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On May 17 2011 10:22 SoKHo wrote:
Do you want me to post more pics of the top picture?
My video card is attached to the power supply by 2 6port cables.
Yep, I switched it to the video card after initially connecting to the mother board
No, I don't get a beep. My computer turns on, the blue lights come on, and when I press the dvd drive, it opens.
I haven't tried resetting the video card. I'll do that now and update you guys.
Thanks a bunch
Wait, you have your video card connected by 2 PCIE cables, you have your 4+4 hooked to the mobo by the CPU, and you still have something with 8 pins hanging around? I remember a discussion involving an 8 pin connector that wasn't attached to something, but I can't find any such cable off your PSU.
In either case, try reseating, if that doesn't work, test the rest of the build with another graphics card. If that does work, you need to return the new graphics card, if it doesn't, you probably need to return the motherboard.
And just to be sure, you do not have a connector from your case to the motherboard pins that say speaker, correct?
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Ya that's correct. 2 cables, 6 slot each. 4+4 on the mother board from power supply. The 8 pin is tied to the other non used cords.
Here are some pictures that are not used.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Bxd70.jpg)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/f958a.jpg)
Here is a better picture of the mother board:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/RIas0.jpg)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/yZ5Kw.jpg)
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I officially have no effing clue what 8 pin connector you're talking about. Your PSU has exactly 2 cables that could be considered 8 pins, and you should be using both from what you've said. If none of my other suggestions work, I'm out of ideas.
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@kkjustdie This site seems overpriced and poor selections in some areas but here's a list.
CPU: i5-2500k 189eu
mobo: Asus p8p67 119eu Really not many mobos to choose from on that site.
ram: Corsair XMS3 1333mhz 2x4GB Kit 90eu
gpu: Gigabyte GTX 560 OC Edition 195eu
HDD: Seagate Baracuda 1TB 55eu
SSD: Corsair Force 80gb SSD 164eu (they are sold out of the 60gb version)
psu: Cougar CM 550w PSU89eu There really is a poor selection to choose from here and I've never used a Couger PSU before but they seem to get good reviews.
optical: Samsung DVD/RW 27eu Can upgrade to a bluray player/burner if you need.
cooling: CM hyper 212+ 31eu
case: Antec 300 55eu Can always change to a diffrent looking or more expensive case.
Total: 1014eu
If you want to spend more we can upgrade your graphics card, possibly a better CPU cooler for more aggressive overclocking, but thats pretty much at the sweet spot of price/performance atm.
@Sokho it sounds like your PCI slot might be be DoA. Do you have another PC you can plug your video card into?
Also wtf is that adapter in the first picture? Is it single Molex > 8pin?
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didn't mymr say that the 8 pin connector shouldn't be used? I tried switching the video cards, but my video card won't fit. I'm lost to what I should do T_T
EDIT: that adapter is a molex to two 4pin connectors.
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For those of you building a new gaming rig, I might as well give info on my new rig that I put together last week. Thanks to SkyR and Myrmidon for your input.
My Build:
--Cooler Master HAF 912 (Intake Fans: 1 front, 1 side; Exhaust Fans: 1 upper rear, 2 top; all 120mm)
--i5 - 2500k (OCed to 4.5 with AsRock AutoClock Feature)
--AsRock P67 Pro3
--XigmaTek Gaia
--ASUS HD 6850 DirectCU (not OCed because it had no effect on SC2)
--Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
--2x2GB Kingston HyperX RAM
--OCZ ModXtreme Modular 600W (unnecessary wattage; I wanted to try modular and it was the cheapest I could find; happy so far; had to buy an extension cable to connect PSU to MOBO)
--Samsung DVD-RW
--Windows 7 HP 64bit
Got unlucky with the Graphics Card first time around. DOA from Newegg. RMA was successful and the new card works great. I ran a few tests on my system (3DMark and Prime95). Prime95s various torture tests (not extensive; only ran them for over an hour) could not push my OCed system beyond 80'C on any of the cores. Supplied voltage to the CPU never exceeded 1.38v. System is very quiet, very cool, and seems very stable.
