Hi, not sure if this is the right forum, couldn't find a "help" section. I've just bought a b-grade asus r9 280x from OC and fitted it once I got home but it's just not booting.
I've got an antec 550w PSU and have got the spare 6 pin cable out of the box to connect to the card, along with the PCI-e one that's already on there. Both the leds on the card light up green and the fans/hd run but just nothing on screen. Along with no beep on boot (usually just one beep).
I checked with a VGA cable instead of hdmi, tried plugging into TV too, still black screen. Checked the power consumption, it's 300w I think. I only have HDD plugged in (tried without too, no difference) so power should be ample.
There was no manuals/cables with the card so wasn't 100% I plugged power cables in, so I tried with just one six pin cable too, then it didn't boot but I got only one green led, the other was red. So if they're both green I take it it's powered up enough?
Plugged my old card back in and it boots no problem.
Any ideas? After a two hour drive I'm quite gutted
Cheers.
I've got an antec 550w PSU and have got the spare 6 pin cable out of the box to connect to the card, along with the PCI-e one that's already on there. Both the leds on the card light up green and the fans/hd run but just nothing on screen. Along with no beep on boot (usually just one beep).
I checked with a VGA cable instead of hdmi, tried plugging into TV too, still black screen. Checked the power consumption, it's 300w I think. I only have HDD plugged in (tried without too, no difference) so power should be ample.
There was no manuals/cables with the card so wasn't 100% I plugged power cables in, so I tried with just one six pin cable too, then it didn't boot but I got only one green led, the other was red. So if they're both green I take it it's powered up enough?
Plugged my old card back in and it boots no problem.
Any ideas? After a two hour drive I'm quite gutted

Cheers.