RTX 3070 on MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Plus on Ubuntu not detected

[jasoncool]

Hi there,

I have installed RTX 3070 on MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Plus motherboard. I'm using Intel Core i5 9400 Coffee Lake processor. GPU is connected using a PCIe riser card.

When I check for GPU devices using lshw it doesn't show the RTX 3070.

Should I installed the drivers before it can properly detect the GPU?

Thanks

[CryptoATM]

You can connect the GPU to the x16 pcie slot direct first and install the driver, don't expect the GPU to start working or get detected without its actual driver, my 3070ti did the same the first day I purchased it, I thought it wasn't working until I just install the driver to see what happens and that solved the issue

[jasoncool]

It turned out to be due to two issues.

• First time connected the card it was detected during boot up and firmware/BIOS automatically restarted to complete the process.
• Up on reboot it switch the video from integrated GPU to the GPU connected on the PCIe_1 slot.

When it switched I lost display and was unaware it was due to the video output being switched RTX 3070. So I changed the slot to PCIe_3 and restarted the PC thinking there is an issue. When I changed the slot BIOS didn't adjust itself automatically (though I noticed in some occasions it does automatically detect the card and reconfigure new slot by itself). When I restarted again the card was never detected as the firmware / BIOS expecting it to be on the initial slot (SLOT 1).

Anyways, those are the two reason caused all the problems.

I was able to reset BIOS by removing the motherboard battery which cleared the previous GPU configuration. Then I reconnected everything back and started the PC which it detected the card properly. When I connected the HDMI cable to GPU I was able to get the video output as well. So that's how it was solved. It wasn't an issue with the card which was really glad to know.

I guess I would like to know if there is an easy way to remove a GPU from BIOS without having to reset (removing battery).

[deedeeranged]

It turned out to be due to two issues.

• First time connected the card it was detected during boot up and firmware/BIOS automatically restarted to complete the process.
• Up on reboot it switch the video from integrated GPU to the GPU connected on the PCIe_1 slot.

When it switched I lost display and was unaware it was due to the video output being switched RTX 3070. So I changed the slot to PCIe_3 and restarted the PC thinking there is an issue. When I changed the slot BIOS didn't adjust itself automatically (though I noticed in some occasions it does automatically detect the card and reconfigure new slot by itself). When I restarted again the card was never detected as the firmware / BIOS expecting it to be on the initial slot (SLOT 1).

Anyways, those are the two reason caused all the problems.

I was able to reset BIOS by removing the motherboard battery which cleared the previous GPU configuration. Then I reconnected everything back and started the PC which it detected the card properly. When I connected the HDMI cable to GPU I was able to get the video output as well. So that's how it was solved. It wasn't an issue with the card which was really glad to know.

I guess I would like to know if there is an easy way to remove a GPU from BIOS without having to reset (removing battery).

If you have fiddled too much with the bios it is always easier to clear the bios either with the jumper on the mobo or removing the battery.

Youtube Greg Salazar/JayzTwocents and some others,