8800gt problem

[The_Dark_Side]

Basically, I bought an 8800GT from the bay of E (used) and it doesn't seem to be working. Switch the machine on and I get nothing on my screen, and also the reset button doesn't work leaving me to hold down the power buttong to shut down. So, I'm guessing that it's locking the sytem up for some reason. I'm just wondering if I have enough juice to run it.

Basic system with one optical drive, one HD, Corsair HX520.
Any thoughts?

 

[The_Dark_Side]

I am a bit vague with nvidia requirements but I would have thought that would easily be enough juice to run your card. Do you have several drives, stuff that ? That'll take its toll.

No mate.
C2D chip, 2 sticks of Ram. 1 HD 1 optical. I even use onboard sound, lol.

 

[The_Dark_Side]

I ran 8800GT SLi with a Corsair 520 so I'm guessing its not that. Try reseating it and checking the power cable that goes into the back of the card.

I forgot to add that the GPU cooler fan is spinning up, but absolutely no screen output at all.

 

[The_Dark_Side]

Let us know how you get on.

Just got home from a friends place and the card works in his machine.
Will have to try a different power cable and reseat the card tomorrow in mine as there's obviously some kind of problem with my system.