M4A87TD EVO & Radeon 6950

[Guest]

Hello,
I'm building a new computer and i have a PC with the following:

Rad 6950,
M4A87TD EVO Motherboard,
Antec Kuhler,
2x2gb AMD Black Edition RAMs,
1200 watt PSU,

I have installed the Rad 6950 on the top PCI Express 16x slot of the motherboard but i am not getting a signal.
The cable between monitor and Graphics card is definately connected along with the card itself connected to the PCI Express 16x slot. Was going to try and use the one PCI slot down at the bottom but it seems like a very tight fit with my LED front panel wiring in the way.

 

[rolli59]

Did you hook the external power from the PSU to the card?

 

[Guest]

Did you hook the external power from the PSU to the card?

I would certainly know if the PSU wasn't connected to the graphics card as it makes this obnoxious noise lol

There is 2 4-pin connectors, both are in and still nothing......

 

[rolli59]

There is two 6pin connectors on a HD6950 they take a PCIe 6 pin plug from the PSU! http://www.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=http://static.erodov.com/reviews/guide/pci-e-connector/pci-e-power-connector-2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.erodov.com/forums/make-pci-e-power-connector-molex-connector/16270.html&h=296&w=399&sz=91&tbnid=LcbZJ5lZ5kaK_M:&tbnh=92&tbnw=124&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dpcie%2Bpower%2Bconnector%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=pcie+power+connector&usg=__w_QoS8E18A9249zJtgfMtjRnMIQ=&sa=X&ei=Anm8Td6BPImgOojP9dcF&ved=0CDgQ9QEwBA

 

[Guest]

There is two 6pin connectors on a HD6950 they take a PCIe 6 pin plug from the PSU! http://www.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=http://static.erodov.com/reviews/guide/pci-e-connector/pci-e-power-connector-2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.erodov.com/forums/make-pci-e-power-connector-molex-connector/16270.html&h=296&w=399&sz=91&tbnid=LcbZJ5lZ5kaK_M:&tbnh=92&tbnw=124&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dpcie%2Bpower%2Bconnector%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=pcie+power+connector&usg=__w_QoS8E18A9249zJtgfMtjRnMIQ=&sa=X&ei=Anm8Td6BPImgOojP9dcF&ved=0CDgQ9QEwBA

Sorry that's what i meant, 2 6-pin ones lol

 

[rolli59]

Ok that is better! If everything is hooked in right then chances are that the card is broken.

 

[Guest]

Ok that is better! If everything is hooked in right then chances are that the card is broken.

I just bought this card, surely it can't be broken? Are their no other possiblities that it could be something else? Last PC i built it, i had the same problem but fixed it by placing a memory stick into a different slot. No luck this time with that

 

[rolli59]

It happens once in a while that they ship faulty cards but since this is a new build run through this guide step by step http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/261145-13-perform-steps-posting-boot-video-problems

 

[Raidur]

Make sure you do a hard clear of your CMOS with the battery and jumper. I had to do this with my 6950 to get it to run, for some reason. Haven't had to before. *shrug

 

[Guest]

It happens once in a while that they ship faulty cards but since this is a new build run through this guide step by step http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/261145-13-perform-steps-posting-boot-video-problems

Uhm, oops........ i forgot to connect the CPU power connector lol
Thanks for your link rolli59 it saved me

 

[rolli59]

Great that it was simple!