Bought this from OCUK a few weeks back, took me a week before i was able to test it, and it simply wouldnt post.
I had a 750W PSU in there, tried an 800w which had just become free (before seeing the Min requirements were 500w) but that had no effect.
I asked a mate to give it a try overnight, a week later with a different mate trying it and it working fine, i got it back. I tried it in my server (i3 Z87/H87 cant remember!) which i hadnt considered as i'd been thinking power/wattage, and it works in there.
So, i tried the 600w Corsair PSU on my machine. Nope
Tried its DDR3 1600mhz RAM in my machine. Nope
Updated the bios. Nope (killed my OS though!)
So im left with 2 items in the machine which i havent removed, the mobo & CPU. Obviously it isnt going to be the CPU (i5 2500K) and i really dont see why it'd be the Mobo (P67).
While all of this is going on, the 270X fires up every time.
Can someone shed some light on possible issues, see if i can get the damn thing to work? Its almost 3wks now, so i cant even return it to OCUK for a refund, and for all intended purposes its £400 down the toilet until it powers up.
It shouldnt matter, but its the MSI 290X: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-238-MS
8+6 pin, ive tried their 6-to-8 pin adapter and the PSU's which have 8-pin ive tried with & without adapter.
I really dont want to have to buy a 1155 mobo when it appears to be working perfectly fine if my 270X is anything to go by, and dont need a CPU upgrade.
I had a 750W PSU in there, tried an 800w which had just become free (before seeing the Min requirements were 500w) but that had no effect.
I asked a mate to give it a try overnight, a week later with a different mate trying it and it working fine, i got it back. I tried it in my server (i3 Z87/H87 cant remember!) which i hadnt considered as i'd been thinking power/wattage, and it works in there.
So, i tried the 600w Corsair PSU on my machine. Nope
Tried its DDR3 1600mhz RAM in my machine. Nope
Updated the bios. Nope (killed my OS though!)
So im left with 2 items in the machine which i havent removed, the mobo & CPU. Obviously it isnt going to be the CPU (i5 2500K) and i really dont see why it'd be the Mobo (P67).
While all of this is going on, the 270X fires up every time.
Can someone shed some light on possible issues, see if i can get the damn thing to work? Its almost 3wks now, so i cant even return it to OCUK for a refund, and for all intended purposes its £400 down the toilet until it powers up.
It shouldnt matter, but its the MSI 290X: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-238-MS
8+6 pin, ive tried their 6-to-8 pin adapter and the PSU's which have 8-pin ive tried with & without adapter.
I really dont want to have to buy a 1155 mobo when it appears to be working perfectly fine if my 270X is anything to go by, and dont need a CPU upgrade.
