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    AMD FirePro M4000 gives black screen on boot

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Ionising_Radiation, Jul 4, 2017.

  1. Ionising_Radiation

    Ionising_Radiation ?v = ve*ln(m0/m1)

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    Hey guys....

    My Acer Aspire Z5610 came with an nVidia GT 240M MXM module which I wanted to replace with an AMD FirePro M4000. I replaced the GPU, added thermal paste, put the machine back together, and it booted entirely fine.

    However, I couldn't even see the BIOS screen. The fans spin, HDD spins, lights are on, etc. After I replaced back the GT 240M GPU to get back to work, it appeared Windows 10 had even installed drivers for the AMD GPU, and I could see the 'AMD Radeon HD 7700M' device in Device Manager, under Hidden Devices. But no display. What gives? What can I do to fix this?
     
    Ionising_Radiation, Jul 4, 2017
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Is it anything with the VBIOS? Can you see anything on an external VGA monitor? Honestly, I have no idea just wanted to give this thread a bump.
     
    namaiki, Jul 10, 2017
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    I wish I had a display output connector, but the Z5610 is an all-in-one PC, which doesn't have a display output.

    I posted this to NBR because we're dealing with an MXM chip, and it'd not really make sense to post on a desktop forum, where they usually deal with full-size PCIe GPUs.

    I get a strong feeling it's a VBIOS issue.
     
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    It does. Like I mentioned earlier, I think it's a VBIOS incompatibility, or a BIOS that doesn't recognise the card, or a physical missing display output itself. But I'm fairly sure the card I have isn't faulty.
     
    Ionising_Radiation, Jul 10, 2017
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    hey do you have intergrated gpu cause i went through the same problem awhile back about adding a unsupported gpu to laptop/mxm and i had to run the igpu, or blackscreen
     
    cooldex, Jul 19, 2017
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