HELP!!

[simonhutchin666]

Right so i just got my HIS Radeon X1950 Pro and new power supply HX520W Cosair. Now the problem i got is that when the X1950 Pro is in place my computer wont boot up, the fan on the g-card is spining but i just get a black screen ?! now im using my XL800 at the moment, can anyone help me ?

 

[simonhutchin666]

Do you mean the 6-pin PCI express cable?

 

[simonhutchin666]

Yep tryed both DVI ports. Im wondering if the voltage is set right on PSU? or that my drivers for PCI express arent the right ones?

 

[simonhutchin666]

To add also with the new card in after 5-10 secs the motherboard alarm makes a noise?

 

[simonhutchin666]

Nope stock settings. Ive tryed upping the frequency to 110mhz and the alarms are still going off im really not sure what to do now, thought it would be pretty straight foward. So ive got a brand new g-card sitting not doing much, its wierd when i boot up a little red light on the g-card card flashes then goes off and the fan still spins so surely the card is working?

 

[simonhutchin666]

Sadly im unable to do that, as i i live in the middle of no-where and recently moved lol anyways can anyone else not think what it could be or me just being stupid and doing something wrong?

 

[simonhutchin666]

Yeah i have a 6pin PCI- E connector from the PSU to the card. now whats wierd is that the PC is booting up (I can hear the hard-drive working as if its loading windows) but i get nothing on the screen and as i said before the FAN on the G- card is spinning. Dont know if this helps ? could it be my mobo? maybe re installing drivers for the Mobo or should i uninstall the old g-card drivers? (which are ati one's still)

sy

 

[simonhutchin666]

What error beeps does it make eventually?

As the previous dude said, if you have another 6-pin pci-express cable in your psu, try that. If not, and and see if your graphics card came with a 2x4pin molex connector to 1x6pin pci-e connector, and try that instead.

Something like this:

It wouldn't be drivers or anything yet so no need to worry about that untill you can get into windows properly.

Yep the Molex came with the G-card and i have tried both and get the same problem. When i boot up i get 10 quick *beeps* and then they stop pc still runs but black screen, but twice out of about 10 restarts the fan on the g-card stopped the rest of the time it was moving (doubt that means anything) also i noticed if i didnt have the 6 pin PCI-E cable plugged in to the card the red light stayed on, but when in of course flashes once but then stays off. i am very confused and doubting the worse

 

[simonhutchin666]

Bump

 

[simonhutchin666]

Hi,

Just had a very similar problem with an SLI 650i board not wanting to run with a single card.

The fix was to go into the BIOS and load failsafe defaults, save and shutdown.

change card

Then all was well

*Failsafe settings* where would i see this in the BIOS? Im about to change PCI-E freq as stated above. I'll post my motherboard also http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=939S56-M

 

[simonhutchin666]

/cry right so now i reset the the CMOS like the manual said for my mobo....and i get sweet F all im my screen EVEN with the old g-card i had been using to talk to you guys with lol (im now using the laptop) also im unable to turn it off from the on/off button at the front, only way of turning it off is by the PSU switch at the back arghhh what a nightmare

Sy

 

[simonhutchin666]

Everything works fine now with the old g-card in me just being stupid anyways ive come to the conclusion that either the new card is bugged or it just simple doesnt like my motherboard? (and still makes alarm sounds) now if thats the case or if anyone can think of anything else ? the what should i do?

Sy