As for SC2 I capped the frame rate to 75 which is my monitor's set max refresh rate (for some reason this caps SC2 at 62fps; I don't understand this but I don't care enough to figure it out). I can play at all Ultra settings in max 2v2 battles with ZERO fps drop. It stays at 62fps the whole time. Real Temp shows my comp to hovering in mid 40'C during game play. I'd give you 3v3 and 4v4 statistics, but I never play those.
I'm really happy with the system. Anyone building a new rig, if your intended build is comparable to or better than mine, I think you'll be quite happy. You can likely find deals to keep the cost pretty low as well. Not bad for a build that is in the $900 range.
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On May 17 2011 11:02 SoKHo wrote:
didn't mymr say that the 8 pin connector shouldn't be used? I tried switching the video cards, but my video card won't fit. I'm lost to what I should do T_T
Ok, if you can't test the PCIE slot with another GPU, then it could be either the PCIE slot or the GPU is dead and needs replaced. Return one or the other, if that doesn't fix it, return the other. Or do both at once, or something.
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Sokho on the video card how many slots are there for power? I'm looking at the picture on newegg and it looks like it has 2x6pin. But according to reviews it should only have a single 6pin connector.
*Edit* sorry its 2x6pins
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On May 17 2011 11:02 SoKHo wrote:
didn't mymr say that the 8 pin connector shouldn't be used? I tried switching the video cards, but my video card won't fit. I'm lost to what I should do T_T
EDIT: that adapter is a molex to two 4pin connectors.
Looked like Molex --> 2xFloppy
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het az0r, the video card has 2x6pin slots
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OK, so you have a 4+4pin that plugs in to your Mobo and 2x6pins for your video card and they are all plugged in?
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If I bought it @ newegg, I should just repackage the 2 parts and ship it back?
I might just buy a graphics card tomorrow at a microcenter and if that works I'm going to return the video card.
I just want to make sure it's nothing else :/
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On May 17 2011 11:09 Az0r_au wrote:
OK, so you have a 4+4pin that plugs in to your Mobo and 2x6pins for your video card and they are all plugged in?
Yup. the 4+4 pin is plugged in and 2x6 pin is also plugged in. The fan on the video card spins, so power is flowing.
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Ok, do you have another video card in that older PC you could plug into your new mobo to test it?
Also if the older card doesn't work could you try unplugging all video cards and testing the onboard graphics?
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On May 17 2011 11:10 SoKHo wrote:
If I bought it @ newegg, I should just repackage the 2 parts and ship it back?
I might just buy a graphics card tomorrow at a microcenter and if that works I'm going to return the video card.
I just want to make sure it's nothing else :/
If you can afford to do that, it isn't a horrid way to go about it. But yeah, you'll have to go through newegg's return policy to figure out how to go about it, I haven't had to return anything to them yet myself.
But yeah, the odds are incredibly stacked against it being anything but the PCIE slot or the graphics card at this point.
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yeah i mean if he has a graphics card he can plug into his new mobo instead of his new card into his old mobo
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my old pc (not custom built) was missing a graphics card is that possible? lol...
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On May 17 2011 11:16 Az0r_au wrote:yeah i mean if he has a graphics card he can plug into his new mobo instead of his new card into his old mobo
Well, if he did it backward to begin with, that wouldn't help much. And if by "doesn't fit" he's talking about incompatible slots, it wouldn't help diagnose where the problem is actually occurring anyway, because it wouldn't eliminate a variable. If he means physically doesn't fit, there's workarounds.
On May 17 2011 11:18 SoKHo wrote:
my old pc (not custom built) was missing a graphics card is that possible? lol...
Yeah, integrated graphics, they just suck. However, I'm getting utterly lost on how you've tried some of the things that have been suggested at this point, some things are contradictory.
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physically doesn't fit. I suppose I can detach the motherboard from the old pc and reattach it to my new case, but that would be soo much work T.T
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