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GPU/VGA adapter problems

  • Follow the suggested actions in the order in which they are listed in the Action column until the problem is solved.
  • If an action step is preceded by '(Trained technician only)', that step must be performed only by a Trained technician.
  • Go to the IBM support website at the Lenovo Support Portal to check for technical information, hints, tips, and new device drivers or to submit a request for information.
Table 1. GPU/VGA adapter symptoms and actions.

The GPU/VGA adapter symptoms and actions table with one level of row and column headers.

SymptomAction
Seeing the Yellow Band or the SLOT ERR LED is lit up in the slot during the installation of 2x nVIDA K20c.
  1. Enable PCI 64 bit resource.
  2. Change the option ROM execution order (slot 5 > slot 7 > slot 2) if you operate in Legacy mode only OS.
The system hanged or seeing Yellow Band in slot 7 or no video output during the installation of nVIDA Q series or K series.Disable PCI 64 bit resource (except for nVIDA K20c).