Hardware help - No Signal

[AzureKnight]

I bought an ATI Radeon 4890 on eBay to pair up with my Wells Gardner monitor.

My computer is a Dell Dimension 8400, it had a GeForce 6800.

I plugged in the new video card, connected it to the monitor via a DVI to VGA converter and computer's fan kicked on top speed and I got a no signal out.  As far as I can tell the video card isn't even on.

I read that the power supply I had (L350N-00 - 350W) was too week to power the video card so I bought a Corsair CX 600, hooked it all up and the same thing happened.

Anyone have any thoughts?  Did I just get a dead video card? 

[eds1275]

Well, I won't be any help, but I bought a video card the other day and had to buy a bigger power supply to run it. Made me mad.

Did the video card require added power? I hadn't bought one since my old nVidia TNT2 and was surprised to learn my new one needed it's own power connection.

[DeLuSioNal29]

Looks like the ATI Radeon 4890 does need additional power via the PCIe power connectors on top (6 pins each):


The fan on the video card itself should spin up regardless once everything is plug into the card.  If it's not then it's not getting proper power.
Your older L350N-00 - 350W power supply does NOT have those additional PCI-e power connectors needed.  The new Corsair CX 600 does.
They look like this:  (some may be 8 pin connectors, but they snap apart to make 6 or 4 pin connetors)


Good luck!

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