Alright, so after three hours of trial and error, I couldn't get my new setup working. Everything would turn on, spin, etc, but I couldn't get a signal on the monitor. Today I took another stab, reset the CMOS and removed the battery, and out of no where it worked with one stick of ram, CPU, and PSU of course. I added the next stick of RAM, still works. I then added the GPU, and sure enough back to the same problem.
My guess is that the motherboard can't detect or use the GPU. I can reset the CMOS again, and everything will work fine, my question is how do I make the motherboard compatible with the GPU once I've installed Windows. Is it as simple as updating the motherboard driver? or do I have to flash the BIOS and upgrade that. I'm hoping for the former solution.
Motherboard: ECS A885GM-A2
GPU: GeForce GTS 450
My guess is that the motherboard can't detect or use the GPU. I can reset the CMOS again, and everything will work fine, my question is how do I make the motherboard compatible with the GPU once I've installed Windows. Is it as simple as updating the motherboard driver? or do I have to flash the BIOS and upgrade that. I'm hoping for the former solution.
Motherboard: ECS A885GM-A2
GPU: GeForce GTS 450