Stuck at motherboard screen after upgrading video card [SOLVED]

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Hey guys,

I uninstalled the drivers to my r290 before detaching, plugge in the gtx 650 and I cannot do anything except ctl - alt - delete at the splash screen, which resets it over again, otherwise it goes to a black screen with blinking underscore in top left of screen, as if it's waiting for a hard drive.

Tried a WD black 1tb and my 840 pro, set them each in first boot priority, def not a HD issue. I had techs look at it and it works in their office computers, seems to just be my board.

Only think I haven't tried is resetting motherboard battery, or removing RAM, also disbled legacy usb in bios when using the R290

Fast advice appreciated!

specs:

cpu: 3930k
mobo: GA UD5 x79
ram: 1600mz gskill, 64gb (work related)
psu: 1000w silence pro.
windows 7 ultimate

I also tried using only DVI, changing pcie cables, resetting mobo, etc. Probably going to contact gigabyte if I can't figure it out.
 
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NO idea what to do, I'm currently in the middle of a project and this is frustrating the SHIT out of me
 
I've never bothered with onboard when switching GPU's... why not just get your system running again with the old GPU, do a full driver uninstall, shut down and swap GPU's and plug into the new one. Should boot fine...

That's what i've always done and assumed everyone else did.
 
That is what I did, I didn't think I had to do it through device manager, or through safe mode.
 
What exact screen are you getting stuck at? I'm not familiar with the GPU holding up booting unless maybe it's not getting power.
 
The gigabyte screen where it give you opens for bios - del, bootlist f12, etc. I'm loooking in display adapters right now in device manager, all I see is standard VGA graphics adapter, everything else is uninstalled
 
I can't select anything on the screen, I can just control alt delete and reset back to the same screen
 
make sure you haven't knocked loose or forgot to plug anything back in.. reseat your memory also.
keep pressing del to get into the bios on reboot perhaps? if all else fails use the cmos jumper and reset the bios..
 
Tried all of that. I just uninstalled the drivers again, but of course they automatically install once I boot back in. So now I uninstalled them, rebooted, then disabled them. Going to put 650 back in now.
 
Seithennin said:
So pressing del, f1 etc.. dosen't do anything?
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Nothing, then it goes to a black screen with flashing underscore sign in the top lef of the screen, as if it's looking for a hard drive. My Samsung 840 pro is set to primary.

I read somewhere to turn off legacy usb, but that did nothing. I'm only able to access bios when my r290 is in

Does it sound faulty?
 
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Put in your 290.

Reboot into safemode and clean with DDU. Remove both AMD and Nvidia stuff.

Shutdown, replace 290 with 650, and boot.

If it still does the same thing, your 650 may be having issues, specifically related to power.

Try the 650 in another system. if it runs fine there, the issue may be with the power cable/connector.
 
I'll try the DDU in safemode tomorrow. As for power, my 290 current takes 12 pins. For the 650 I'm using the same cables but only 6 pins from the card to 6 pins in PSU.

Syntax_Error said:
Put in your 290.

Reboot into safemode and clean with DDU. Remove both AMD and Nvidia stuff.

Shutdown, replace 290 with 650, and boot.

If it still does the same thing, your 650 may be having issues, specifically related to power.

Try the 650 in another system. if it runs fine there, the issue may be with the power cable/connector.
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You should not have to touch any drivers whatsoever when swapping cards. Graphics drivers should not affect anything that occurs during POST and initial boot, so that is one less thing you can worry about. The fact that you can get the splash screen to show means that the card itself is functioning.

Was Windows installed in native UEFI mode (with the R9 290 installed)? I don't think many GTX 650s support UEFI firmware, meaning you may be being forced to boot in legacy mode. A UEFI installation will not boot under legacy mode.

One last thing - neither x79 nor the 3930k support onboard graphics - so I am not quite sure what you are referring to when you mention this.
 
Delitus said:
You should not have to touch any drivers whatsoever when swapping cards. Graphics drivers should not affect anything that occurs during POST and initial boot, so that is one less thing you can worry about. The fact that you can get the splash screen to show means that the card itself is functioning.

