issues installing a 7770

[acrain92]

i just bought a asus dc 1g gddr5 7770 and now that i have tried installing it it wont show any display the monitor shows check video cable no matter what output i use that i can anyways i have tried hdmi and dvi-to hdmi adapter my monitor only has vga and hdmi inputs so cant check the display port or dvi i do have a 6pin to molex adapter on it that came from my saphire 7870 in my other pc and i noticed this vid card has a 2 led on the back of the pcb next to the 6pin plug led 1 is lit up green but led 2 is off completely

any thoughts guys?

 

[Godlygamer23]

The card may be dead.

[acrain92]

i hope not :(

[maD]

Have you tried the card in different systems?  If it happens on multiple systems its a bad card and you should get it RMAed or return it and get another one. 

[acrain92]

no my only other system fried in a lightning storm not too long ago

so i have no way of placing it in another system

[maD]

no my only other system fried in a lightning storm not too long ago

so i have no way of placing it in another system

How about a friends comp or if you go to school a computer in a lab?  Most likely it does seem that the card maybe dead. 

[Bluejay0]

Ask for DOA return since it might be dead :l

[acrain92]

gonna try some more with driver sweeper ect but pretty sure it is dead as im not even getting to see my bios with it installed or my psu isnt powering it enough because of only 1 of the leds lighting up next to the 6 pin plug i have a new psu on the way if it works then yay but if not ill know its dead for sure thanks guys

[maD]

gonna try some more with driver sweeper ect but pretty sure it is dead as im not even getting to see my bios with it installed or my psu isnt powering it enough because of only 1 of the leds lighting up next to the 6 pin plug i have a new psu on the way if it works then yay but if not ill know its dead for sure thanks guys

If you have a PSU at least at 450 watts you should be fine in that end.

[acrain92]

its only a 250w i had laying around that i stuck in it till my new one came could that be my problem cause its not even showing me the bios or anything i just figured i couldnt put a load on it till i got the new psu but that it would still work

[OneGun]

It's not enough power..

[samuel]

It's not enough power..

Wrong. For boot/desktop in needs like 10-20W.

[OneGun]

Wrong. For boot/desktop in needs like 10-20W.

Do you have proof of this.. I know my gpu and fans and cpu all run full speed when I boot.. It takes like 5 watts per case fan lol..My 3570k uses 50 watts by it self on idle lmao.

Plus there is not enough amps on the 12 volt rail on a 250 watt psu..

[acrain92]

ya it has a 14a max on the 12v rail of it its a liteon oem i pulled from my old hp

[OneGun]

ya it has a 14a max on the 12v rail of it its a liteon oem i pulled from my old hp

Ya you need more power bud..

[d33g33]

Does the board have onboard video? Pull the card out and see if it fires up, if it does, reseat the GPU and have another go, make sure all power plugs in the card are plugged in, a 250w PSU may not have the 6/8pins required. If it doesn't... PSU might be drawing too much on start up...

[acrain92]

yep hopefully its my psu cause i already bought a replacement that will be here in a few days and will save me the shipping of the rma of the vid card

 

and re-seating isnt working iv even pulled my system from the case and box mounted it too make sure my case wasnt the problem

also yes everything goes fine without the car installed and with it (except no display of course) on-board vid and my little amd 6570 and ati 4350 work fine but both of those dont require additional power from the psu

[acrain92]

well got my new psu today and no dice but it wasnt the real problem the problem is my mobo is pcie x16 1.1 and its a 3.0 card and ii was able to foind some one to let me test it in their rig and it works just fine

[Godlygamer23]

well got my new psu today and no dice but it wasnt the real problem the problem is my mobo is pcie x16 1.1 and its a 3.0 card and ii was able to foind some one to let me test it in their rig and it works just fine

PCI-E 3.0 cards are backwards compatible with PCI-E 1.0 and 2.0. Are you sure the slots are working properly on your board?

[acrain92]

yes i am i am still using my old 6570 in it witch is pci e 2.1 while i wait on my new mobo and idk but asus who made both the vid card and my mobo said 3.0 will not work on 1.0 it could just be their own built in limitation but im not sure all i know is i did validate what they told me when i tested it in 3 boards mine with 1.0 and 2 of a friends 1 with 2.0 and 1 with 3.0 and only time the card didnt work was on 1.0 also i think it goes card-wise 1 in 1  , 2 in 2 or 1   , 3 in 3 or 2 but slot-wise its fully back compatible is what they explained to me

[Godlygamer23]

Okay.

[acrain92]

i thought the same as you lol

 

Okay.

[Godlygamer23]

If it doesn't work, then it doesn't work.