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PC won't boot with graphics card installed
newmanfamilyvlogs:
Looks like your motherboard only supports PCI 1.0a:
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/RC410M-F--L--FI--LA.html#?div=Detail
--- Quote ---Slots
• One PCI Express x 16 slot. (supports PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
• One PCI Express x 1 slot. (supports PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
• Two 32-bit v2.2 Master PCI bus slots. (support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface)
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In a review for the 5570 on newegg, someone said this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161342
--- Quote ---Other Thoughts: The bus interface is listed as being PCI-E interface version 2.1X16. The card is not backward compatible with PCI-E interface version 1.0A. I ended up removing the card out of another machine and swapping cards around to make everything work. If you are expecting this card to work on older interface formats, you may be disappointed to find that it won't work.
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I haven't seen someone else saying this yet though, but I didn't look very long.
drventure:
Hmmm. I recently had a similar issue with an eSATA card and a Dell Optiplex. Tried it in several machines (all of the same make) and inserting the card would cause the machine to powercycle constantly. It was PCIE, but I'm not sure of the exact specs involved. This is something I hadn't thought to check.
Cynicaster:
The PC in my cab runs like crap on D3D, but perfectly fine (for the games I care about) in DDRAW. I'm in the process of configuring a more powerful PC that I bought for my cab, and it seems to run D3D just fine. Thing is, I'd be lying if I said I noticed any difference whatsoever in what the games look like. I suppose maybe I should do an A/B on Star Wars if the OP is saying there is such a difference.
LeedsFan:
--- Quote from: cotmm68030 on June 20, 2011, 06:13:18 am ---Looks like your motherboard only supports PCI 1.0a:
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/RC410M-F--L--FI--LA.html#?div=Detail
--- Quote ---Slots
• One PCI Express x 16 slot. (supports PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
• One PCI Express x 1 slot. (supports PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
• Two 32-bit v2.2 Master PCI bus slots. (support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface)
--- End quote ---
In a review for the 5570 on newegg, someone said this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161342
--- Quote ---Other Thoughts: The bus interface is listed as being PCI-E interface version 2.1X16. The card is not backward compatible with PCI-E interface version 1.0A. I ended up removing the card out of another machine and swapping cards around to make everything work. If you are expecting this card to work on older interface formats, you may be disappointed to find that it won't work.
--- End quote ---
I haven't seen someone else saying this yet though, but I didn't look very long.
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This guy has hit the nail on the head! I went to my local experts at CCL today and asked them about this problem. The answer they gave me is basically word for word what Cottmm says here. PCIe cards that are 2.0 or 2.1 compliant probably will not work in older 1.0 compliant only motherboards. Apparently from v.2.0 onwards the slots supply more power to the cards. This obviously means something more modern will try to draw more juice than the slot can provide and hence no boot up.
I ended up buying an old GForce N8400GS from them for about £21 which worked right off the bat. It made no difference to the FPS in Star Wars but it did provide a DVI slot for my Xerox monitor (it has a fixed lead with DVI plug).
On a side note I managed to snag a different PC box today which had a 3200 Sempron processor in it. It's only 1.99 GHz but for some reason it runs Star Wars much, much better than the other Pentium 2.9 GHz box. I can get through the Death Star scene with no sound hiccups and the FPS drops to 95% which you can't notice with the eye anyway.... so for once I'm happy with some progress. :)
Corbo:
Well done, another problem solved.
I ran into problems with the space the DVI/VGA cable took up and the cable obstructed the rear case fan. I then discovered on ebay you can buy right angled DVI or VGA adapters, worth keeping in mind if you run into that problem in your mini cabinet.
May the (Ge)force be with you.
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