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I have just purchased this GPU online, been trying for hours now getting a display out of it, without any success. Did just notice potential damage to the connector. 

 

The card still spins up with X2 6 pins connected, again. As the "damage" looks so clean I'm not too sure.

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Specs ? 

Do you have an i-gpu 

If you do

Display a picture with that and check if it's detected 

Just making sure 

How much did you buy this card for ?

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32 minutes ago, Jake03042000 said:

I have just purchased this GPU online, been trying for hours now getting a display out of it, without any success. Did just notice potential damage to the connector. 

 

The card still spins up with X2 6 pins connected, again. As the "damage" looks so clean I'm not too sure.

 

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That isn’t damage, all cards are like that.

 

The iGPU point is a valid one. Also, what machine is this going in? Also, being a ~10 year old card, I hope you got it for incredibly cheap.  

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The GTX 260 is 12 years old. Depending on the rest of your PC specs it may not be compatible, or it could be a dead card. I hope you didn't pay a lot for it.

Have you tried it in another computer?

Does your PC work without it installed?

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5 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

Specs ? 

Do you have an i-gpu 

If you do

Display a picture with that and check if it's detected 

Just making sure 

How much did you buy this card for ?

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-gtx-260.c217

 

PC - 

i5 3330

16GB DDR3

ASUS P8H61-M LX PLUS R2.0 LGA 1155

 

I will have to check regarding to the igpu I will have to make sure all drivers installed.

 

Did cost £18 I am able to get full refund if not fixable.

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1 minute ago, Jake03042000 said:

Update - it was £8

That seems too low for even a Tesla card .

Are you sure the listing did not say dead or something ?

4 minutes ago, Jake03042000 said:

will have to check regarding to the igpu I will have to make sure all drivers installed

Use the igpu 

And then check if the card is at least detected

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9 minutes ago, LIGISTX said:

That isn’t damage, all cards are like that.

 

The iGPU point is a valid one. Also, what machine is this going in? Also, being a ~10 year old card, I hope you got it for incredibly cheap.  

So the golden connector 2nd from last wouldnt have been damaged?

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1 minute ago, TofuHaroto said:

That seems too low for even a Tesla card .

Are you sure the listing did not say dead or something ?

Use the igpu 

And then check if the card is at least detected

This was purchase used and working from link below - https://uk.webuy.com/product-detail/?id=SGRAHG65DFS1&sku=SGRAHG65DFS1

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2 minutes ago, Jake03042000 said:

This was purchase used and working from link below

Do what I said above.

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Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

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55 minutes ago, Jake03042000 said:

So the golden connector 2nd from last wouldnt have been damaged?

No, thats how they are designed. All cards are like that. 

 

I guess for ~5 bucks, sure why not. It'll play games from 2010 to 2015 at low settings no problem, theoretically.

 

Assuming its not broken, it should work fine. It is old, but that doesn't matter. If you plug your monitor into the motherboard video out, can you at least install nvidia drivers? If that works, the driver installer is seeing the card which would be a very good sign. If that doesn't work, something isn't happy.

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