Asus GTX260 896mb problem

[Jonnyb]

Hi there,

I just bought a asus gtx 260 896mb GPU and have attemtped to install it into my pc. It all fits fine and everything however when I go to turn the pc on, nothing shows on the monitor, not even a flick of light.

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Hope you guys have some answers.

Jonny

 

[MoRT489]

u only have one power connector plugged into the card, u need to plug in another one right next to it.

 

[Jonnyb]

I did think that however there is only 1 spare cable to plug into the card and dont i need 2?

 

[MoRT489]

only one spare molex connector u mean or only one molex to PCI-e adaptor with the card?

 

[Jonnyb]

Molex connector.

 

[Calneon]

It looks like you've used a Molex to PCI-E adaptor for one of the sockets, there should be a cable that plugs straight from your PSU into the PCI-E power socket on your GFX card. It should have come with your PSU.

 

[MoRT489]

unless it's a very old PSU, in which case u will either need to free up another molex somehow or try a six pin converter just plugged into one molex and see if it is enough power.

If ur using a molex to run fans or HDD this could be split as they require far less power than a gfx card, thereby freeing up a connector for the PCIe adaptor. for example do u actually need the floppy drive?

 

[Jonnyb]

Ok what I did was take a Molex out of one of my cd drives that was not needed and used that for the card. Now it works fine, thanks a lot guys!

Jonny

 

[MoRT489]

You're welcome, enjoy