Recent content by Rodrigo1

Things are working out very well with the 5500 in Kubuntu. I was slowly heading toward Linux anyway, so maybe I'll use this as a chance to speed up the transition and make a fresh start. Anyway, I can use a break from all the troubleshooting, unplugging, unscrewing, removing, reinstalling...

I did have good luck with Linux. I couldn't get the driver installation to work off the live CD, so I took an SSD that I had saved for something else, and installed Kubuntu Linux on it as a test. Here's the result: :joyful:

No, there's not UEFI switch on the GPU. Not that I could tell, anyway. Didn't even know that was a thing! :) About its maybe being a driver issue: typically, when we put in a new PCI card, Windows will notice it right away and launch the "Add New Hardware" wizard to search for and install the...

That's the thing, with legacy mode off I can't boot into Windows (or anything else) regardless of which card is in the slot because the PC will then beep 6 times and go no further. I can only boot if legacy mode is on, and then if the 5500 is in place Windows 7 will boot into a low-resolution...

Thanks for the link. I noticed at the bottom of the Windows 7 section there is an EXE for "Auto-Detect and Install." The full driver file, which I'd downloaded before, didn't work, but maybe this automated detection executable will. I do wonder if it'll work because, as we saw before, Windows 7...

It's a live CD, not sure if the drivers can be updated usefully, especially if a reboot is required. Am now loading a Kubuntu live CD. I'm more familiar with Kubuntu than KDE Neon, so I may have better luck there. But the bottom line seems to be that I can't get the 5500 to work properly in...

Since I had to take out the 7770 in order to get to the CMOS, I went ahead and put the 5500 back in, then rebooted. BIOS went back to default values (whew!), but when Windows booted it was back at VGA resolution even though we currently have a 5500 card connected from HDMI to DVI-D. Looks like...

OK, first I tried disabling Legacy Boot again. Same thing happened as before: 6 beeps and a blinking orange power button, no way to get into BIOS. Will have to remove the CMOS battery and put it back in again.

All right, crisis over (for now, anyway). The CMOS coin battery was dead as a doornail. Put in a new one and it looks like things are back to normal. Could get into the BIOS and it showed that Legacy Support was enabled once again, and then I was able to boot into Windows. Now for the next...

Thanks, I'll take the CMOS battery out. Maybe I'll put in a fresh one for good measure.

Looks like our edits crossed. :) No, there's no BIOS switch, unfortunately. The card that's in there is the original 7770 that's been in place all along (except for the other day when I tried to install the 5500). I'll disconnect everything from the PC and reseat the 7770, see what happens.

Shoot, literally the only change between the time that it was working and the time it stopped working, was to disable that Legacy Support. No cables were moved and no cards were pulled out. Update: I found this info: Really, like literally in the seconds after disabling Legacy Boot is when...

Uh-oh... disabled Legacy Support, rebooted, and now I'm getting six beeps with the power button flashing orange. No booting and hitting F10 to enter the BIOS doesn't do anything, the beeping starts right away.

Just finished updating the BIOS. It seems to have gone well. The main difference from the original BIOS is that there is now a "Secure Boot Configuration" at the bottom of the Security tab. Selecting that item makes a big red box pop up, warning that: If I hit F10 to Accept, a new screen...

Here's the page for the monitor. The DVI-D connector is the 24+1 type. The 7770 is currently hooked up to the monitor via DVI-D to DVI-D and everything works well. But the 7770 does have an HDMI port, too. Before switching out the graphics cards again, maybe I'll try connecting the 7770 with...