new psu

[TW]Sponge · 17 Oct 2010 at 14:05

hi guys my mate just got a new psu and now the monitor wont boot up, any ideas?

stulid · 17 Oct 2010 at 14:07

sponge999 said:
hi guys my mate just got a new psu and now the monitor wont boot up, any ideas?

wall socket switched on? psu power switch on the back on?

coltpython3 · 17 Oct 2010 at 14:12

do you mean the monitor wont turn on full stop? or wont turn on related to graphics card?

[TW]Sponge · 17 Oct 2010 at 14:14

yeh yeh everything is plugged in apparently, hes tried it in the gpu and motherboard and it just says no signal

VFM Addict · 17 Oct 2010 at 14:34

Re-seat the graphics card perhaps? Was it dislodged or dirt fallen in the pci-e slot during the psu fit?

[TW]Sponge · 17 Oct 2010 at 14:41

VFM Addict said:
Re-seat the graphics card perhaps? Was it dislodged or dirt fallen in the pci-e slot during the psu fit?

Yeh he removed it and put it back in, but the monitor wont power on from the mobo slot either so it cant be that.

VFM Addict · 17 Oct 2010 at 14:46

Any access to another monitor cable? Seen 'em go before myself. A long shot but possible. Another long shot but sometimes weird things happen so I'd clear the CMOS also. Battery out and short the jumper for 5 secs.

Hold on what gcard is it? PCI-e power cable(s)? I'm thinking that because why the need for a new PSU had he recently had a new gcard that needed more power?

[TW]Sponge · 17 Oct 2010 at 14:53

No his old psu broke yesturday. And he has a 9800gt green, cant seem to find any connector on the card for any power supply to plug into?

stulid · 17 Oct 2010 at 15:22

Its bus powered.

VFM Addict · 17 Oct 2010 at 15:22

Ah...... Where's the socket gone then? I'm 99.99% certain, IIRC, that the 9800GT needs a PCI-e power cable.

Sorry, stulid, I'm pretty certain you're not right on this one.

stulid · 17 Oct 2010 at 15:26

VFM Addict said:
Ah...... Where's the socket gone then? I'm 99.99% certain, IIRC, that the 9800GT needs a PCI-e power cable.

Sorry, stulid, I'm pretty certain you're not right on this one.

Im 100% certain the green edition is bus powered.

try looking at the specs of the card, I already have.

VFM Addict · 17 Oct 2010 at 15:29

My apologies, stulid, I missed the word, 'green', from the earlier post. You are totally correct. That'll teach me to speed read...

stulid · 17 Oct 2010 at 15:32

dont know what motherboard your mates got, but has he got all the ATX connectors plugged in? 24pin and either 4pin or 8pin?

ricky · 17 Oct 2010 at 15:45

What make was the old psu?If it just broke,it's possible that it has damaged some other components.

[TW]Sponge · 17 Oct 2010 at 15:50

Hi guys it is bus powered, he has it sorted now, thanks for the advice, it was just that he didn't have it in properly!