Too many pixels

[oey192]

Hey all,

I just built myself an OP-ish computer (3.5 i7, GeForce GTX 670, 16GB 1600MHz RAM), and got an OP screen to go with it (Nixeus Vue 27" display with 2560x1440 pixels). My problem is thus: While everything that your average Joe does on a computer works fine, I am unable to get to my BIOS (Dual UEFI BIOS on a Gigabyte Z77X UP5 TH Mobo) because my screen won't display it.

While my screen was on backorder I borrowed a friend's TV and used that as my monitor and was able to access the BIOS this way (as well as through another 24" monitor - not sure of the resolution but I could find out).

I have tried connecting my monitor via the Dual-link DVI cable that came with the monitor as well as: an HDMI cable, a single-link DVI cable, and a DisplayPort-to-DVI adapter that was then used in conjunction with the single-link DVI cable, none of which work. I have also tried setting the resolution of the display to 1080p before rebooting, but this didn't help either. I haven't tried VGA because A) I don't have access to any VGA cables and B) my graphics card doesn't have a VGA out port. My Mobo does have a VGA out port, but to use that either need to A) remove my graphics card (something which is too much of a hassle to do every time I want to get access to my BIOS) or B) get to my BIOS to tell it to default to the integrated graphics (Intel HD 4000), but here I run into a catch-22 situation.

So I may be able to get to my BIOS without getting a different monitor (by using the integrated graphics), but I'd like to find a more practical solution.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!
oey192

 

[Ric]

Did you change your video output in BIOS from the integrated to off board? Some of them do it on their own, but not all of them.

That's what I have to do with mine otherwise I'll have to use the integrated card and another monitor.

 

[oey192]

The graphics card was outputting the BIOS to the HDMI connected TV and I haven't changed any BIOS settings since then so I assume the BIOS is set to output using the discrete board. The only setting that I know of that is similar to what you're talking about is the setting that tells it which order to initialize the graphics cards in and I think that's set to automatic. Do you think it might work if I set that to initialize the discrete board first?

 

[Ric]

Yes. Try changing it from automatic to the board and see if that helps any.

Once you access BIOS, I know there's a permanent way to change it.
There should be a setting along the lines of..Onboard, AGP, or PCI, depending on your connection.

In my instance, I had to change it from Onboard to PCI because I used a PCI express 2.0 at the time. After I switched it to PCI, my BIOS started displaying on my monitor. I did have to remove my video card to get to this screen, but only once. Once I changed it to PCI, I plugged in my card and it worked and still works to this day.

 

[oey192]

So I successfully accessed my BIOS by removing the graphics card and plugging the Dual-link DVI cable into the Mobo. I set the graphics from whatever it was on to PCI (I use a PCI 3.0 port for my graphics card), but I noticed no change upon putting the graphics card back in and rebooting the computer (and yes I re-plugged the DVI cable into the graphics card).
I also took the monitor over to GamingRobot32's house and tried it with his computer and his BIOS showed up just fine so I think we can rule out it being the monitor, at least somewhat.

I think the problem lies somewhere either in the communication between my BIOS and the graphics card or possibly in confusion that's going on between wanting to send signals to the onboard graphics versus the dedicated card.

Any more ideas?

Thanks again!