- Jun 29, 2014
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I built this computer in January of 2012. Unfortunately, I moved off to college (from Virginia to California) and was unable to bring the desktop with me. I recently arranged to have the tower and components shipped while I carried the hard drive, cables, and monitor with me on the plane. The computer arrived around noon yesterday and has since caused me nothing but grief.
Upon reassembling my rig and starting it up, the VGA LED on my mobo lit up during POST and the computer failed to boot. After fiddling around with it and taking a number of suggestions on this board, I removed the GPU and was able to boot. I currently have it set to boot using the iGPU as that is the only way to get it to boot while the GPU is plugged in.
I have tried updating the drivers, the BIOS, plugging into different PCIE ports, clearing the CMOS, plugging the monitor into every available video output (both on the mobo and the GPU), and booting with variable amounts of RAM. I have not been able to test the GPU in another machine nor have I been able to test another GPU in the same machine.
I am afraid that the card might have gotten irreparably damaged in transit. The computer does recognize the card as being plugged in, but when I reinstalled the drivers, I had to identify the type of device for the computer. Having done so, AMC Catalyst control hub is unable to glean any information about the card such as internal ram and clock speed.
Here are the specs of the machine:
mobo: P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 5870
RAM: 4x8 Corsair XMS DDR3
PSU: Corsair CS800
Is the card gone for good? If so, what are some comparable cards I could get? I'm not looking for a major upgrade and preferably something on the less expensive side. Thanks for your advice!
Upon reassembling my rig and starting it up, the VGA LED on my mobo lit up during POST and the computer failed to boot. After fiddling around with it and taking a number of suggestions on this board, I removed the GPU and was able to boot. I currently have it set to boot using the iGPU as that is the only way to get it to boot while the GPU is plugged in.
I have tried updating the drivers, the BIOS, plugging into different PCIE ports, clearing the CMOS, plugging the monitor into every available video output (both on the mobo and the GPU), and booting with variable amounts of RAM. I have not been able to test the GPU in another machine nor have I been able to test another GPU in the same machine.
I am afraid that the card might have gotten irreparably damaged in transit. The computer does recognize the card as being plugged in, but when I reinstalled the drivers, I had to identify the type of device for the computer. Having done so, AMC Catalyst control hub is unable to glean any information about the card such as internal ram and clock speed.
Here are the specs of the machine:
mobo: P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 5870
RAM: 4x8 Corsair XMS DDR3
PSU: Corsair CS800
Is the card gone for good? If so, what are some comparable cards I could get? I'm not looking for a major upgrade and preferably something on the less expensive side. Thanks for your advice!
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