On board video issue

[whisper14072]

Hey all I have a Gigabyte GA-A75M-S2V

I am having a heck of a time getting the on-board video to work... When I use a video card I am fine. When I shut the PC down. pull the card and try to boot with the on-board I get nothing... pc starts and acts like it is running but I don't even get the bios screen.

tried clearing cmos, set bios back to defaults.. still nothing... any ideas? an added bit is I have 2 new boards doing the same so I know i am missing something simple...

 

[alphaalphaalpha]

It might be a BIOS setting that tells the BIOS to disable the on-board video and only use discrete graphics. I know every motherboard I own with on-board graphics has such a setting.

 

[whisper14072]

actually I just got a answer from Gigabyte and they sent me the list of processors that the board supports.... not a one of them support on board graphics... DOH!!!! so the on board is basically useless :/

 

[alphaalphaalpha]

That's rather confusing. If the on-board is not supported, why is it there anyway? Could you give me the list of CPUs?

 

[whisper14072]

http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=3934

Here is the link.... from what it seems none support it....lol

 

[alphaalphaalpha]

All of the A and E chips have integrated graphics. It's not on-board, it's on die because it's built into the CPU chip instead of the motherboard. The Athlons and Semprons don't have integrated graphics.

If the A and E chips don't work right on your board, then it's probably a BIOS setting problem or the board and/or CPU's IGP is defective.

EDIT: You might need to update your BIOS. If you have a version too old for your CPU then it might not function properly. What CPU do you have?

 

[whisper14072]

DOH... ok I see that now...... sorry senior moment...lol

 

[alphaalphaalpha]

No problem, just come on by to say if you can get it working after a BIOS update and/or settings change. If it still doesn't work, well then you might have defects that need RMAing or something similar.

 

[whisper14072]

no I am sure it's because of the missing chip.. the proc I have is one of the N/A.....lol

 

[alphaalphaalpha]

It's an Athlon/Sempron? Well then yeah no IGP on them.