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August 16th, 2013 17:00

GTX670 upgrade

I ordered an Aurora R4 with a 660 card.  I intended to put my 670 in this R4.  When I do it gives me 6 beeps.  I tried the top and bottom slots.  Swapped between the 4 power connectors and no go. 

Help, how do I get my 670 installed and working?

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    Posted August 19th, 2013 09:00

    With the 660 installed go into bios and disable secure boot, save and exit.  Now swap in your 670.  report back your results.

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    Posted August 17th, 2013 11:00

    Update, I just tried a 560TI card with 2 power plug-in's.  It also had the 6 beeps.  

    So the only difference I can think of is

    660 has 1 plug, and both cards I tried have 2 plug-ins.  

    Ideas?  This should be more than able to handle a 560 card at the least.

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    Posted August 17th, 2013 16:00

    So how do I get this installed?  I tried the bottom PCIe, plugs 15 and 17,

    accessories.us.dell.com/.../productdetail.aspx

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    Posted August 18th, 2013 13:00

    Update the 660 card I got with the Aurora is in the top slot next to the CPU.  I was told it should be in the bottom.  Is there a chance I might have a bad motherboard PCIe slot?

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    Posted August 18th, 2013 20:00

    ok, I think this is the last update issue wise.  I have been told that the bottom PCIe slot is the master one for the R4 motherboard.  When the PC came the 660 was in the top slot.  Moving it to the bottom and it worked with one issue.  Only ONE monitor works now, not both.  Moving it back to the top slot both monitors work.  

    There should be enough info in these posts for Dell to trouble shoot this issue and allow me to replace the 660 with my GTX670 card.

    I believe there is a power issue with the bottom slot and is why the 570 and 560 cards don't work.

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    Posted August 19th, 2013 10:00

    Worked perfectly, I have the 670 in the top slot with no issues.

    Would you recommend

    A. Dropping it to the bottom PCIe slot?

    B. Re-enable Secure boot now that it works?

    C. Enjoy and do nothing?

    Thank you :)

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    Posted August 19th, 2013 10:00

    Any idea what the O/C profiles do?  Also I was supposed to get an O/C'd PC, it still says 3.6 on the 3820 CPU.

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    Posted August 19th, 2013 12:00

    Hi Mark,

    Checkout this article on how to check your overclocking on your system.

    The settings for your system can be changed, checkout this article.

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    Posted August 19th, 2013 13:00

    Nice, ok I am pushing 3.8 in turbo mode. Thank you, always look to get the most out of a PC.  I see the lights work with World of tanks, how about music?

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    Posted August 19th, 2013 16:00

    ok.. that's it!  You guys rock HARD.  Runs at 4.1 and just a note; VERY beastly power.  Thank you again, The lights rule, the system rules and I can now happily retire my 4-year old Alienware - ALX Area-51 Wartime edition X58 (one of the last ones ever made)