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MSI GTX 660ti GPU, Compatibility Please Help

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  • 30-09-2012 1:45pm
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    LawlessBoy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,001 ✭✭✭


    Ordered a build oh of hardwareversand last week it arrived on Friday when I put it together. Had the system put on it last night so this morning I went about install drivers. Did the mobo ones first off of the disc that came with it. When I went to install the GPU drivers I went and downloaded them off of the MSI website have all the right drivers. But it's giving me the error when I try install of. "cannot pickup this hardware" the motherboard is a ASRock z77 pro3. Please tell me I'm doing something wrong and that its compatible


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    #2
    Serephucus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,180 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    What's your graphics card?

    Edit: My bad, didn't read title. Assuming you have a 64-bit OS, these are the ones you want.


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    LawlessBoy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,001 ✭✭✭LawlessBoy


    Sorry still getting the same error coming up. The GPU is powering up and everything. Would there be a fault in the actual GPU? Are the motherboard and GPU compatible?


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    Monotype
    Registered Users Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭Monotype


    They should be compatible.

    Check that the graphics card is in the slot properly - maybe take it out and press it firmly back in.

    Also check that you have power connected to the card.

    Have a look too to see if you can see the card in the BIOS/UEFI when the system starts up.


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    LawlessBoy
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    The card is in properly. Would trying a different PCI slot be of any use? This is my first build and i was following a tutoriel so not sure if different ones are used for priority or anything.

    Its getting power the fans are spinning up.

    What am i looking for in the BIOS if i was to check it?


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    Monotype
    Registered Users Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭Monotype


    Look under peripheral devices or PCI or something to just try to find if it's actually being detected.

    You could try the other slot, yeah, but you wouldn't be leaving it in there as it runs at a lower speed. That's assuming that you're using the primary PCI-E slot to begin with.


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    LawlessBoy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,001 ✭✭✭LawlessBoy


    Been looking around on google abit. Apparently this is a common problem but nobody says if they've found the solution to it. Would I be best off sending the Motherboard back to hardwareversand or would its be ASRock that I would be sending it to.


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    Monotype
    Registered Users Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭Monotype


    If it was in the last month, I'd definitely be looking back at hardwareversand.


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    LawlessBoy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,001 ✭✭✭LawlessBoy


    Monotype wrote: »
    If it was in the last month, I'd definitely be looking back at hardwareversand.

    I only got the past Friday gone. Ill ring them up later on so.


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    Monotype
    Registered Users Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭Monotype


    There's other threads on the main building forum about people returning items to them so I'd search for those to know what to expect. Most times it goes smoothly enough, although from what I read, it can take a while to get a hold of an English speaker.


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