Hey everyone... I was wondering if my motherboard, which is this ASUS B85M-K (Rev2.0) http://www.gigabyte.com/products/pro...px?pid=5013#ov , actually supports the Microsoft Small Business Program?
Here’s what I'm running at the moment: Intel i7 4770K RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz SSD: Samsung EVO840 GPU: Intel HD Graphics
I reached out to ASUS Support, and they told me it doesn't support it—apparently, only the 1.0 or 1.1 revisions do.
But then I was digging around on Google, and it seems like the Intel B85 chipset should support the Microsoft Small Business Program by default. So, what do you guys think?
Larry Ortiz5 said:Unfortunately, no. You'll need a motherboard with a 9-series chipset to support Broadwell processors. Though, honestly, I don't think you'd see a massive jump in performance compared to what you're running right now—is it even worth the upgrade? Btw, which processor are you currently using?
So, I was wondering if this GPU is actually gonna play nice with my current power supply... maybe it'll work fine, or maybe it'll just fry everything, who knows? I guess I should check before I plug it all in.
Larry Ortiz5 said:Maybe try booting up in safe mode? If you actually get a picture there, just wipe out those old drivers from the 6770 card. Give the PC a restart, then head over to the manufacturer's site—AMD, I guess—to grab the latest ones and see if that fixes things.
The thing is, I'm not even getting a signal at all... 🙂
Man, my GPU is acting up again... The fans are just spinning at absolute max speed and I'm getting zero signal on the monitor. When I boot the thing up, I hear the usual BIOS beep and everything seems to load fine—I even hear the macOS startup sound. I guess... would a reball actually fix this?
Alright folks, problem solved. I finally tracked down the screw that was actually holding the NVIDIA in place, and now the card is up and running... You can lock 🙂
fadedorca66 said:Yeah, that could work—if the NVIDIA card isn't overheating or something—but you’d probably still need to leave the PC running for a bit just to let everything warm up first.
So, the NVIDIA card runs quiet for a few seconds, shows the boot screen, and then... nothing. Suddenly the fans start spinning like crazy and the signal just cuts out completely.
CPU: Intel Celeron G1610 2.4 IvyBridge LGA1155 HDD: WD 320GB SATA II RAM: 2x2GB DDR3 Apacer 1.5V dual Channel Motherboard: ASUS GA-B75M-D2V BIOS F5 GPU: Intel HD2500 Windows 7 ultimate 64bit SP1 (fully updated)
So, I picked up this graphics card http://www.msi.com/product/vga/R6770...#hero-overview
I pop it into the PCI Express slot—obviously plugging in that 6-pin connector from the power supply—and hook everything up via VGA (my monitor is a Fujitsu AMILO L 3190 T)
The ASUS logo pops up on the screen, and then... nothing. The monitor just dies. Then, the fan on the GPU starts ramping up and making this huge amount of noise. It’s totally quiet when I first hit the power button, but then this happens. Any idea what the deal is?
Keith Wright2 said:Was everything running fine before you swapped in this GPU?
Yeah... I mean, I'm just using the integrated graphics on the CPU right now, but I've swapped out GPUs before without running into this specific headache, I guess.
Sandra Cook60 said:Unfortunately, they aren't compatible. You can't see the voltages here.. You have two options: either enter the BIOS and hunt for a setting that displays voltage levels... ..I assume the BIOS has this, though I'm not certain. Check it and maybe take a photo. Alternatively, measure it manually on the cable inside the PC—the yellow wire toward the case or the black one. It needs to be 12 Volts. Specifically at the graphics card. If you don't understand electrical currents, then don't touch anything. And I'm curious about the clock speed on that HD 4850. Does it really drop all the way down to 160MHz on its own? I had an HD 4870 once, and when I dropped below 200MHz, the whole system froze. Do you need any software other than the driver and Radeon Software for the GPU? Also, bump up the Intel voltage slightly, just a tiny bit, like +0.05V.
Best regards,
I can't adjust the Voltage because of the chipset and the Intel, but the BIOS shows the voltages correctly, so everything looks fine there. As for the graphics card, when I'm actually gaming, the clock automatically jumps up to 993MHz if I remember right, but when I'm just idling, it drops down to 160.
