- Dec 2, 2013
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Hi,
Bought a new computer today and having some trouble getting a video card working with it.
Specs:
Computer:
HP Pavilion 500-164
AMD a8-6500
8 Gig Ram
OEM Power Supply was only 300 watts so I replaced it.
New Power Supply:
Thermaltake TR2-600W
It states it supports the latest AMD/NVIDIA Cards
New Video Card:
Radeon R9 270X
States it requires 500W PS or greater
Requires 2x PCI-E 6-Pin Connectors
I checked the PC first with the OEM specs, good to go. I replaced the PS and installed the video card. I get six long beeps and nothing on the screen.
According to everything I've found that indicates an issue with the video/graphics. The documentation for the video states it needs two independent 6-pin PCI-E connectors. This PS has two but they are daisy chained.
It came with 2x molex > PCI-E connectors so I tried one PCI-E connector and one molex to pci-e. Same issue.
The sales rep at Best Buy said she had to get a better PS because while the wattage was enough, there wasn't enough amps being put out by the PS. Not sure if that makes sense or not.
I've checked around the interwebz quite a bit. The only thing I can find is maybe it's a BIOS setting but after looking through it I didn't see anything.
BIOS or not enough power is all I can come up with.
Any ideas or help would be most appreciated!
Bought a new computer today and having some trouble getting a video card working with it.
Specs:
Computer:
HP Pavilion 500-164
AMD a8-6500
8 Gig Ram
OEM Power Supply was only 300 watts so I replaced it.
New Power Supply:
Thermaltake TR2-600W
It states it supports the latest AMD/NVIDIA Cards
New Video Card:
Radeon R9 270X
States it requires 500W PS or greater
Requires 2x PCI-E 6-Pin Connectors
I checked the PC first with the OEM specs, good to go. I replaced the PS and installed the video card. I get six long beeps and nothing on the screen.
According to everything I've found that indicates an issue with the video/graphics. The documentation for the video states it needs two independent 6-pin PCI-E connectors. This PS has two but they are daisy chained.
It came with 2x molex > PCI-E connectors so I tried one PCI-E connector and one molex to pci-e. Same issue.
The sales rep at Best Buy said she had to get a better PS because while the wattage was enough, there wasn't enough amps being put out by the PS. Not sure if that makes sense or not.
I've checked around the interwebz quite a bit. The only thing I can find is maybe it's a BIOS setting but after looking through it I didn't see anything.
BIOS or not enough power is all I can come up with.
Any ideas or help would be most appreciated!
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