I am a newbie here and I have an problem with my Asus Z87 Pro.
This is my new build:
Asus Z87 Pro
i7 4770K CPU
16 GB Corsair 1333 RAM
MSI GTX 660 VGA
Windows 7 x64 Pro
Samsung evo Pro SSD 256 GB
WD Black 2 TB
I have built PCs before but this problem is beating me.
I use the PC for video editing which needs a VGA card for FX realtime viewing and the Intel GPU for Quicksync HD encoding.
I can get the system to run with either GPU working, but not both together. Windows won't load if I try and the monitor is blank. I have tried using different PCie slots.
In BIOS I have set PCIe as primary and enabled iGPU multi monitor. I have connected both graphic outputs using DVI and in Windows 7 I have set the displays to extend desktop.
This is a new build with the latest BIOS and Windows updates and drivers. I have also run Memtest. I have also checked in Device Manager for error messages relating to drivers.
I have contacted Asus support who are not much help. They thought it might be a faulty MB, but I am not sure, so don't want to RMA it without reason.
I did RMA my original choice of graphics card, an MSI R9 270X. I could not get that to work at all. I got a BIOS error message about Thunderbolt resources being exceeded and to turn off unused controllers in BIOS. Well this MB doesn't have Thunderbolt. I got it to work briefly but Windows just kept locking up and crashing, needing a hard reset.
I have not taken the whole thing apart yet to check on bent CPU pins, but everything seems to run well if I am only using the one GPU.
I am not sure if there is a hardware fault somewhere or something I need to change in Windows or BIOS.
Has anyone else got the Asus Z87 Pro to work with the Intel and dedicated graphics cards?


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