New ASUS STRIX 1060 GTX outputs 1 long 2 short beep code, but old 560 GTX doesn't

[dahamsta]

Any idea why this is happening? The card does turn on and the fans are spinning even without psu connections (so pci-e should be working I presume). The cards LEDs for a short moment flash up with blueish color and then pulsate red for as long as they are turned on. The post code (1 long 2 short) is output and basically nothing happens.

The only thing I can note is that I currently cannot attach my monitor to it, since it has a dvi-d port instead of dvi-i or d-sub (another problem, that I will have to deal with too >.> ), however the 560 GTX did not output the post signal and the PC turned on just fine without my monitor being connected to it, so there probably is something iffy going on.

Any help is appreciated.

EDIT: I am using a MSI P35-A75MA motherboard.

EDIT 2: On user to user FAQ I did find, that 1 long 2 short beeps does relate to the VGA (1 long 2 short - Monitor or display card error). Link: https://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/bios-beep-codes

Seeing this, my main question I guess is if the POST could be occuring, because there is no monitor connected to the video card, or is it just broken?

EDIT 3: Ordered a HDMI to VGA adapter, so I can connect my monitor to it. Gonna arrive on Friday (supposedly).

EDIT 4: I did notice, that I am booting into Legacy mode (according to msinfo). Could that have something to do with the GPU not working? I also couldn't find any explicit switch between UEFI and Legacy in my BIOS menu (accessed by pressing delete in my case).

EDIT 5: So, according to hwinfo64, I do have UEFI support, however the OS is booted in legacy mode. At least, the UEFI text next to my motherboard is green, while boot mode next to OS is shown as legacy Boot (and is grey). Could this cause the issue and how would you fix it?

 

[KalTorak]

What motherboard do you have, and to you have the user manual that came with it.

This will explain (likely in bad english) what the error code means/relates to.

 

[dahamsta]

What motherboard do you have, and to you have the user manual that came with it.

This will explain (likely in bad english) what the error code means/relates to.

I have an old MSI P35-A75MA mobo and, while I do not have the manual anymore, I did look up the one in MSI's website. However, I could not find anything about POST beep codes there. Link to it, if needed: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/A75MAP35.html#down-manual

 

[MrHardwarex]

i think you need to upgrade your motherboard bios to latest update and check if it works and check your power supply
also try changing in bios setup for any thing related to VGA card

and if graphic card didn't works maybe because this new cards require a UEFI BOIS while your motherboard have old legacy bios

read the following thread Posted by me here as it will help you
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3185266/gtx-1060-work-motherboard-gigabyte-ep43-ds3l-uefi-bios.html

you could try send your problem to MSI Technical support through their web site
and evenly you may have to upgrade your motherboard and pc in order for this card to work
Thanks

 

[dahamsta]

i think you need to upgrade your motherboard bios to latest update and check if it works and check your power supply
also try changing in bios setup for any thing related to VGA card

and if graphic card didn't works maybe because this new cards require a UEFI BOIS while your motherboard have old legacy bios

read the following thread Posted by me here as it will help you
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3185266/gtx-1060-work-motherboard-gigabyte-ep43-ds3l-uefi-bios.html

you could try send your problem to MSI Technical support through their web site
and evenly you may have to upgrade your motherboard and pc in order for this card to work
Thanks

Thanks for the response. I already sent in a ticket to the ASUS support. This would explain quite a bit, guess I will at least try updating my BIOS and see what happens. Don't really know how to do that though, gonna try it for the first time. The annoying thing about upgrading my mobo is that I have an old CPU (which admittedly was amazing for the price) with a FM1 CPU socket, which I doubt I will see on any mobos these days. :/

EDIT: Actually, I will not update my BIOS just yet, as it would put my system in a different state from the one outlined in my ASUS support ticket. Depending on the response from the support, I might do it thereafter.

EDIT 2: Seems like the only update on MSI site at least is to version 2.0 (I have 1.2), but, from what I gather, it is dubbed American Megatrends in msinfo bios version listing and, from what I gather, isn't it the UEFI framework developer?

EDIT 3: I did notice, that I am booting into Legacy mode (according to msinfo). Could that have something to do with the GPU not working? I also couldn't find any explicit switch between UEFI and Legacy in my BIOS menu (accessed by pressing delete in my case).

 

[dahamsta]

As MrHardwarex said, I fixed it by updating my BIOS (from v1.2 to v2.0). No more incessant beeping for now and it works just fine (apart from the fact, that, with my current old Atholn II X4 651K CPU, it seems to only run up to 36% GPU usage (at least in Fallout 4), but I haven't tested it too much yet ( the game is smoother than ever, but there are still frame drops now and then, but that might be down to my CPU not being up to par)).

 

[MrHardwarex]

Thanks dahamsta
I'm Happy that i could help and the card works
we learned that when new graphic card don't work on old pc the problem could be due to old bios don't recognize the new card
wishing to see some games benchmarks with your new card

 

[dahamsta]

Thanks dahamsta
I'm Happy that i could help and the card works
we learned that when new graphic card don't work on old pc the problem could be due to old bios don't recognize the new card
wishing to see some games benchmarks with your new card

Don't know if any benchmarks I could make would be of any real use, since the card in my current setup is somewhat bottlenecked. I am currently replaying Evil Within, which was quite graphically intensive for probably all the wrong reasons last year, and, while it does seem to be on 60 fps (60-55 range) most of the time, in some of the more, I presume, unoptimized set pieces, it dips to 40ish and, while the cpu usage is at over 80 percent, at the very most, the card is at 60 or so (it barely even gets to the 55 threshold where fans kick in). Also, at least when it comes to games, I have an unusual display resolution (1650x1080) which would make any benchmarking, besides basic furmark or other benchmarking tools, kinda pointless for others. Gonna do furmark though.

EDIT: According to furmark, it is 4641 points (77 FPS, 60000 ms) with Max GPU Temp: 61°C , for a Resolution: 1920x1080 (FS) - AA:0 samples test, but 2238 points (37 FPS, 60000 ms) with Max GPU Temp: 63°C, for a Resolution: 1920x1080 (W) - AA:8 samples test and couldn't choose qhd or 4k, because it cannot switch to fullscreen (presumably, because my screen is old enough to still have a VGA connector). It is worth taking into account, that some small percentage probably was lost due to using a pcie2 slot. No idea if this is any good or not, but thanks for helping, mate.