5870 help

[ben90]

I've just purchased a Powercolour 5870 and installed it, however nothing is showing up on my screen.

I am a total noob with graphics cards as everythings moved on since I was into computers, but I have a sneaky suspicion its because it needs 2 PCI connectors where as im ony using one - could this be the problem? It only came with the card itself, and I only have one PCI express connector, so if needs be, what cable would I need from here?

Specs if it helps-

MSI p55-GD65
4gig G.skill 1600mhz
OCZ modstream 480w
Powercolour 5870
i5 750

Thanks a ton

 

[BigBruiserAl]

yep 5870 needs 2 6pins, you can get molex adapters if you only have 1 pci cable

 

[ben90]

yep 5870 needs 2 6pins, you can get molex adapters if you only have 1 pci cable

Cheers, so something like this?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-033-OK

 

[pooley]

Yep one of those..

 

[ben90]

Thanks for the swift replies.