Upgraded to 970s from 680s; no vga detected

[jfizzle4321]

I have a rampage 4 extreme with a 3820. Cleared my nvidia drivers and shut down. Replaced my cards (680s ^^^ 970s 2x SLI). Now I'm getting n audible "vga not detected" indicator (3 beeps). I've tried an HDMI and every DVI port still nothing. Any advice?

 

[herrwizo]

Try each card separately first to make sure they both work.

 

[jfizzle4321]

Try each card separately first to make sure they both work.

Already did that.

 

[Bossyfins]

So? Did it boot when 1 card was installed?

 

[herrwizo]

Suppose it did. What PSU are you using? Are all power cables firmly connected to both graphics cards?

If PSU is powerful enough and cables are all connected, you might also try to clear CMOS on your mobo.

 

[jfizzle4321]

So? Did it boot when 1 card was installed?

No. Same response every time. 1 beep, followed by 3. I remember adding an SSD and running into issues. Also when i first moved and put the output cables in different spots had the same issue. It's this stupid board. I kniw other people have had similar issues. Like them it's very eratic. Once it finally boots it runs perfect. But now it just isn't noticing any vga montior.

 

[jfizzle4321]

All power cables are seated properly. Cleared CMOS through the option on the back of the motherboard. PSU is Corsair HX1050. Pretty powerful powerplant.

 

[Bossyfins]

Fill the bottom survey out and just post it here. IT will give us an understanding of what you are working with.

 

[jfizzle4321]

CPU/APU: Is it overclocked?
I73820 mo OC

Motherboard:
ASUS ROG Rampage IV extreme

RAM: model number, number of dimms, and how fast it is running now.

4 g-
skill rip jaw DDR3 2133mHz

Power Supply: needs the wattage and exact model number
Corsair HX1050 (1,050 Watt)

Graphics Card: Is it overclocked?
2xGigabyte Gtx 970 G1's just stock clock.

Hard Disk Drive:
Barracuda 1tb
Solid State Disk Drive:
OCZ Vertex 128 (OS)
Samsung 128 (games)

Operating System: and whether 32 or 64 bit
Windows 10 x64

 

[jfizzle4321]

Oh and display on the mobo is "AA" which means everything is nominal. Just not detecting any GPU output. There is a GPU selector and I have 1&3 selected. PCIE 1&3 are being used. This is standard. However, i did swap out the case too but everything looks solid from that end also. Again, I've had issues just with moving before. Moved to my current house in 2014 and my PC wouldn't recognize my monitors.

 

[jfizzle4321]

Fill the bottom survey out and just post it here. IT will give us an understanding of what you are working with.

Thank you for taking the time to help. Still to no avail but these cards are BIG. The Gigabyte 970 G1 cards are bigger than reference 970s. They are 35% larger than my 680s. Heck, they are way bigger than my gtx 295 which was a dual 280.

 

[jfizzle4321]

So? Did it boot when 1 card was installed?

Swapped both GPUs. Then I went with one GPU. Tried the other GPU. Swapped the ram. Then finally put my 680s in to see how one 680 fared versus the sli and single 970 set up. Booted on my first try. I'm strongly considering sending the 970s back and just saying to heck with it or ordering another 970 from another company.

 

[jfizzle4321]

Installed one old 680. Booted right away. Downloaded an updated BIOS. Swapped 680 out for a 970. Booted. Went well. Added another ildor 970s in SLI. All is well unless we're talking about Arma3; graphics stayed the same (as expected). BF4? 5760X1080 maxxed out with post AA turned off (i like it that way): 70-110fps depending ipon the map.

 

[Bossyfins]

Alright good to see it worked. I fell asleep and forgot about this s=thread[

 

[jfizzle4321]

Alright good to see it worked. I fell asleep and forgot about this s=thread[

Haha. Yeah. That Rampage IV board is fickle. Maybe now that the bios has been flashed I'll have more success.