Installing a new Graphics Card

[AxwellMix]

I'm replacing my old AMD HD Radeon 6670 with a New VTX AMD HD Radeon 7870 Tahiti LE. I've placed my new graphics into my computer (Plugged in cables for extra power), and booted it up, There isn't any display though even though I've plugged in the HDMI, and tried DVI. I don't know what the problem is, and unable to find an answer anywhere.

 

Specs:

Motherboard: Foxconn H61MXL/H61MXL-K

CPU: Intel i5 2nd gen 3.00ghz

Memory: 8GB DDR3

Monitor: Acer S240HL

[Tmh85]

Have you plugged in the power for the graphics card?

[AxwellMix]

Have you plugged in the power for the graphics card?

 

Yes. 2x PCI-E 6+2 pins?

[YaNeZ]

look if the graphics card is properly seated in the pcie slot, sometimes they are raised in the front and therefore you dont have a picture, can happen

[AxwellMix]

I've put it back in and tried, with your suggestion of checking if the front is raised and it isn't, for sure. The fan is spinning but still no display.

[HK_Rage]

Where in the hell did you get a 7870XT? They're pretty much out of stock everywhere I check.

[AxwellMix]

I bought it last year from Aria, who do actually have some in stock, If you're from the UK that is

[AxwellMix]

Bump

[Toxic.]

Bump

Plug the monitor into mobo video out. Install drivers and try again with gfx video out. Goodluck

[AxwellMix]

I've plugged my monitor into my motherboard VGA, but there isn't any picture for that.

[frustratedrocka]

I've plugged my monitor into my motherboard VGA, but there isn't any picture for that.

Try putting the old card back in, installing the drivers for the new card, then reinstalling the new card.

[TheRisingMyth]

I've plugged my monitor into my motherboard VGA, but there isn't any picture for that.

 

I would start thinking about investigating the issue on the monitor side, change your cable, and try also to plug it on another monitor/TV and see what happens.

 

If you have a handy UPS around and you happen to be able somehow to boot into your machine again, i would recommend pumping in a BIOS update, it increases compatibility with some GPUs in extreme cases.

[Cheesy]

Are the fans on the gpu spinning?

[AxwellMix]

I fixed the problem. Thanks for the help guys. I just needed to update my bios.