- Jan 5, 2014
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So here's the snitch, I'm replacing my old capture card (a gtx 640) with a GIGABYTE gtx 670, however since my compy's built in psu isn't powerful enough (670 requires 550 watts, comp has only 500 watts) I found an old 1200 watt psu and I'm trying to power the card individually with it.
I lock it in place in the motherboard, plug in the 2, 6 pin power cables from the extra psu, take the dvi to dvi cable, plug it into my asus 1080p monitor and turn the whole thing on.
But low and behold, no signal. I try it again, no signal, not even a bios screen. By now I have called Nvidia tech support and Ahmed from india tells me I should try a different cable.
I try a different cable (dvi to hdmi) no signal. I switch them around, no signal. I chat with Ahmed again, he gave up and told me to contact GIGABYTE for help. So I did, they're all on vacation.
I take the new card out and put back in the old one, no signal. I try it again, it works (thank Caesar)
So I try and install the drivers for my new card, installation complete. I take out my old card, put back in the new one.
aaaaaaaaaaand, no signal
This is when I noticed that the fan wasn't spinning on the card, So I take out the 2 six pin power cables to figure out whats wrong. Now the fan starts spinning, with no power cables connected.
So with my hopes high I turn on my monitor again, no signal.
Please, this is my last ditch effort, help me before I commit fiery homicide on my computer.
Acer Predator AG3620-UR308
Processor 3.4 GHz Core i7-3770
RAM 12 GB SDRAM DDR3
Memory Speed 1600 MHz
Hard Drive 2 TB SATA
Graphics Coprocessor NVIDIA Geforce GT 630 2GB
Chipset Brand NVIDIA
Graphics Card Ram Size 2000 MB
Wireless Type 802.11bgn
Number of USB 2.0 Ports 6
Number of USB 3.0 Ports 4
Item model number AG3620-UR308
Hardware Platform PC
Operating System Windows 8
Item Weight 29 pounds
Item Dimensions L x W x H 17.19 x 7.10 x 16.46 inches
Color Black
Processor Brand Intel
Processor Count 1
Computer Memory Type DDR3 SDRAM
Hard Drive Interface Serial ATA
Hard Drive Rotational Speed 7200 RPM
Optical Drive Type 16X DVD
Audio-out Ports (#) 1
I lock it in place in the motherboard, plug in the 2, 6 pin power cables from the extra psu, take the dvi to dvi cable, plug it into my asus 1080p monitor and turn the whole thing on.
But low and behold, no signal. I try it again, no signal, not even a bios screen. By now I have called Nvidia tech support and Ahmed from india tells me I should try a different cable.
I try a different cable (dvi to hdmi) no signal. I switch them around, no signal. I chat with Ahmed again, he gave up and told me to contact GIGABYTE for help. So I did, they're all on vacation.
I take the new card out and put back in the old one, no signal. I try it again, it works (thank Caesar)
So I try and install the drivers for my new card, installation complete. I take out my old card, put back in the new one.
aaaaaaaaaaand, no signal
This is when I noticed that the fan wasn't spinning on the card, So I take out the 2 six pin power cables to figure out whats wrong. Now the fan starts spinning, with no power cables connected.
So with my hopes high I turn on my monitor again, no signal.
Please, this is my last ditch effort, help me before I commit fiery homicide on my computer.
Acer Predator AG3620-UR308
Processor 3.4 GHz Core i7-3770
RAM 12 GB SDRAM DDR3
Memory Speed 1600 MHz
Hard Drive 2 TB SATA
Graphics Coprocessor NVIDIA Geforce GT 630 2GB
Chipset Brand NVIDIA
Graphics Card Ram Size 2000 MB
Wireless Type 802.11bgn
Number of USB 2.0 Ports 6
Number of USB 3.0 Ports 4
Item model number AG3620-UR308
Hardware Platform PC
Operating System Windows 8
Item Weight 29 pounds
Item Dimensions L x W x H 17.19 x 7.10 x 16.46 inches
Color Black
Processor Brand Intel
Processor Count 1
Computer Memory Type DDR3 SDRAM
Hard Drive Interface Serial ATA
Hard Drive Rotational Speed 7200 RPM
Optical Drive Type 16X DVD
Audio-out Ports (#) 1
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