PSU HELP gpu not spinning

[Matriox]

I have the Sapphire R9 290x(Tri-x) OCed edition and I bought a 900w PSU thinking i needed that much but I wired it 10 different ways and found out only my motherboard is giving my gpu power AND NOTHING ELSE so I figured my PSU was rated bad so I went ahead and bought a thermal take TR2 RX(80+ Bronze), I tried all setups and still NOTHING...So My question is it my gpu? or my power supply? If my power supply what PSU should I get?Thanks

[Yummychickenblue]

How high of a wattage is the new PSU?

[PhantomChevron]

Maybe the GPU connector on the GPU itself is faulty?

[Asidhunter101]

750W would run this card, so i doubt its a PSU issue, have you reseated the GPU? if so check other connections on your mother board such as RAM. if in doubt reseat your RAM as well. i had a similar issue once only to find id installed a RAM  stick not supported by my mobo, changed this out and everything started up fine.

 

Like i said check everything is seated correctly, if it is the GPU may be a bad.

[killers993]

Sounds like a bad gpu to me.

[ColourShift]

It's the GPU not the PSU OR the GPU Connectors. 

[nj4ck]

750W would run this card, so i doubt its a PSU issue, have you reseated the GPU? if so check other connections on your mother board such as RAM. if in doubt reseat your RAM as well. i had a similar issue once only to find id installed a RAM  stick not supported by my mobo, changed this out and everything started up fine.

 

Like i said check everything is seated correctly, if it is the GPU may be a bad.

actually, 550W will run it just fine.

 

I have the Sapphire R9 290x(Tri-x) OCed edition and I bought a 900w PSU thinking i needed that much but I wired it 10 different ways and found out only my motherboard is giving my gpu power AND NOTHING ELSE so I figured my PSU was rated bad so I went ahead and bought a thermal take TR2 RX(80+ Bronze), I tried all setups and still NOTHING...So My question is it my gpu? or my power supply? If my power supply what PSU should I get?Thanks

Most likely the issue is not your PSU. Also, how did you wire it 10 different ways? It should be simple, install the card in the PCI-E slot, plug in the 6-pin and 8-pin power connectors and that should be it. What exactly did you do?

[Asidhunter101]

actually, 550W will run it just fine.

 

I was just going off sapphire "Requirements"

[Asidhunter101]

What exactly did you do?

 

^ This, i am worried about this as well

[nj4ck]

I was just going off sapphire "Requirements"

yeah, those are always super-exaggerated. I think they do that so that people who buy cheap chinese PSUs that say 750W but in reality only have 400W can still run it :lol:

[Matriox]

actually, 550W will run it just fine.

 

Most likely the issue is not your PSU. Also, how did you wire it 10 different ways? It should be simple, install the card in the PCI-E slot, plug in the 6-pin and 8-pin power connectors and that should be it. What exactly did you do?

10 was exaggerating but i had other adapter cords so about 6 or 8  

[Matriox]

How high of a wattage is the new PSU?

750w

[nj4ck]

10 was exaggerating but i had other adapter cords so about 6 or 8  

In that case you might as well prepare to RMA the card.

[Matriox]

In that case you might as well prepare to RMA the card.

Yeah I figured that

[Asidhunter101]

Yeah goodbye Graphics card, two PSU failing so highly unlikely, i would RMA that card

[nj4ck]

Yeah goodbye Graphics card, two PSU failing so highly unlikely, i would RMA that card

If you can, try using it in a different system first. Or use a different GPU with your motherboard. I say this because I've seen motherboards with broken PCI slots, very unlikely, but it does happen.

[Matriox]

If you can, try using it in a different system first. Or use a different GPU with your motherboard. I say this because I've seen motherboards with broken PCI slots, very unlikely, but it does happen.

I have a R7 260x coming in soon i'll try that and get back to you if it works. thanks

[Matriox]

Yeah goodbye Graphics card, two PSU failing so highly unlikely, i would RMA that card

I'm trying to RMA it hopefully they will take it back or $650 down the drain  :unsure:

[Asidhunter101]

i've managed to break a PCI slot when building, got a bit heavy handed reseating parts when it wouldnt post.

[Asidhunter101]

I'm trying to RMA it hopefully they will take it back or $650 down the drain  :unsure:

 

Just be honest with them if they ask why, you've tried all the normal trouble shooting methods so i can't see why they would deny the RMA

[Strider]

Yeah, like most others have said, do the RMA on the card.

 

Also, I feel the need to point out that if you were swapping modular cables between different PSUs, that's not a good idea. They are not all wired the same so not all of the modular cables are compatible with all modular PSU's, even if they fit. Unless you were talking about using molex to PCIe power adapters, then that's fine.