New Graphic card not booting up - can't connect one of the power cable

Decided to use a Sapphire ATI Radeon x1650 with my sony pcv-rz504.

I just plugged it in and connected to the power but the screen is not getting any signal.

It should have enough power (350W, 18A on the 12V rail).

The thing that might be wrong is the I can't find where to plug the connector which is meant to go into the hard-drive (according to the sticker).

There is already something which goes from the middle connector (GP) into the hard-drive but it won't budge out from where it is.

Any help?

...if you were using integrated graphics before... did you connect your monitor to the new card?

that post doesn't really make any sense...

Its an AGP card.

And it came with a BIG sticker, said sticker is below:
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292 [...] 095za4.jpg

T'Is blurry but the bottom right pic says TO HARD DRIVE


The problem connector has 4 holes, which I'm guessing 4 pins go into (indeed...)

Thanks

You had me scratching my head for a min until I refreshed the page.
Don't plug or unplug anything to/from the hard drives.
Locate a spare plug like the one below (probably will be white).

It can only be inserted one way.
If it gives you resistance, flip it over and try again.
After installing the power, plug your monitor into your cards VGA output.
On your first boot, go into the BIOS and either disable the integrated graphics (preferred) or if you can not, set the shared memory to it's minimum setting.
After booting into windows, cancel all the auto detection driver BS, download and install the drivers from ATI Here.

To outlw I plugged that in 9000years ago so it's not that.

And evongugg that is what came with the package. What do I do with the other connections,just leave it flapping?

And it says 350W is recommended, which I have, so :S

Problem still stands unfortunately - screen staying black on boot up.

A 350W with 18A on the 12V should be enough for an ATI x1650 surely?

Also the sticker does clearly state something is meant to go into the HD.

Don't worry about the plug you are holding in the picture above.
Just tuck it somewhere out of view and leave it.
In your situation, it is unnecessary.

Looking at the above picture, everything is in it's proper place.
A few things to check.

Is the AGP port filled with dust?
If so, you may not have a good connection to the card.

Is the GPU fully seated in the AGP slot?
It is pretty easy to mount the card with the front or the back slightly raised and not connected.
Remove and remount it just to be sure.

Did you remember to plug the VGA cable into the output from your new card?
Never can be to sure

Mkay. Im translating that as the extra dangle should just dangle.

So if that's ruled out,any other reasons why it might not be working?

"My god, (banging my head against the wall) I don't know how in the world he ever got the new graphic card installed in the first place."

...

Don't think I was intergrated (was using an ATI Radeon 9600xt) but will try that.