- Aug 4, 2013
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Hey guys, I have a problem.
I bought a new graphics card (GIGABYTE Radeon HD 7870 OC GHZ Edition) like a month ago and it worked like a charm... until now.
I shut down my pc normally yesterday, but when I wanted to boot it today, the screen just stayed black. After closer inspection, the GPU fans just shake a little and move for like half a second when I boot... then nothing. CPU Fan etc just normally starts, but because I don't have a buzzer in my cheap chassis, I don't know whether or what beep sounds are being produced.
Before, I had a Radeon 5750, which used just 1 6-pin power connector, the new one uses 2 6-Pin connectors. I use the Thermaltake Smart M650W Bronze which has an additional slot for another 6 pin pci-e cable, but because I left all my additional cables at my parents place, I had to buy a new one and connect the graphics card with 2 seperate cables. (http://i.imgur.com/n98WvfC.jpg)
So after I checked out all the other components, I switched back in my old graphics card and the computer boots without problems and runs smoothly.
So the question now is:
Is my new graphics card broken? I had no pc crash, no errors, nothing before. Games etc was running smooth without any signs of problems.
I just shut it down at night and it didnt work in the morning anymore... or is it maybe my Power Unit?
The thing that weirds me out is, that the GPU fans are not completely dead, but like I said, they shake a little when i hit the power button, so it kinda looks like that it doesnt get enough power?
My Specs:
New:
GIGABYTE Radeon HD 7870 OC GHZ Edition
Old:
Sapp1GB D5 X HD5770
AMD Phenom II X4 965 3400 AM
MSI 770-C45 Mainboard
Corsair DIMM 8 GB DDR3-1333
I bought a new graphics card (GIGABYTE Radeon HD 7870 OC GHZ Edition) like a month ago and it worked like a charm... until now.
I shut down my pc normally yesterday, but when I wanted to boot it today, the screen just stayed black. After closer inspection, the GPU fans just shake a little and move for like half a second when I boot... then nothing. CPU Fan etc just normally starts, but because I don't have a buzzer in my cheap chassis, I don't know whether or what beep sounds are being produced.
Before, I had a Radeon 5750, which used just 1 6-pin power connector, the new one uses 2 6-Pin connectors. I use the Thermaltake Smart M650W Bronze which has an additional slot for another 6 pin pci-e cable, but because I left all my additional cables at my parents place, I had to buy a new one and connect the graphics card with 2 seperate cables. (http://i.imgur.com/n98WvfC.jpg)
So after I checked out all the other components, I switched back in my old graphics card and the computer boots without problems and runs smoothly.
So the question now is:
Is my new graphics card broken? I had no pc crash, no errors, nothing before. Games etc was running smooth without any signs of problems.
I just shut it down at night and it didnt work in the morning anymore... or is it maybe my Power Unit?
The thing that weirds me out is, that the GPU fans are not completely dead, but like I said, they shake a little when i hit the power button, so it kinda looks like that it doesnt get enough power?
My Specs:
New:
GIGABYTE Radeon HD 7870 OC GHZ Edition
Old:
Sapp1GB D5 X HD5770
AMD Phenom II X4 965 3400 AM
MSI 770-C45 Mainboard
Corsair DIMM 8 GB DDR3-1333
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