Dead Radeon?

[MattPrime]

I recently was given an unboxed, untested Sapphire Radeon 7950 HD 3gb Dual-X (link) and I got around to testing it in my old rig. After installing the card (which was a squeeze in my crappy case) I powered up and all I got was a red glow from the "vga_led" on the P8P67 motherboard. I tried doing a CMOS clear but that didn't help at all.

 

I ran out of time for any further testing but I wonder if anyone here has seen or had similar issues and can give me some clues as to things try to maybe get this card going?

 

Full system specs are:

• Asus P8P67 PRO REV 3.1 Socket 1155 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
• Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache (not OC'd)
• G-Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX Memory Kit CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V
• Seagate 500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6Gb/s Barracuda Hard Drive 7200RPM 16MB
• CorsairTX 650W V2 PSU - 80plus Bronze Certified

[cj09beira]

you can try plug it in again, try another clot, and reconnect the power cables 

[MattPrime]

Hey, sorry, took ages to get back to read replies.

 

I did consider using a different slot as the P8P67 PRO motherboard does actually have 3 PCIE x16 slots for SLI or Crossfire setups. I didn't get a chance to actually try it out though as I had to move all my belongings into storage for a house move.

 

My immediate thoughts on this was that the motherboard might require a single video card to be in PCIE Slot 1 (marked as PCIEX16_1) unless two are being used in SLI/Crossfire mode, so if the card was installed in one of the other slots (PCIEX16_2 or PCIEX16_3) the motherboard will complain and not POST? Does anyone know if this is the case?

 

Here is a hi-res image of the motherboard for anyone who might need a reference: https://images.bjorn3d.com/Material/revimages/articles/Asus P67 preview article/P8P67 Pro/P8P67 PRO_2D_H_x.jpg