M6000 black screen after install. No Bios.

I just installed my M6000 firepro (blue PCB) in the m15x. When I power on I just get a black screen and the 3 flashing LEDS (caps lock area) and the GPU fan running at full speed. I was previously using the GTX 260m.

Things I have tried:

- installed using both xbracket from m6000 and the 260m.
- re-installed the 260m (boots normally to windows 7)
- checked bios version while 260m was installed. Bios vers A09.
- reapplied thermal paste, thermal pads and checked the fan connection cable.
- 150w original power cable

What have I missed? Is the card faulty?

 

After more fiddling I got the LEDs to display the error code that states,
" Video card is preventing the system from completing POST".

Looks like I will be doing my first ebay return/refund

Put the old GTX 260m back in the machine and it's running normally.

 

what is the power draw of the card? it could be the the 150W power brick is not supplying enough power now that the new card is in there.

*EDIT*
Nevermind, from what I can see, the firepro draws less power than the GTX 260M.

 

I was able to get a refund for the card. Now I am not sure if I want to try another m6000 or just get the GTX460m instead.

 

5850M / 5870M is a better choice for M15x imo, overclocks better and runs somwhat better for games and stuff, if you dont need CUDA & PhysX, i'd definitely look for these cards as they are also relatively cheap.
460M also comes with 2 different vBIOSes, the one for M15x has much lower clocks for absolutely no reason. The vBIOS ca be flashed to the one for M17x/M18x without any problem tho.

 

Would you suggest trying another M6000 or just go for the 5870? I've got a budget of about $100 for upgrades.

 

From my experience the M6000 fail rate is above average, it is the best P/P card, but seems like it doesnt like the M15x :/
Single 5850/5870 will double the 260M performance anyway.

 

I don't have another system to test the m6000 in, do you think the m15x actually damaged it? Or do you think it's a compatibility issue?

 

Could be the M15x, could be the shipping, could be an issue during installation, multiple factors can make a gpu go bad.
All i know that none of the M6000's seem to last in the M15x :/

 

Thanks for the reply. Seems like I'll go with the 5850 since they are a cheap reliable upgrade for now. I'll have enough for a i7 920 upgrade too. Later if I find that I even play games on this system I'll upgrade to a GTX 9xx series card since that seems to be the latest and greatest the m15x can safely handle.

 

okay ... let me know if you decide to get a 5850 i have one that i dont mind letting go off
as for the max upgrade, i dont reccomend 980M, it makes to much heat for m15x and takes too much power. 970M works great tho.

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I'm currently running a 460m how do you load bios?