Used Msi 7950 frozr3 has no power at all.

[DonovanB]

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? 

[DonovanB]

Nobody gonna help?