I have been attempting to put a GTX 770 into this Aspire M3985-- I have upgraded the PSU to a 650w with no issues (Computer works without the card and with the PSU) however when the card is put in I run into problems.
If I put the card in the system and plug my monitor into it, the computer gets to the Acer BIOS screen... and that's about it. After that I get roughly 4 beeps at 20 second intervals, and the screen then goes black with a flashing underscore and no more beeps. If i attempt to access the BIOS the screen just goes black.
If I have the card in the system and attempt to plug my monitor into the ONBOARD GRAPHICS... I get a BIOS error code. 1 long beep and 2 short ones. From what I know this is a video card error. The same applies when nothing is plugged into either the card or the onboard.
When the card is removed, the problems stop.
What I'm led to believe here is that either:
1. The motherboard is not compatible with the card (this really should not be an issue with a computer that is a year old... if it is, that is quite rediculous.)
2. The motherboard BIOS is having problems working with the card... a simple update to the bios should fix that...but as far as I can see motherboard updates for this computer have been neglected since BEFORE this card was released, which explains alot.
3. The Video Cards BIOS is the problem. I find this one hard to believe however. The card has been updated in a different computer. The card works fine, and the BIOS is at its latest revision.
Help troubleshooting this problem would be appriciated so I can decide what I'm going to do with this card.
Thanks.
