Mother board for radeon r9 380x

[joeyk]

I need to get a new motherboard, as I've been given a radeon R9 380x (4GB GDDR5) and it's not compatible with my current one. My case is a corsair carbide spec alpha, in case size is a factor.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

What board do you have right now?

 

[joeyk]

What board do you have right now?

Lenovo IS6xm

 

[jr9]

Graphics cards are generally compatible with any motherboard as long as it has a PCIe slot which is pretty much all of them. That case should also fit that graphics card. Posting your full specs would help a lot though, we can spot issues much easier that way.

 

[joeyk]

Graphics cards are generally compatible with any motherboard as long as it has a PCIe slot which is pretty much all of them. That case should also fit that graphics card. Posting your full specs would help a lot though, we can spot issues much easier that way.

MB - Lenovo is6xm
Processor - Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz, 3101 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
Hard drive - Western Digital WD7500AYYS-01RCA0 750GB 7200RPM
12GB RAM
Running windows 10
anything else you need?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

The motherboard has a slot for the card.

Expansion Slots

1 * PCI Express x16
1 * PCI Express x1
2 * PCI

 

[joeyk]

The motherboard has a slot for the card.

Expansion Slots

1 * PCI Express x16
1 * PCI Express x1
2 * PCI

That was what I thought. But having attached the graphics card (in the PCI-E x16 slot) when starting the machine the fans of the graphics card work fine but it doesn't boot (no HD activity heard) and nothing on screen. I did wonder whether I need to connect it by DVI rather than HDMI, but would still expect it to boot.

 

[jr9]

Does it work if you attach your display to your older video port around your USB slots? You may need to chance your default video output in your BIOS.

 

[joeyk]

Does it work if you attach your display to your older video port around your USB slots? You may need to chance your default video output in your BIOS.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Is your BIOS the latest and in your BIOS is there an option to disable secure boot?

 

[joeyk]

Does it work if you attach your display to your older video port around your USB slots? You may need to chance your default video output in your BIOS.

When the new graphics card is in place I don't get a signal from the on board port (previously this is what I had been using - didn't have a separate graphics card)

 

[joeyk]

Is your BIOS the latest and in your BIOS is there an option to disable secure boot?

Bios is indeed latest, not sure about secure boot... Will check in a bit

 

[joeyk]

Is your BIOS the latest and in your BIOS is there an option to disable secure boot?

Can't see anything that jumps out unfortunately

 

[jr9]

Does it work if you attach your display to your older video port around your USB slots? You may need to chance your default video output in your BIOS.

When the new graphics card is in place I don't get a signal from the on board port (previously this is what I had been using - didn't have a separate graphics card)

So with the card installed you don't get a signal for either your motherboard video ports OR the graphics card ports?

On paper, that graphics card should work in your system. What is your power supply wattage?

 

[joeyk]

Does it work if you attach your display to your older video port around your USB slots? You may need to chance your default video output in your BIOS.

When the new graphics card is in place I don't get a signal from the on board port (previously this is what I had been using - didn't have a separate graphics card)

So with the card installed you don't get a signal for either your motherboard video ports OR the graphics card ports?

On paper, that graphics card should work in your system. What is your power supply wattage?

Yes, no signal on either screen. Power supply is corsair CX600 and pretty sure that should be fine

 

[jr9]

I just thought of something. Take the card out and have a look around the bottom edge of the card. Should be on the opposite side of the card from where you plug it into the PC. Do you see something that looks like a switch at all? If you find one, try changing its setting and seeing if you can get it to POST.

 

[joeyk]

I just thought of something. Take the card out and have a look around the bottom edge of the card. Should be on the opposite side of the card from where you plug it into the PC. Do you see something that looks like a switch at all? If you find one, try changing its setting and seeing if you can get it to POST.

Can't see anything resembling a switch unfortunately (although tht may just be due to the ridiculous size of housing for the fans!!)

 

[jr9]

Which card vendor is it? MSI? Sapphire?

 

[joeyk]

Which card vendor is it? MSI? Sapphire?

XFX

 

[jr9]

I would go ahead and start a new build then. Go for something like Ryzen 3 or 5, or a core i5 newer than 5th gen. Pretty much all of those motherboards will have full UEFI support that will allow the card to work. Just don't pick a super cheap motherboard, make sure it's UEFI BIOS (looks fancy, colourfull, mouse support).

Another thing you can do is just replace your motherboard. You will have to source it from eBay or somewhere; you will not find sandy bridge motherboards on sites like Newegg anymore. You would want to look for an enthusiast board like the ASUS p8p67. I recommend doing a rebuild though, that CPU is going to bottleneck you already and it's only going to get worst unless you are playing old games.