MSI 890FXA-GD70 mobo won't post with two graphics cards (non-crossfire).

As title of topic says, I have a Sapphire 4870x2 graphics card in the PCIE 1 slot and in the #3 slot I have an ASUS geforce 9600gt passively cooled inserted. When powering on, no monitor signal. With either card in ANY of the slots alone, the motherboard will post as intended. I also cleared CMOS before using both and either together. This is somewhat frustrating as I would absolutely love to use the geforce 9600gt as a physx card in many of the games I play. Any advice on this one?

There are registry hacks available to make physx work with non-nvidia-primary graphics (ati) if you have an eligible graphics chip on-board. I fixed the issue now. Apparently, BIOS needed to know which graphics card was the primary - so by leaving the4870x2 connected first and connecting the 9600gt after (have a 120mm fan attached to the side of it with cable zip ties) things work as intended. So yeah, i'll get those registry hacks working and physx going on this rig. And please, if you're absolutely certain what you're saying say it. Otherwise, please do some research before telling me what I can and can't do.

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OK thanks. This card doesnt require a six pin connector but it is interesting that your comment implies that those that do still take power from the motherboard but topped up with the six pin connector. As opposed to taking all power from the six pin connector and nothing from the motherboard. I am not making a statement that equates to your analogy. All cards plugged into a motherboard I/O internal slot are powered by the motherboards power distribution subsystem.
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some recommendations on which 8GB (2 x 4) memory kit to purchase
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