Hey all! Thanks for taking the time to read my cry for help! Lol.
I am extremely nooby when it comes to computers so please bare with me whilst I try to understand and make sense of everything.
I have an old Dell XPS 7100
Phenom 1035t
Whatever dell mobo that came with it and all other stock parts.
I recently picked up an MSI R7950 Twin Frozr3 3gb card from a private sale and brought it home and have had no luck with it.
My PSU is an ACBEL PC9004 - Which comes with two PCI-E 2x6 plugs, and the GPU requires a 6 and a 6+2 (I'll be buying the adapter tomorrow hoping it will help) but I read on some forums that the 2 pins werent integral to basic gpu operation and I should be able to still run it in VESA and update the drivers etc.
After removing all old drivers with DDU, removing old GPU and installing the 7950 using my 2 2x6 PCI-E cables, the 7950 does not seem to power on even. No fans, no lights, no display, nothing.
Did I buy a bad gpu?