Hello,
I have the following configuration:
CPU - Intel I5 2500k running at 3,3 GHz
MB - Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3
RAM - 2X4 GB DDR3 Kingston RAM @ 1600MHz
Video - Sapphire Radeon HD6850 1GB
HDD - Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB
Power Supply - Chieftec 550W 80+
Monitor: Belinea Oplay! 24"
OS: Windows 7 x64
The problem is with the video card signal. In the MotherBoard's manual states that if you use only one video card it is recommended that you put it on the first PCIE slot (named PCIE2). If I put this card in PCIE2 I don't have any signal at the monitor. The systems boots OK but it is uses the onboard graphics. I've tried everything in BIOS, I set priority to PCI Express, I've played with onboard video settings Enable/Disable ..... No luck.
Then I've moved the card to the second PCIE slot (named PCIE4). The system boots and everything seems to be OK, but the video card is running at half of PCIE bus speed. Every diagnostic program (GPU-Z, AIDA, Sisoft Sandra) shows that the card is on a PCI Express X16 but is running at X8. I know that for this videocard X8 is more than sufficient, but still ....
I've flashed the MoBo with the latest Beta BIOS - version L1.15a but still no luck of making this video card working on first PCIE slot!
Any new ideas for using the first PCIE slot? I'm sure that the problem is BIOS related.
Thanks in advance!
I have the following configuration:
CPU - Intel I5 2500k running at 3,3 GHz
MB - Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3
RAM - 2X4 GB DDR3 Kingston RAM @ 1600MHz
Video - Sapphire Radeon HD6850 1GB
HDD - Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB
Power Supply - Chieftec 550W 80+
Monitor: Belinea Oplay! 24"
OS: Windows 7 x64
The problem is with the video card signal. In the MotherBoard's manual states that if you use only one video card it is recommended that you put it on the first PCIE slot (named PCIE2). If I put this card in PCIE2 I don't have any signal at the monitor. The systems boots OK but it is uses the onboard graphics. I've tried everything in BIOS, I set priority to PCI Express, I've played with onboard video settings Enable/Disable ..... No luck.
Then I've moved the card to the second PCIE slot (named PCIE4). The system boots and everything seems to be OK, but the video card is running at half of PCIE bus speed. Every diagnostic program (GPU-Z, AIDA, Sisoft Sandra) shows that the card is on a PCI Express X16 but is running at X8. I know that for this videocard X8 is more than sufficient, but still ....
I've flashed the MoBo with the latest Beta BIOS - version L1.15a but still no luck of making this video card working on first PCIE slot!
Any new ideas for using the first PCIE slot? I'm sure that the problem is BIOS related.
Thanks in advance!
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