I want to upgrade my p7h55-m pro to a I7 with a visiontek hd 6670 graphics adapter. currently running windows 7 64bit, 16 GB ram with an i3 clarkdale cpu. I am running the latest bios (1709) which Asus says will support the I7-870 processor..
My thought was to first install the new video card and get that fully functional then change out the CPU.. However the MB/bios will not see the video card at all.. I checked the bios to insure PCI was the first detected (PIC/PEG)and that is all correct AFAICT. I have read that Something about Intel Clarkdae cpu's disabling the PICe port on Asus MB's but not sure. Does the bios options change with in insertion of the I7 CPU? Can't get the new card to run (It is new and runs on another MB) Can't seem to disable the onboard graphics either. . What am I missing? Do I have to install the I7 first?
Thanks
Paul
My thought was to first install the new video card and get that fully functional then change out the CPU.. However the MB/bios will not see the video card at all.. I checked the bios to insure PCI was the first detected (PIC/PEG)and that is all correct AFAICT. I have read that Something about Intel Clarkdae cpu's disabling the PICe port on Asus MB's but not sure. Does the bios options change with in insertion of the I7 CPU? Can't get the new card to run (It is new and runs on another MB) Can't seem to disable the onboard graphics either. . What am I missing? Do I have to install the I7 first?
Thanks
Paul