ATI HD4350 won't boot?

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Hi,

Context: Updating my Freenas build and I purchased Supermicro X8SAX (with Xeon X5660). The board doesn't have on board graphics so I purchased an ATI VGA card.

I tried the card with the Super Micro board and it seems to boot (fans running etc) but the GPU doesn't seem to output anything.

I tried the graphics card in my PC (built around Asus Z97 Deluxe) and seemed to have the same issue, everything powers on but doesn't boot/post (VGA LED light stays on after cycle). Leaving the ATI card installed, I connected a monitor to the MOBO and managed too boot into Windows. The card showed up in device manager and after 5 mins the drivers had installed and I could use the card to power a second display no problem.

The Super Micro MOBO also doesn't seem to be giving any "beeps", which I would expect in this situation. I've tried clearing the CMOS and I am now digging through the manual for clues..

It may be worth mentioning that I tried my Asus 1070 with the SuperMicro board and couldn't get that to work either. However I suspect that might be because I don't a 4 pin power connector for the PCI slots socket.

Here is the Manual for the SuperMicro Board if it helps: Manual

Any ideas?

Cheers,

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so nothing works on the super micro motherboard and the ati card doesnt work on 2 mobo's. did you get these used?

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Yes ATI Card doesn't work in either and Super Micro board isn't accepting either of the cards. I might try the ATI card with my old Desktop mobo. They were both off of ebay.

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could it be you were sold broken parts? did you see the word "as is" anywhere?

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GPU was listed as Brand New and the Motherboard was listed as used but fully working. If I cannot get the ATI card working tomorrow on my old MOBO, I will look to get it refunded.

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time to get out your microscope/magnifying glass. give them a through look over, but dont remove then shroud on the gpu if it voids the warranty. you could just have a bad pci slot on the mobo and some unrelated issue with gpu like nvidias drivers throwing a fit about a ati card, but if you bought both of them recently and can return, i would do so. you bought them and theirs a problem and you dont have to know the exact cause of the problem to return it and get a new one.