I made a fool of myself

[lezschooch]

so i just got a 6950. i plugged in all the power cables and seated it in my motherboard, i turned the computer on and cringed in pain as my monitor recieved "no signal" from the card. i did not disable the on board chip, but i probably should have, and i can't seem to turn the computer off by any means other than unplugging it (I'm REALLY not looking to do that) since the power button will not work.

any help for someone who's pretty incompetent with this stuff?

 

[hunter315]

If you hold the power button for 5 seconds it will shut down.

 

[lezschooch]

i did, there was no reaction, I'm sure that the connector from the front panel to the motherboard is in, otherwise i wouldn't have been able to turn it on. i didn't get a BIOS screen or anything, should i have plugged into the motherboards VGA instead of the cards DVI?

 

[lezschooch]

also, i just realized that none of my USB devices are getting any power ( mouse's laser is off, no numlock/capslock on keyboard) but my fans are spinning as loud and fast as ever.

 

[Kkkk1]

OK so turn everyting off... Then take out your 6950 and let the PC boot from the onboard. Assuming it does restart and enter the BIOS and disable the onboard. Install your 6950 and plug the monitor cable into that card and restart. See what happens.

What is your PSU?

 

[lezschooch]

i can't turn anything off, i have no visual to do it via software and the power button doesn't do anything.

I'd really rather not risk flipping the PSU off while the machine is running, but do i have any other choices?

edit: PSU is an antec 620 watt

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371031

 

[ozanuyan]

Okay forget what you read so far. Your PSU isn't able to supply enough power if your USB devices are not running. Just unplug the computer and disconnect all the fans except CPU's and GPU's.

 

[hunter315]

Flipping the PSU off isnt going to hurt anything, and considering you have no idea what its doing right now thats probably the least risky option you have. Just unplug the damn thing.

 

[lezschooch]

ok I found my problem ( i think) and i HATE MYSELF for it... i unplugged the CPU's 12v ATX connectors, now i can put this together again and pray that i didn't break anything

 

[ozanuyan]

Told you your PSU wasn't giving enough power.

 

[lezschooch]

thanks for all the help guys, i probably would have freaked out and actually broke something if it weren't for you.

 

[Kkkk1]

Cool only here to help