Think I killed my PC!

[lordmullin]

While installing a new GPU, I had to unplug a few things.... then after putting them beck where i THINK they should go, nothing works. The power doesn't come on, the fan, nothing... I can see the red light telling me power is getting thru.
Help!
Thank you.

 

[Smawell]

Where is the red light coming from? ie. the case, mobo, psu? Try disconnecting the graphics card and powering up without it. You my have also lost a screw somewhere in the system, possibly behind the mobo therefore causing a short. There's a whole slew of things that could go wrong when installing a new component. We need more info about your system as well.

 

[Deemo13]

Did you plug in the 4/8 pin power connector at the top left of the motherboard (or bottom right if mounted upside down)

Also, what are your specs?

 

[lordmullin]

Thanks Guys - I'll have to do some checking & come back with some specs...!

 

[lilpopjim]

Your GPU might be a little bit too beefy for your system or you have a faulty PSU. As SMAWELL pointed out you could of accidentally dropped something or something crawled behind your mobo shorting it out against the back plate!

 

[Deemo13]

What are the rest of your specifications?

 

[gbumoon]

It would be very helpful if you could take a photo of your computer. Much easier to troubleshoot if we can see what we're working with.

 

[lordmullin]

Thank you everyone - I just needed to look a lot harder! There a couple of tiny 2-pin plugs that were evidently on the wrong pins, just millimetres away...!
I'm now back up & running - but with the old lower-spec GPU.
When I put the new bigger one in, it all powered up nicely, but nothing came up on screen.
I put the old card back in and bingo!
So I'll have to assume the GeForce 9600 is too hot for my system:
XP SP3
Pentium Dual 2.5GHz CPU
2 GHz RAM

As for the motherboard & chipset (still learning what's what, by the way) I've no idea.

Is there a particular hardware combo that the GeForce 9600 prefers?

Thanks chaps - in reading all your responses, I stuck with it and kept going back to it to look afresh.

 

[lilpopjim]

Ahhh Glad to hear you kind of sorted it out! That set-up sounds fine!

May i ask what power supply you currently have? Because it does sound like the 9600 requires too much power. Power which you can't provide!

 

[lilpopjim]

Ahhh Glad to hear you kind of sorted it out! That set-up sounds fine!

May i ask what power supply you currently have? Because it does sound like the 9600 requires too much power. Power which you can't provide!

 

[lordmullin]

Thanks Jim! That would make sense... I don't know what power supply is in there at the moment, but I wouldn't know how to remove & replace, so I'll take it in to my local PC Wizard - much safer in his hands!
Thanks again to everyone - much appreciated.
Tim.

 

[lilpopjim]

The names Lewis by the way But good cm with the pic! Happy to of helped