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As stated my rig right now consists of two MSI GTX 780's in SLI but I want to put in two MSI GTX 970's to give a slight upgrade to my graphics power and being able to use all NVIDIA's new features. So I built my PC from the motherboard up (MSI Z77A-GD55), picked the CPU (i7-3770k), the RAM (16GB of G.Skill RJX 1600), the HDD's and SSD's (one running the OS, one set aside for just games and four HDD's for a RAID setup to keep my data a little more safe.) I digress.
So, upon taking out the two 780's and putting in just one 970 the rig would not show anything on the screen. I don't know what I did wrong. So I put the 780's back in and changed the NVIDIA options from SLI to 'not SLI' and then shut down, put in a 970 and still no screen. I just don't know what I am doing wrong that the 970 won't pull up a screen. And being that I have two of them I tried out both of them to make sure it wasn't just one being bad for one reason or another. So what do I have to change to get these GPU's to work in my system? Do I have to create a system image on a DVD and then reinstall Windows 10 Pro and then install a GPU and change the settings in the motherboard BIOS? Is there anything else that is making this rig not accept the 970's?
I have built in total 4 separate rigs by this point, starting only a few years ago with an i3-2120, GTX 650ti BOOST and 8GB of RAM on a Gigabyte mATX motherboard. I upgraded whenever prices dropped on a certain piece and ended up with an i7, not one but two GPU's and not only a single SSD for the OS and a single HDD for my files but 6 overall hard drives plus a BluRay burner (that I practically never use btw). Is it a driver issue and if so how do I clear out the old 780 stuff so the 970 can be used? I really don't want to start from scratch but I do have a Microsoft account including my email address (outlook) so if I do need to start from the Install Windows screen I can get most of my setting back but if I can avoid it I'd love to.
If anyone knows what I am doing wrong please help. If anyone knows what I can do to swap these GPU's I need your help! I have learned a lot through the process of building a few PC's but an expert I am not. If anyone can help please let me know and thank you for reading this and trying to think of what is going wrong with my rig. Thanks.
So, upon taking out the two 780's and putting in just one 970 the rig would not show anything on the screen. I don't know what I did wrong. So I put the 780's back in and changed the NVIDIA options from SLI to 'not SLI' and then shut down, put in a 970 and still no screen. I just don't know what I am doing wrong that the 970 won't pull up a screen. And being that I have two of them I tried out both of them to make sure it wasn't just one being bad for one reason or another. So what do I have to change to get these GPU's to work in my system? Do I have to create a system image on a DVD and then reinstall Windows 10 Pro and then install a GPU and change the settings in the motherboard BIOS? Is there anything else that is making this rig not accept the 970's?
I have built in total 4 separate rigs by this point, starting only a few years ago with an i3-2120, GTX 650ti BOOST and 8GB of RAM on a Gigabyte mATX motherboard. I upgraded whenever prices dropped on a certain piece and ended up with an i7, not one but two GPU's and not only a single SSD for the OS and a single HDD for my files but 6 overall hard drives plus a BluRay burner (that I practically never use btw). Is it a driver issue and if so how do I clear out the old 780 stuff so the 970 can be used? I really don't want to start from scratch but I do have a Microsoft account including my email address (outlook) so if I do need to start from the Install Windows screen I can get most of my setting back but if I can avoid it I'd love to.
If anyone knows what I am doing wrong please help. If anyone knows what I can do to swap these GPU's I need your help! I have learned a lot through the process of building a few PC's but an expert I am not. If anyone can help please let me know and thank you for reading this and trying to think of what is going wrong with my rig. Thanks.
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