X79-UP4 + New Nvidia Card - Can't access bios.

[Ajax81]

Hi guys,

These are my system specs:

CPU: i7 3820
Graphics: Nvidia Quadro K620
PSU: XFX Pro 750W
RAM: 16GB 1600mHz Corsair Vengeance
Cooling: Corsair Hydro H70
Audio: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1
(OS drive) OCZ Vertex 4
(Scratch) OCZ Vertex 4
(Files) WD Black 3.5 inch

Monitors
1 23" 1920 x 1080 DVI
1 27" 1920 x 1080 HDMI

The story...

I was using an Nvidia Quadro 600. I wanted to upgrade to an Nvidia Quadro K620.

I uninstalled the drivers for the 600, shut down, took the 600 out of the PCIEx16_1 slot, and replaced it with the K620.

Booted, but got a black screen with only "American Megatrends", but none of the other POST text. It hangs for about a minute, then boots into Windows. If I press DEL to enter the BIOS during boot, it simply just hangs on that screen, and I have to shut it down.

I then changed cards again, seeing if the 600 would display properly. It worked just fine, and even allowed me access to the BIOS. The problem as far as I can tell is that the new card simply isn't displaying the BIOS screen, but I can't figure out why it hangs on the black screen for so long during a normal boot.

I have also set the first PCIEx16_1 slot as the graphics card slot in the BIOS.

I have tried:

1. Reseating the cards.
2. Taking out all the RAM and all cards, cleaning them and the slots, and reseating them.
3. Clearing the CMOS and setting it back up.
4. Uninstalling the Nvidia drivers, downloading a fresh drivers, and reinstalling them.

Any ideas apart from returning the Nvidia card to the retailer would be much appreciated, as I'm tearing my hair out trying to figure this one out.

Cheers.

[dmdilks]

1. Reseating the cards.
2. Taking out all the RAM and all cards, cleaning them and the slots, and reseating them.
3. Clearing the CMOS and setting it back up.
4. Uninstalling the Nvidia drivers, downloading a fresh drivers, and reinstalling them.

Any ideas apart from returning the Nvidia card to the retailer would be much appreciated, as I'm tearing my hair out trying to figure this one out.

It is more likely the card that is giving you the problem. Between the two card there isn't really any difference.

You should be able to pull one and put the card in and act the same at startup.  The drivers have nothing to do with with startup too. Now the thing is can you try it another computer.

I have a card that it doesn't work on some boards. Plus these boards are in the same family of boards too. Plus which board are you using?

[autotech]

There are 3 bios's for that board X79-UP4  rev 1.0 same for rev. 1.1 do you have the latest bios?  If not you can try to update bios if so with old card in start in safe mode use driver sweeper to clean all drivers and try new card or just leave drivers for old card alone and install new card and see how it acts then try to update drivers if needed. If it still acts up then like dmdils said has to be card.

[Ajax81]

Thanks for all your suggestions guys, the system is now running smoothly, and I can access the BIOS on the new card.
I upgraded the BIOS to F7, and after that it was fine. I think it might have been either a corrupted BIOS (I had a series of power outages while it was running), or just an old one.

Either way, its running with both cards now, so thanks for your help.

[autotech]

Glad you got it working. You might want to thing about writing the F7 bios to your back up bios chip just in case.