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July 30th, 2022 20:00
Inspiron 5680 MSI GTX 1080ti Upgrade Not Working
I am trying to upgrade my GPU to the MSI GTX 1080ti but I am not getting any display output. The card seems to be powered (it gets warm when turned on) but nothing on the displays (I have a monitor connected to HDMI and one to DVI). I have tried all the usual troubleshooting including:
- ensuring the card is properly installed
- installed drivers (I have Gforcexperience installed which should autodetect)
- tried resetting the CMOS
- Checked power supply (seems capable based on this card's requirements)
I am running Windows 11 and I'm wondering whether secure boot is the issue. I have seen some suggest disabling it but I don't think you can do this without causing issues with Windows. Any suggestions on how to get this card working?
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RoHe
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July 31st, 2022 15:00
Here's link to Microsoft's statement about disabling Secure Boot in Win 10/11, quote:
"If you're running certain PC graphics cards, hardware, or operating systems such as Linux or previous version of Windows you may need to disable Secure Boot...."
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July 31st, 2022 12:00
Indeed, power looks to be fine and the connectors match. My concern was disabling secure boot and the impact that would have on Windows 11. Windows 11 seems to rely on secure boot more than 10. The implications of disabling secure boot then not being able to log back in would be bad. Wondering if anyone has actually done the process and what impact it had.
RoHe
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July 31st, 2022 12:00
Did you disable Secure Boot in BIOS setup?
"Retail" video cards typically won't work when Secure Boot is enabled because the card's driver isn't "approved" by Microsoft. So Secure Boot has to be disabled.
Also keep in mind when you reset BIOS, Secure Boot is enabled by default, so you have to manually disable it again every time you reset BIOS.
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BTW, what's the recommended PSU size for this MSI video card? The Inspiron 5680 has a 460 W PSU. Is that sufficient for the card?
Does this card require a 6- or 8-pin PCI-e power connection directly to the PSU and did you make that connection?
RoHe
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July 31st, 2022 15:00
Disabling Secure Boot won't cause any problems.
And even if you weren't able to log in after disabling Secure Boot, you could still go back into BIOS setup and enable Secure Boot again, but then your new GPU probably won't work.