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is my new 5770 broke(arrived today)

Meridiusuk said:
why not try the antec psu calculator

http://www.antec.outervision.com/

and see if it runs your system

hope it helps
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For a laugh I used that calculator to build a reasonable 4870 system (phenom x4, 2 hdd, dvd burner, the usual) - fully expecting the thing to recommend me a much bigger PSU than needed... and was pleasantly surprised.

It recommended 320w minimum :D

Course I wouldn't buy anything <400w myself, and normally I go for 500w for a gaming system. But for the average user, 450-550 is plenty.

700w should run most SLI setups and 1000w is just overkill for 95% of everyone.
 
You sure its seated correctly? Using one of those stupid dvi to VGA adaptors? Tried another output if avalible?
 
I small but unconfirmed observation browsing various forums is that these radeon 5 series cards dont seem very compatible with socket 939 systems.

Does the card at least show an error if no power is connected to the card ?
 
MadMatty said:
I small but unconfirmed observation browsing various forums is that these radeon 5 series cards dont seem very compatible with socket 939 systems.

Does the card at least show an error if no power is connected to the card ?
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right if i use onboard vga and try to boot with the card in i get nothing BUT if i unplug the 5770 power connection then try and boot it will boot to OS:confused:
 
Does device manager see it? Obviously loading windows from the onboard graphics, are there a bunch of yellow question marks next to it.
 
he there, quick way to flash the bios is under windows although there is a small risk if your pc crashes while doing it. make sure your not running any programs like games, more browsers etc. NO overclocking ;)

1. go to this page http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=224

2. click on live update online at the bottom of the page

3. follow the prompts and read carefully the instructions

hope this helps
 
Marklikestea said:
An obvious thing but easily overlooked, have you connected the 2nd half of the power supply plug ?, it's easy to overlook when pushing a six pin connector into an 8 pin hole. PSU plugs are split to accomodate both 6 and 8 pins cards
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Except the card only has a six pin connector. I know because I have the very same card.

And its useless :( Had it for three months and it hard locks in any game (on various mobo/cpu/psu combinations) and OCUK refused to RMA it. Tried a ton of fixes, various drivers etc.

My advice would be to reset bios, if it still doesn't post then RMA it and get something else.
 
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