uses vga

i called the shop where i bought them and the person said i have to change something in the bios but he has no idea what, me either!

the motherboard is gigabyte ga-b85m-hd3. secure boot is already disabled. please help me!

 

[HiTechObsessed]

There should be an option in the BIOS to set primary display to PCIe. I would suggest resetting the BIOS though, as it should automatically change that setting with the GPU plugged in.

Do you have the right power cables plugged into the 650 Ti?

 

[vc2846]

hello, yes there's a choice between pci, pcie and igfx i think but i already chose pcie. i also tried with default settings but no luck 🙁

 

[HiTechObsessed]

Do you have the right power cables plugged into the card?

To reset the BIOS, you can unplug the PC from the wall, remove the CMOS battery (looks like an oversized watch battery on the motherboard), leave it out for about a minute, then pop it back in and try again.

 

[vc2846]

yes the power cable is plugged in the card, somewhere in the lower-left/upper right corner (don't know which is the card's face xD). i just installed the driver, the cd recognized that the card is there while i'm still using the onboard card since it still doesn't work. still doesn't work even with the driver installed though.

i'm gonna remove the cmos battery now

 

[vc2846]

nope, didn't work 🙁

i noticed that i can't access the bios if the 650 ti is plugged in even though i'm using the onboard card, the monitor receives no signal until the pc has finished booting up

but if the 650 ti is not connected the monitor receives signal immediately and i can see the bios

 

[HiTechObsessed]

Do you have a version with 2 DVI ports? Try the other DVI port perhaps.

 

[vc2846]

oh yeah it has 2 divi ports and actually since i don't know which is the main one, i always do the same thing on both of them when i have an idea

 

[vc2846]

checked my psu's box and it says 500W 12V, 650 ti's minimum requirement is 400W 12V so i think that's out of the question too

 

[HiTechObsessed]

Check out this: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems

 

[Shhubho]

I was in the same problem.. And the final solution is just go to your BIOS settings and change the slot from IGFX to PCI E slot and you are ready to go...............

 

[vikasvicky244]

you should borrow some other power supply and check it