Display Card & Bios Woes (1070 in a AM3+ mobo wont display)

[PlatinumSun]

I know the 1070 works as its from a friend and has been used it before. The CPU (FX-8350) works, machine posts, fans spin. Everything spins. Brand new top of the line monitor is in working order.

So I put the machine together, it posts, peripherals light up, power button works, fan control button works (old case eh), reset button works. However for the life of me I can not get display. Despite the fact the GTX1070FE has its LED light up and the fan spins. No weird smells.

Anyways I tried every fitting PCIE slot and all 3 display ports and the HDMI port. (Not the DVI as I have no cable)

Windows is not installed, I just have an empty SSD hooked up.

So second time I power it up I noticed peripherals don't light up, and the reset button doesn't work. I am very confused.


https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-990XA-UD3-rev-1x#ov

GA-990XA-UD3-rev-1.1 with an FX-8350

https://download1.gigabyte.com/Files/Manual/mb_manual_ga-990xa-ud3_e.pdf


So I think the issue has something to do with UEFI vs legacy bios.

However the MOBO lacks a display port.

Would resseting the CMOS works?

This board is from 2011.

[PlatinumSun]

Ah thanks. Tried everything but forgot about delete. Not in the usual spot with the F keys as I am used to laptop keyboards.

[PlatinumSun]

Publicado originalmente por _I_:

keep hitting del on post

Ok so now I can get to CMOS manager but the bios keeps automatically going to try and load an operating system and I have no idea how to make it stick around.

[lsdninja]

It shouldn't be trying to load an OS if you've timed it right, since that's after the timing window for entering the BIOS. You can wait until you see the POST messages/logo screen, but the more reliable method is usually to start mashing del as soon as you hit the power button.

edit: there might also be a button to launch directly in to Q-Flash to update the BIOS, but I'm blanking on what that is right now. I wanted to say F12, but Google is telling me that it's End

[PlatinumSun]

Publicado originalmente por Bad 💀 Motha:

Good. Now make these changes.

Disable Cool and Quiet
Enable Large Memory Remapping
Set SATA ports to AHCI Mode
Set BIOS to Full UEFI Mode

Don't mess with DOCP/XMP yet, leave the DRAM on SPD AUTO for now

I unfortunately can't find this anywhere. It seems I in CSMOS setup Utility but I do see stuff relating to the BIOS itself. I did manage to update via q-flash to my understanding.

[_I_]

unplug the hdd/ssd if its trying to boot from that

is anything else on the usb stick?

once in bios there is always a bios update page
often near save/exit

[PlatinumSun]

Publicado originalmente por _I_:

unplug the hdd/ssd if its trying to boot from that

is anything else on the usb stick?

Nope. And there is no SSD connected.

Did I by chance not exit q-flash properly?

There is a also a "Keep DMI Data", and "Load CMOS Default" setting I can enable or disable.

I can change those settings or press f10 to power off or escape to reset. I have no idea what reset means in this context.

[PlatinumSun]

Oh I think I know why I don't see some extra options. I only installed the last proper bios update not the beta update in 2014. As I am not using an fx8370.

I guess I should do that then.

[PlatinumSun]

ok so I did that,

Disable Cool and Quiet \/
Enable Large Memory Remapping X
Set SATA ports to AHCI Mode X
Set BIOS to Full UEFI Mode X

I could find the C&Q and disable that. No mention of anything else. Well time to install Nobara.

I think Bad Motha confused the Gigabyte XA's for the I think newer FXA motherboards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b2XtQlPbgY

Mentioned in comments of the video. I have a blue board.

However, IF I make a GPT SSD using mylaptop with nobara on it, and throw it in a not UEFI system can it not detect the drive at all? As I obviously can't make GPT partitions.

[GOD RAYS ON ULTRA™]

You're not supposed to disable cool n quiet. You lose efficiency and gain nothing by doing so.

[PlatinumSun]

Ok so I am in the installation process, and once I get to partitions with Nobara Linux Installer it siezes up.I am installing via ISO flashed as an MBR to a USB. And I have no idea why when I go to add a partition to the SSD it just freezes up like that. Am I supposed to click delete everything on SSD or something? I have no idea if during the boot up proccess with all the green OK's if its even the SSD getting Nobara installed or just partitions added.

EDIT: Ok everything works. GN and thanks for all the help, cheers :)

[PlatinumSun]

Publicado originalmente por WOKEISM (banned 14 times):

You're not supposed to disable cool n quiet. You lose efficiency and gain nothing by doing so.

You have 125 hours in Starfield shut your trap. Bad Motha does this professionally.

[_I_]

Publicado originalmente por WOKEISM (banned 14 times):

You're not supposed to disable cool n quiet. You lose efficiency and gain nothing by doing so.

other way around
c&q allows it to underclock when near idle
those clock all cores evenly, not like newer cpus that can clock them individually

if a game is not using all cores, c&q can it can make it throttle since its not at full load

[Bad 💀 Motha]

I wouldn't say turning off Cool & Quiet is a must but it CAN cause gaming related stutters because those old CPUs are NOT well designed as modern-day ones and even under high loads the clocks can constantly bounce around; which again leads to such stuttering in most games.

[PlatinumSun]

Anyways all problems are solved but might switch to Sway Garuda (Dragonized Gaming edition has a convenient list of things to install to make it work) or just a regular install of Arch (It will be good to learn how to do that I think), Mint, Pop_OS or Fedora depending if I keep getting shafted by a fork like Garuda or Nobara.

Bugger me I need to manually set the CPU fan (it conveniently has PWM), keeps going up to 2k RPM.

Thanks alot for the help by the way guys!

[GOD RAYS ON ULTRA™]

My 1070 needed this firmware update in order to view my bios via display port:

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/nv-uefi-update-x64/

Maybe it's related to what you're experiencing. Updating the motherboard bios might prove to be beneficial also.