After CPU swap, GPU fails to operate.
After CPU swap, GPU fails to operate.
I need help everybody. I have an old HP Z210 CMT workstation I converted into a budget gaming rig. It had a Core I5 2500 in it. My graphics card is an NVIDIA Quadro 2200. It was working great. I played the Outer Worlds on it Tuesday night with no issues. I moved it to a different location Wednesday and setup dual monitors on it but again the system was running fine and graphics card was functioning as it should. Well yesterday I got the new (to me) CPU I was hoping to upgrade too, a I7 2600K. I threw that in it and reapplied thermal paste, etc. When I plugged it back in I got the sound Windows makes when it first boots up. But had no display from my graphics card. I plugged it in via the onboard graphics and it works just fine. New CPU is recognized in windows and in BIOS but I cannot get the graphics card to work. The only setting I originally changed in BIOS was to enable Hyperthreading. I verified the card didn't get fried by testing it in another system. The card has power to it because the fan runs. But I have no display. Do I have a bad/failing PCIE slot or is this settings related in BIOS? Would having Hyperthreading enabled cause the card to not work? I am stuck y'all. I don't want to be stuck using onboard graphics
I used a different PCIe X16 port and noticed this annoying honking/beeping sound. It stops when connected to the main slot (slot 2) on the board, but not with the X8 slot (PCIe slot 1).
I don’t see a way to turn off this feature. The only related options I can find are about memory size, PCI serial bus speed, or delay settings. When I first installed the card it didn’t work either, and I changed the memory from 64 MB to something like 128 MB or higher, which fixed it. I’ve tried adjusting those again without success, and it keeps going up to 512 MB. I’ve experimented with most settings but nothing seems to help. I haven’t removed the CMOS battery yet—I wasn’t sure how to do that—but I watched a video on it and plan to try it when I get home.
I acknowledge my power supply might be deteriorating, which could explain the issue. It seems I need to restart the computer multiple times before it powers on properly. Once it starts, it functions normally without the graphics card. I’m curious if this was due to the CPU consuming more power than usual—according to Intel’s guidelines, both components share a TDP or similar setting, which is around 95 watts.
Do you still possess your previous CPU? If you replace it, will the GPU resume its operation?
I look for integrated devices in the BIOS to find the graphics card, thinking it might be an alternative but nothing appears. It hasn’t worked before either. I’ve reset the BIOS settings multiple times trying to revert to their original state before the CPU swap, except hyper threading was the only change. I wondered if the GPU and CPU were incompatible, so I tried an older GTX 730 in my old Dell system, which also failed. In Windows Device Manager it’s not listed, even though the card is plugged in. The PCI option shows no drivers, and I’ve uninstalled/reinstalled it without success. Should I attempt a system restore from a few days ago if a restore point exists?