so i could upgrade my graphics card. First i got the GTX 275 and connected everything but my monitor got no signal. i tried a new monitor and switched some cables and that wasn't it. i put in my old gt120 and it worked fine.
i cleared all drivers, nothing. i got on the phone with tech support who said my new PSU should run it fine, ran me through everything i already tried and actually recommended i get a new card.
i return it, and get the GTX 260 and have the exact same problem.
the computer boots fine, i can feel the air from the card's fan moving, but my monitors get no signal. i do not have an integrated display on my board to disable.
That PSU is a POS. It doesn't have active PFC, only has 70% efficiency, and doesn't have much power on the 12v rails. It's most likely that the PSU just can't produce enough clean power to run those graphics cards. I would return it for a quality unit from Corsair, Antec, Seasonic, PC Power & Cooling, or OCZ.
Here's a much better PSU that actually costs less.
i thought it might be the psu but the card turns on, i can feel the fan pumping. is it possible that there is enough power to start it up but not enough to send a signal to my monitor?
Powering the fan on the GPU hardly takes any power. Properly powering the GPU is another story. I would return that POS PSU whether it's actually the problem or not. Using a cheap PSU like that is just asking for problems down the road. A cheap PSU can cause all sorts of problems ranging from system instability to fried components.