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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: AzureKnight on April 17, 2015, 11:47:06 pm
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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?
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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.
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Looks like the ATI Radeon 4890 does need additional power via the PCIe power connectors on top (6 pins each):
(http://static.trustedreviews.com/94/4d3a9e/d9e7/10489-img9225.jpg)
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)
(http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachments/pcie6-2-jpg.57637)
Good luck!
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