MSI GTX1080 Gamming X causing beQuiet PSU E7-550W to not start

[Liviu]

Hi all,

I just bought an MSI GTX1080 Gaming X and when I fit the graphics card in, the PSU, beQuiet E7-550W doesn't start (even it's fan doesn't start). 
The motherboard is Gigabyte x58a-ud3r and when this happens, two small leds , yellow and green lit up on the mobo and stay solid, and nothing happens. Normally, without the MSI graphics card, with another graphics card (ASUS en210 silent), everything starts up normally, and a row of small leds lit up on the mobo, green and a few yellow and orange go solid for a few seconds, and then everything starts, cpu fan, etc.

I am suspecting a DOA (dead on arrival) graphics card, as it was grade A and it looks pretty dusty, even though I bought it from a reputable online retailer. It's also missing the large bottom plate, and I thought all MSI gaming X 1080s came with a bottom plate with the dragon logo.

 

Has anyone heard of an beQuiet 550W psu not being able to power up a gtx1080 ?? I highly doubt it, as I don't have anything else in the system, just one ssd, cpu I7 970 and 24G of RAM triple channel (6x4GB)

I have measured all the pins of the PSU and they all have the voltage. And if they wouldn't have voltage, I'd say that the GPU wouldn't start but the rest should. It's like the PSU goes into protect mode and the graphics card is shorting out something.

Any ideas?

Thanks a lot!
Liviu

[Jurrunio]

Possible that the card is basically shorting out the power connectors, tripping over current protection on the PSU.

 

RMA the card then?

[Liviu]

Update..

I noticed the connectors at the back are 1xdp 1xhdmi and 2x dvi. THIS IS A FREAK..ng gtx 970! I've been (and the retailer) conned!