Help....New GTX580 Not Working.

Grandpa Munster · 30 Jul 2011 at 19:57

Today I drove a 130 mile round trip to Overclockers to buy a few bits.

I bought myself the following,

Dell UltraSharp U2410 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor.
Asus GeForce GTX 580 Matrix 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card.
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8).

So I removed the drivers for my old graphics card, shut down the p.c. and then removed the power lead to my psu.

I removed old graphics card and memory modules. I then installed new memory sticks and new graphics card and switched p.c. on.

The new GTX 580 lit up and fans spin, but I'm not getting a picture on my old monitor.

I swapped new card for old card and now I have a working system.

Anyone got any ideas what could possibly be wrong?, I have lost heart now, I can't even be bothered to open the new monitor box.

bemaniac · 30 Jul 2011 at 19:58

I bet your psu doesn't have enough amps on the 12v rail. Try plugging different cables into it and the other way around etc. You got about 40A?

Grandpa Munster · 30 Jul 2011 at 20:13

PSU is a Thermaltake 750W Toughpower.

I think I should have got a new Corsair 1200W PSU.

bemaniac · 30 Jul 2011 at 20:17

It has 52A just juggle the cables around and it only is guaranteed to 650watts so maybe put the cpu back to stock and see if that helps. It's all on 1 12v rail tho so cable positioning might not be the issue. Try resetting your bios pins on the motherboard to reset settings back to stock. Gpu only uses ''Subjective obtained GPU power consumption = ~ 248W'' in the review for the matrix

Jokester · 30 Jul 2011 at 20:21

750W is more than adequate, sounds like the card is duff to be honest.

Grandpa Munster · 30 Jul 2011 at 20:27

Nothing on my p.c. is overclocked, so have nothing to set back to stock.

I think I will try another power cable from the PSU with the 8 pin adaptor supplied.

bemaniac · 30 Jul 2011 at 20:32

The card might be broken if that doesn't work. You got another friend with a pc you can try it in? Plus are you using a fully wired dvid cable

Grandpa Munster · 30 Jul 2011 at 20:42

DVI cable is working.

Nelly · 30 Jul 2011 at 20:51

I'm guessing you have both the 8 pin and 6 pin PCI-E connectors from the PSU to the GTX 580 right?

Surveyor · 30 Jul 2011 at 21:33

Try putting the old RAM back in.

Swapping two different components at the same time isn't a good idea as you don't know which one is causing the problem.

Grandpa Munster · 30 Jul 2011 at 22:42

All sorted, I'm officially an embarassed div.

Jokester · 30 Jul 2011 at 22:44

What did you do/didn't do?

Cleeecooo · 30 Jul 2011 at 22:44

Jokester said:
What did you do/didn't do?

turn it on from the wall

Ginger-Menace · 30 Jul 2011 at 22:46

face plam moment lol glad u sorted it lol

jorzeh · 30 Jul 2011 at 22:48

Haha, I'm guessing he didn't plug both the PCIE cables in, Gratz on your new 580, I'm thinking of selling my HIS 6970 from my spare computer for a maxtrix 580Gtx, I've really gone off ATI lately.

Nat.

bemaniac · 30 Jul 2011 at 22:50

heh hell I wanna know what you didn't do. I was concerned for a bit because I hate it when something new appears to be faulty. However if it is something really silly I will lol @ you. If you had your monitor on component or something be banished! ps matrix takes up 3 slots be careful if you fancy bumping it upto sli when it becomes oldskool

Cleeecooo · 30 Jul 2011 at 22:52

jorzeh said:
Haha, I'm guessing he didn't plug both the PCIE cables in, Gratz on your new 580, I'm thinking of selling my HIS 6970 from my spare computer for a maxtrix 580Gtx, I've really gone off ATI lately.

Nat.

Not worth it mate

Get a cheaper 580 if you must upgrade

Grandpa Munster · 30 Jul 2011 at 23:12

bemaniac said:
heh hell I wanna know what you didn't do. I was concerned for a bit because I hate it when something new appears to be faulty. However if it is something really silly I will lol @ you. If you had your monitor on component or something be banished! ps matrix takes up 3 slots be careful if you fancy bumping it upto sli when it becomes oldskool

My mobo will only support cross fire, so if I want to SLI it will be a new mobo aswell. Case is a Corsair Obsidian 800D, so no problems there.

And, as I'm normally the first person to hold their hand up when they are wrong or do something wrong I will admit to what I have just done.

I'm working on the floor in the dark, swapped the card and plugged the two 6 pin power cables in. This card needs two 8 pin power cables. Thanks Nelly.

Cleeecooo · 30 Jul 2011 at 23:16

BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHh
Glad you got it sorted

Nelly · 31 Jul 2011 at 02:21

Grandpa Munster said:
And, as I'm normally the first person to hold their hand up when they are wrong or do something wrong I will admit to what I have just done.

I'm working on the floor in the dark, swapped the card and plugged the two 6 pin power cables in. This card needs two 8 pin power cables. Thanks Nelly.