[GTALUG] Graphics cards - - - too much 'joy'

[o1bigtenor]

On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 5:29 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
<talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>
> | From: Nicholas Krause via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
>
> | On 12/4/19 8:52 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote:
>
> | > Nvidia card and the system is working just fine. Tried the Radeon
> | > RX570 again this time only plugging in 1 monitor - - - - the gpu light
> | > do come on but I can't tell if much further is happening.
>
> | Do you get any beeps or a post screen as that would be the first thing? If
> | you get beeps or a gpu light check the motherboard manual to see if the
> | board is giving a error. LEDS sometimes signal a post error on modern
> | boards.
>
> Good questions.
>
> o1bigtenor: the normal way of showing a POST is running is the
> display.  If the display isn't displaying anything, it is hard to tell
> whether the POST is running.

I hope that my indicating that nothing would post didn't imply anything beyond
that the display showed nothing!
>
> Perhaps the GPU card requires more power than your power supply
> provides.  In particular, over the years, the balance has changed
> between the amounts of power used at each supply voltage.
>
> Older power supplies didn't even have the right leads for the bonus
> power connectors on modern video cards.
>
> I put a RX570 in an old box (Haswell generation) and I had to replace
> the power supply to do so.
>
> Your motherboard suggests that your system was even older: Sandy Bridge
> generation.
>
> Did your power supply have a lead with a 6-pin connector for the power
> input on the RX570?  Was it capable of supplying 120W?
>
> Very unreliable information from the web:
> GTX570 213W
> RX570 is rated at 150W
> These are so unreliable as to be useless.

Hmmmmmmmmm as I had 3 of the GTX570s in the box for about 7 years
I think that there would be enough power - - - - I have a 1200W PSU.
>
> | > I called my
> | > purchase point and they requested I send it back to them. They are now
> | > telling me that the card is working well on their M$ test machine.
>
> That would be consistent with a power supply problem.  And many other
> problems :-(
>
> If you cannot make out beep codes, your could try something like this:
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POST_card>
> They ought to be inexpensive.

True - - - - system is working right now with the previous singleton
graphics card
left.
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> ======================
>
> Your motherboard can support PCIe 3.0 but may require a BIOS
> (firmware) update to do so:
>
> <https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/P9X79/>

Good point - - - I need to check what bios version i'm running - - - - I
think it was the one where PCI3.0 support had been rolled in.

Thanks for the ideas!!

Pace