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Yeah, it's not making a hell of a lot of sense to me either, looking around on your behalf I found several instances of a similar issue with a gigabyte model board that was solved with a bios update, since we have updated your bios and the problem persists, the best advice I can give you is to write msi tech support about the issue.
The only other thing I can come up with is your power supply is strong enough for one card but not both of them. ...that doesn't seem terribly likely though, I would think you would at least get a post even if the power supply wasn't handling it properly.
i checked amd site and the seasonic is supported for crossfire, also seasonic is one of the most powerfull psu so im fairly certain it can handle 2 6950's.
what are the little things i could have done wrong that could cause this?
like a cable lose or what ever
http://i56.tinypic.com/14mrzuo.png
thats a pic of what im being showed even though there is def a second card running.
It's not being seen by the hardware, either there is a setting in your bios I don't know of (not personally experienced with your motherboard model) or there is another reason it's not detecting, as I've said several times now though. Writing msi is probably the quickest path to any real answer.
Yes i have done that a hour earlier via their site so ill see what they will send me as an reply.
im going to see if my bios will have anything.
a friend send me this advice
Uninstall drivers
Boot Windows in Safe Mode
Run CC Cleaner
Boot Windows normally
Reinstall drivers
could that help? If so how do i start windows in safe mode and what is CC cleaner.
I couldn't hurt, instead of using ccleaner though I suggest using driver sweeper to remove the drivers completely.
I've had ccleaner cause more problems than it solves. The temp file wipe on it is good but the registry cleaner isn't always 100%
Guru3D - Driver Sweeper (Setup) download from Guru3D.com
well i havent hear anything yet from msi but thats normal since its the weekend.
i updated everything in my computer from soundcards to network cards etc. tried every ati driver i could find.
did the driver sweaper thing to remove all other drivers and the ati driver ( since i still had some nvidia drivers from my old card ) but nothing.
again like i said what i realy find weird is that both cards work and both slots work since i tested them individualy.
but as soon as you put them together it does not work.
it cant be the power though because somebody on gaf said my seasonic should be more than capable of handling this
What motherboard? Little details like this can make it much easier to help you. Maybe even take a moment and go here,
https://www.sevenforums.com/profile.php?do=extra
and fill in your full system specs.
did some checking and there is a switch chip to add 8 extra pci-e lanes which aren't nativly active on your motherboard to enable support of 2 high end graphics cards
MSI P55A-GD65 Motherboard | Hardware Secrets
now i can only assume you need to do something from the bios to enable this but it could happen automaticly i honestly don't know and couldn't find anything in the bios menu to change it.