Was Windows installed in native UEFI mode (with the R9 290 installed)? I don't think many GTX 650s support UEFI firmware, meaning you may be being forced to boot in legacy mode. A UEFI installation will not boot under legacy mode.

One last thing - neither x79 nor the 3930k support onboard graphics - so I am not quite sure what you are referring to when you mention this.
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No idea how it's installed, how do I booot in Legacy mode? I have 3 hard drives witn diferent windows installed. I tried unplugging one at a time, none work
 
Update - I had a good tech house at it and they can't figure it out either. The card works in their stores computers but not my motherboard, wondering if this means I'm just screwed.

I've also tried higher quality PCI-e 6pin EVGA connectors I used to have.

At this point, I'm on hold with gigabyte technical support lmao

Thanks
 
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have you tried clearing you cmos/bios yet? unplug, pull batt, hit power button a few time to drain residual power, let it sit for 5 min. test the batt(3.2v replace if needed) put the batt back in and reconfig bios to defaults. see if that get you anywhere. this is NOT a driver problem, it is a hardware conflict somewhere, especially if the 650 works in other systems. bios is up to date too?
 
pendragon1 said:
have you tried clearing you cmos/bios yet? unplug, pull batt, hit power button a few time to drain residual power, let it sit for 5 min. test the batt(3.2v replace if needed) put the batt back in and reconfig bios to defaults. see if that get you anywhere. this is NOT a driver problem, it is a hardware conflict somewhere, especially if the 650 works in other systems. bios is up to date too?
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Pull battery from Mobo does that require lots of tools? Like unmount my whole motherboard? I did reset while psu was unplugged and switched off.

Driver is up to date, most current before newest beta
 
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the driver DOES NOT matter. this is happening before the driver is even needed, got it?!
no the battery does not need any special disassembly, just pop it out of its socket.
maybe try the f13w bios update if you haven't yet.

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Sorry what I meant is biox driver. Also, I just formated a USB flash as fat32 ms-dos, dragged the three necessary files over, started Q flash in my Bios: "the current flash utility is outdated". That's going from F12 to F13w. I flashed to F12 successfully in the passed this way. I need to use the software now?

Did your steps and reset battery, this did nothing.


pendragon1 said:
the driver DOES NOT matter. this is happening before the driver is even needed, got it?!
no the battery does not need any special disassembly, just pop it out of its socket.
maybe try the f13w bios update if you haven't yet.
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For some odd reason the gpu might just not work with your current board have you tried running you 290 in slot 1 and the 650 is slot 2 and see if it gets to windows that way as a test.
 
bal3wolf said:
For some odd reason the gpu might just not work with your current board have you tried running you 290 in slot 1 and the 650 is slot 2 and see if it gets to windows that way as a test.
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What would this accomplish if I get into windows? I'm sure my motherboard will just read the R9 290 and go with that one. Yes I'm afraid of that also, don't see how a bios update would change anything unless specifie by vendor
 
the bios is the bios not bios driver. drivers are for inside the OS. not trying to be a dick but you have to use the correct terminology otherwise ppl wont know wtf youre talking aboot.
I would put your 290 back in and update to the newest mobo bios and then see what happens and at least get your work done this way. you CAN run both video cards, the 650 as a secondary, so that you don't have to deal with all the DOS flashing bs. then you can also do the proper mobo bios update too.
you have to be willing to take the steps needed or just give up on the 650 and I still don't understand why your down-grading...
 
You're right I knew that, sorry for making stupid. I used @ Bios and updated to F13, I'm currently in windows, going to install drivers and report back. I guess I've been jaded after all the years of Bios updates/roll-backs never helping.

Thanks!

pendragon1 said:
the bios is the bios not bios driver. drivers are for inside the OS. not trying to be a dick but you have to use the correct terminology otherwise ppl wont know wtf youre talking aboot.
I would put your 290 back in and update to the newest mobo bios and then see what happens and at least get your work done this way. you CAN run both video cards, the 650 as a secondary, so that you don't have to deal with all the DOS flashing bs. then you can also do the proper mobo bios update too.
you have to be willing to take the steps needed or just give up on the 650 and I still don't understand why your down-grading...
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