Hi all
Purchased a new CyberPower Gaming Elite II PC 2 days ago and have since been unable to get a signal going from the NVIDIA GeForce GTX970 to my monitor. Granted it is an old monitor with a VGA connection and so have used the adapter that came with the computer to convert it to DVI but still, there's no signal going to the monitor. Do I need to upgrade my monitor? I have tested a HDMI cable going from the PC to my TV but that doesn't seem to provide a signal either! I'm out of options that I can think of!
Any help greatly appreciated,
Kind Regards,
Sam.
If you're not getting a signal to the monitor during POST (power on self test), I'd expect a hardware problem.
Are there any diagnostic LEDs on the motherboard?
Not that I can see, there's just some blue LED lights which always seem to be on as soon as I power up. The onboard graphics work when I'm plugged directly into that port, but then when I use the adapter to plug my monitor into the GeForce graphics card, my monitor screen just stays on standby.If you're not getting a signal to the monitor during POST (power on self test), I'd expect a hardware problem.
Are there any diagnostic LEDs on the motherboard?
Sounds like the motherboard isn't switching to the discrete card.Not that I can see, there's just some blue LED lights which always seem to be on as soon as I power up. The onboard graphics work when I'm plugged directly into that port, but then when I use the adapter to plug my monitor into the GeForce graphics card, my monitor screen just stays on standby.
Is there a BIOS setting for graphics priority?
Control Panel/Device Manager/Display Adapters: What do you see there about the GTX970?
I had a case where they computer would not recognize the graphics card until I updated the bios.
In addition to setting device in BIOS, did you plug in the 6 or 8 pin connector to the card in addition to plugging it into a PCI-E slot?
It will not work if you only placed it in the slot, it needs the extra power leads.
The GTX970 takes two 6 pin power leads.In addition to setting device in BIOS, did you plug in the 6 or 8 pin connector to the card in addition to plugging it into a PCI-E slot?
It will not work if you only placed it in the slot, it needs the extra power leads.
