i had 2 GTS 450. in my pc. and one went bad. so i got a R9 290. but my psu wouldnt run it. so i got a 875W psu and the new card needs a 6 pin plau and a 8 pin plug. as you can see in this picture teh lefy was connected to the 2 450s. now should i plug that one into the 6 pin plug and plug the other one into the 8 pin plug. the box says 8 pin plug needs 150w and the 6 pin plug needs 75w?
Got my newest card hooked it up and it works? but i found out that when i opened this on it had a card in telling me of a bios switch on the card. and it say for windows 8 and up switch it to one side and for windows 7 for earlier switch it the other way.. i looked at the other card. and it was set for the windows 8 and above. so that must have been why it didnt work. duh even the tech at MSI didnt tell me to check it.
Got my newest card hooked it up and it works? but i found out that when i opened this on it had a card in telling me of a bios switch on the card. and it say for windows 8 and up switch it to one side and for windows 7 for earlier switch it the other way.. i looked at the other card. and it was set for the windows 8 and above. so that must have been why it didnt work. duh even the tech at MSI didnt tell me to check it.
1. Glad to hear you got it working.
2. Thanks for reporting about the Dual BIOS switch (Legacy, UEFI Hybrid). Effect is same as the link I posted above, but without flashing the card's VideoBIOS back-and-forth (semi-permanently). Props to MSI for implementing a workable solution.
should i plug that one into the 6 pin plug and plug the other one into the 8 pin plug.
Yes. Use one plug from each wire set to engage as many 12v "power rails" as possible.
From my notes:
Assuming the power supply wire colors indicate the separate 12v power rails going to the video cards: Try with a power connector from each wire set at the same time. Meaning, with dual cards ... use either P14 OR P15 for CARD-1 and ALSO either P16 OR P17 for CARD-2
well i hooked it up and still not working? the fans on the card are running. all the other fans are running. but no signal to monitor. whats weird is that the keaybord and mouse aint working or lighting up
i put the nvidea gts 450 back in and it works. i even switched the wires to make sure all of them are getting power and they are? ya think i got a bad card?
Possibly ... anywhere else you can try it?
Did you try the other slot?
Since it's an R3, you might have run-up against the R3 video card hybrid vbios issue. AMD cards are usually the problem ones and the NVidia cards are mostly unaffected.
i put the nvidea gts 450 back in and it works. i even switched the wires to make sure all of them are getting power and they are? ya think i got a bad card?
i notice when i put the nvide card back in the driver for it is still there. but i deleted it?
Basic drivers are part of Windows and can't be truly deleted from "driver cache". It might have also loaded from online repository ... ie Windows Update.
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Got my newest card hooked it up and it works? but i found out that when i opened this on it had a card in telling me of a bios switch on the card. and it say for windows 8 and up switch it to one side and for windows 7 for earlier switch it the other way.. i looked at the other card. and it was set for the windows 8 and above. so that must have been why it didnt work. duh even the tech at MSI didnt tell me to check it.
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Yes. Use one plug from each wire set to engage as many 12v "power rails" as possible.
From my notes:
Assuming the power supply wire colors indicate the separate 12v power rails going to the video cards:
Try with a power connector from each wire set at the same time.
Meaning, with dual cards ...
use either P14 OR P15 for CARD-1
and ALSO
either P16 OR P17 for CARD-2
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oh and is there a wiring diagram for this pc?
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They let you config and buy an Aurora with two NVidia GTS-450's in SLI ... with the smaller 525watt PowerSupply ? Weird .
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im going from 2 cards to one. and the single card say i need 1 6 pin 75W and 1 150W 8 pin to run the card
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I understand ... you are good. I answered above. Enjoy!
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well i hooked it up and still not working? the fans on the card are running. all the other fans are running. but no signal to monitor. whats weird is that the keaybord and mouse aint working or lighting up
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yes i tried both slots. and its the same
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i notice when i put the nvide card back in the driver for it is still there. but i deleted it?
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Possibly ... anywhere else you can try it?
Did you try the other slot?
Since it's an R3, you might have run-up against the R3 video card hybrid vbios issue. AMD cards are usually the problem ones and the NVidia cards are mostly unaffected.
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Here you go.
http://en.community.dell.com/owners-club/alienware/f/3746/t/19544233?pi21932=1
Try some of the other easy fixes (ie, uefi/legacy switch and SecureBoot) before flashing the cards vbios.
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i put the nvidea gts 450 back in and it works. i even switched the wires to make sure all of them are getting power and they are? ya think i got a bad card?
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yes but when i start the pc back up with the nvidea card in it. there is no windows update or downloads going on.