Sapphire Radeon 7750 won't run at all (no screen and fan won't turn on)

Versalin

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Hi I just bought a Sapphire Radeon 7750 to go with my Gigabyte GA-Z77 mobo.

With the Radeon 7750 locked in place, the system runs (CPU fan and HDD) but the VGA fan doesn't and I get no screen display.

After taking out the card, I do get monitor display.

I am certain that this isn't a power issue as my PSU supports up to 500 watts and the Radeon 7750 isn't supposed to be a power hog.

So that leaves me wondering what else could be wrong. Maybe I'm just unlucky to get a faulty card?

I'm using an old Lenovo LCD monitor and I plugged the display cable into the mobo instead of the VGA panel. Does that cause the card to not run at all?

I'm not sure if I should send it back to the retailer as I don't really know what's wrong with the card itself.
 

Versalin

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Oh, I'll have to get a new monitor to sort that out :/

Though, even if no display cable is plugged in, should the card still be able to run?

 

Robert Pankiw

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