The motherboard isn't recognizing your system even though everything seems fine.
The motherboard isn't recognizing your system even though everything seems fine.
So we're facing a tough situation with our setup. We have a Ryzen 9 3900X, an Aorus master B550, an Aorus 1080ti, a Cooler Master V750 semi-modular cooler, and Balistix Sport RAM 2x8GB. We thought the GPU was failing, so we swapped it out with an Intel 1060 XTX. Everything works fine now, but when we try to install the GPU, it doesn't power on at all. The fans spin up normally, but the LED lights don’t light up—like a fan stop or Aorus error. At the repair shop, they said it’s fine and ran Unigine for hours. I updated the BIOS and tried connecting via HDMI, DVI, DisplayPort, and various adapters. Even changing the PCIe slot or RAM order didn’t help. I can’t connect a 4-pin CPU because I saw it might power other components too. The 750W cooler seems sufficient, and the fans are still working. Everyone at the shop is confused too. I double-checked compatibility, and everything looks good for a 1060 if it worked with the 1080ti. What’s going on?
That's been done before when the 1060 was installed in the PC we visited, we changed it to BIOS and set it to 3.0 instead of the default automatic setting.
@PorkishPig Btw mate thanks a bunch for this so im not alone in this problem but i think this is a question worthy of linus himself because nobody seems to get this and whats even funnier is that mobo and gpu are Aorus and judging by your text yeah it should not be an issue. But one thing did happen when i connected the setup for the first time the PSU was EVGA P2 650 W platinum plus and it wouldnt start (before was working no problem on an X299 i7 7800x and this very gpu ) and the repairmen told me that the psu died when they checked something if i recall it wouldnt give the 5v where it should have. thats why i got a CM V750 gold
Unless the PSU was genuinely failed, this upgrade seems superfluous. The SuperNOVA P2 is a fairly solid device and remained covered under warranty. Likely the main issue lies with your PSU, since a different 10 Series card functions perfectly. Did you manage to check the power cables connected via PCIe?
I used both 8-pin connectors and the jacks on the card, and the lights turned on. I’m still unsure, though—I think EVGA might not be dead yet, but I’m worried about the current situation in the GPU market and whether it’s safe to try this.