Repalced GTX460 with GTX580 8 beeps

Hello all I need some help I tried replacing A GTX 460 with the Gtx580 and I got 8 beeps at post. can anyone help with this.
Thanks.

 

It is a GPU problem. Try reseating the GPU, it could mean a bad 580m, or you just didn't get it in there right.

 

what bios are you running? even if its the newer one, you might just wanna reflash and see if that fixes the problem.

 

Thanks i will give it a try I put my old one back in and had the same issue at first after i reaseated it it worked, I did try and reseate the new card but maybe i was being to gental with it. LOL I will try again later when I have some time.

I have the newest bios A08

 

alright just making sure. I had a similar issue with a 6990m and never could get it to work. ended up sending it back to the seller who said it worked fine.

 

Yeah I will be in the same situation I am afraid

 

I dont see a mention of you resetting your cmos battery. Try pulling it out for 30 seconds, put it back in, then restart your computer. It will beep again, leave it for 30 seconds to beep, then force shut it down and restart. It should be working now.

 

no I will try it again if it does not work with the reaseating.
thanks

 

Looking forward to your result . And good luck!

 

I had the same problem. 8 beeps. Actually mine was more like, 1 beep pause 7 beeps.

Make sure you have locked your cpu in case you took it out for repasting. I had forgotten to do that.

 

Can you go into more details please. Never mind i get it I never touched the cpu , I just hope i can get the GPU to work.
thank you

Did not work

 

strange, not sure why its not working.

 

I am still getting the same 8 beeps cmos does reset thoe

UP-DATE could not get it to work at all reinstalled the old one and NP I guess I will wait for M18XR2 to come out

 

looks like thats not gonna be till possibly june at this point

Mass Shipments of Intel's Ivy Bridge Reportedly Delayed Until Summer

 

Yes I know but that is ok what I have is still good. I just hope I did not kill my warranty in this whole process. I will make it a good selling incentive for the buyer.

 

nah dell's warrenty is pretty good in this respect. Opening up the machine won't void your warranty. I have done it many time for various reasons and then sent it in to dell to get fixed for some stuff about a month ago, came back great.

 

Thanks bigtonyman
Does anyone know of a way to order this card (580M)with the heat sink and thermal pads from Dell/Alienware?

 

its doable if you wanna pay like the $1000 they charge for the card

 

I think I will wait untill the new 18XR2 come out

 

haha good choice, wish I had the cash for a loaded m18x, but the m17x will keep me going for another year or so.

 

UP-Date I sent the card back and found out that they sent me the wrong one, they sent me the ati 6990 card and it will not work in the 3d model of the M17XR3 so they are going to send me the M580 this time with new pads.
I will be trying it again wish me luck.

 

ah that would explain your issues finally got my 6990m working and its crazy how much more FPS I get in games. I'm sure it will be the same for you when you get your 580m.

 

Yes it sure does explane why it did not work. I just hope it all goes smoothy when i instal it. It should be here by wed or thurs. I am off all next week so I will have plenty of time to try and get it to work.
Congrates on getting yours working.

UP-DATE: received my new card GTX580M and installed it without any issues. The card cost me $700 plus shipping. If anyone is interested where i got the card EBAY I will give you a link to the seller he has both ATI and Nvidia cards just PM me.

 

"Asus Rampage IV, i7-3960X, G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 32GB DDR 2133, Crucial M4 256 GB SSD for (OS windows 7 ultra), Western digital Black 2TB HD, EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified ULTRA 3072MB, Eenermax 1350wt power supply all in a cooloermaster HAF 932." ............ I think I just died inside, nice rig there

 

Thanks it was A fun build. And it works Awsome. One of my best builds ever.

 

glad to see you got it working, and im soooo jealous of your desktop build.

 

Thanks to both It nice when you get the right parts to work with( GTX580m and not the ATI card that they sent me ) As far as the pc is concerned It was A fun build Had an issue with the old power supply ULTRA x3 but when I added the new one enermax 1350 all problems went away.

 

debating weather i want to get another laptop (m18x r3) or build a desktop next year. I guess time will tell.

 

Now that I was able to up-grade my laptop I think I will hold off A bit on A new one. I only use it when I am At work on break when I am home I use my PC unless I am doing multiple things like gaming on the PC I will use the laptop to have on the side to surf when the game has a low period and also order me some PIZZA