New MSI R9 270. No display on monitor problem

[86TMH]

Just fitted an R9 270 to my pc and followed tips and guidlines from different videos etc as it was my first time doing so.

Everthing is connected properly and tightly in place but when i turn on my pc i have no display even though everything looks and sounds perfect. (Tried a dvi-vga connection out of interst instead of hdmi with the same results)

I have seen so many different problems with this issue on forums but no definitive solution. Anyone know of a simple way to do it?
Absolutley ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ it that i shorted out my gpu or something.

[76561198146916803]

Make sure the card is in the PCI-E slot nice and snug with any power cables attached and connect the monitor to the graphics card, not the motherboard. Then install the driver when you get to Windows if things are working.

[86TMH]

Originally posted by green:

Make sure the card is in the PCI-E slot nice and snug with any power cables attached and connect the monitor to the graphics card, not the motherboard. Then install the drive when you get to Windows if things are working.

It's in there perfect. Clicked into place when i slotted it in and there's no real movement from it (also screwed in). Yeah i had my monitor connected through the gpu

[76561198146916803]

If you have a prebuild PC with Windows 8 then you might need to disable secure boot in the bios. I'm not sure what else it could be assuming your PSU can handle the card (500W PSU recommended). Installing a card should be easy. Did you uninstall your onboard graphics driver before installing the new GPU?

[MADMIK41]

Reset your bios settings...

Seeing as you get no display, you can't do it in the bios so you can use the CMOS switch or take out battery on motherboard for few minutes.

[86TMH]

Originally posted by green:

If you have a prebuild PC with Windows 8 then you might need to disable secure boot in the bios. I'm not sure what else it could be assuming your PSU can handle the card (500W PSU recommended). Installing a card should be easy. Did you uninstall your onboard graphics driver before installing the new GPU?

It was prebuilt with Windows 8. Just installed a Corasir CX500M at the same time as the new GPU and thankfully that's working fine since i just popped in my old card again until i foind the problem.

I did none of the stufff you mentioned though. Just assumed it was pop in the cd and hey presto lol. Any good link you know of to save you the world of typing? I wouldn't know where to start.

[chiefputsa☒lag]

checklist, again:
r9 270 inserted into pci-e slot? checked
r9 270 power connectors?
video cable connected into video port of r9 270? checked

from bios:
check if the new r9 270 is detected and is set to detect pci-e card before running POST (and loading windows OS)

[76561198146916803]

With the new card removed go to start/control panel add/remove programs or go to device manager/display adapters to uninstall the driver for your old GPU. Then disable secure boot.

This videos shows how to disable it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OCpJP4Eh88

Then reinstall the new card. If it works then you can install the newest AMD driver for the 270 and your OS version.

Newer cards support UEFI and Windows 8 can make installing new cards more difficult than normal. I didn't have this issue with Windows 7, but I built my own custom PC. It's really only an issue with prebuild PCs. If you build a custom PC then secure boot is suppose to be off by default, I believe.

[86TMH]

Thanks guy i will try both tommorrow and report back. Spent the last 3 hours staring into my pc so i think i'll take a break lol