ASUS P9D-E/4L + RX 6700 XT prevents Proxmox from booting (black screen / blinking cursor)

Tomblarom

Active Member
Dec 12, 2019
6
0
41
29
I’ve now tried several times to install my AMD RX 6700 XT in my Proxmox server. Unfortunately, without success. Whenever the card is installed, Proxmox stops booting (freezed ASUS-Bootlogo or simply a black screen). In this state I can hit Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot the machine. At first, I suspected an incorrect BIOS setting or that Proxmox was booting in Legacy BIOS mode. I also removed the riser card and installed the card directly. I also tired temporarily removing the QNAP QM2-2P-384A. I now suspect that it is due to an incompatibility between the card and the motherboard.
Could that actually be the case?

Hardware:

  • ASUS P9D-E/4L
  • Xeon E3-1231 v3
  • Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB SATA SSD (Proxmox boot)
  • ASUS PIKE 2308
  • QNAP QM2-2P-384A
  • ASMB7-iKVM
  • RX 6700 XT
I disabled all PCIe Option ROMs and ASPM. It doesn't matter to what Above 4G Decoding and VGA 64-bit Decoding are set to. I tested both legacy and UEFI-related boot settings. Without the GPU it boots perfectly fine! With the GPU installed, it never finishes booting, as described earlier.

When the GPU is installed, new entries AMD Graphic Driver Health and Driver Health (NAVI22: Healthy) show up under Advanced in my BIOS.

Has anyone used a similar setup successfully?
 

Attachments

  • PXL_20260315_184635580.jpg
    PXL_20260315_184635580.jpg
    208.4 KB · Views: 2
  • PXL_20260315_184642038.jpg
    PXL_20260315_184642038.jpg
    215 KB · Views: 2
  • PXL_20260315_184658336.jpg
    PXL_20260315_184658336.jpg
    226.7 KB · Views: 2
  • PXL_20260315_184829373.jpg
    PXL_20260315_184829373.jpg
    277.1 KB · Views: 2
  • PXL_20260315_184559544.jpg
    PXL_20260315_184559544.jpg
    272.3 KB · Views: 2
  • PXL_20260315_184612080.jpg
    PXL_20260315_184612080.jpg
    322.6 KB · Views: 2
  • PXL_20260315_184844461.jpg
    PXL_20260315_184844461.jpg
    251.1 KB · Views: 2
  • PXL_20260315_184925641.jpg
    PXL_20260315_184925641.jpg
    203.7 KB · Views: 1
  • PXL_20260315_184940492.jpg
    PXL_20260315_184940492.jpg
    275.9 KB · Views: 1
  • PXL_20260315_184952296.jpg
    PXL_20260315_184952296.jpg
    306.3 KB · Views: 2