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      fher98 last edited by

      Hi everyone…

      I feel like a dumb *ss for posting this… but really I need help. Here goes my story…

      I wanted something to play around with FTC… so a month ago I got a 6950 for and old computer. Well after all the tunning I got the card to do 250’s with I=12, why such a low Intensity? well the PSU on that rig cant handle it and the PC just turns off with anything higher.

      I needed something more…

      So finally after some advice from around here I got a ASRock MB-970EX4, 8gis of corsair ram, a Vapor 7950 and a 1250 corsair PSU. Installed the CPU in + heatsink, connected the PSU to the ATXPower on the MOBO and to the 7950. I want to use an USB for the OS so no harddisk here, RAM into the white banks… then I turn it on with the button on the Mobo… all the fans start going, and the monitor just goes to sleep.

      It doesnt look like anything got screwed at shipment… so am I missing something?

      thanks

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        Aldanga last edited by

        Did you connect the CPU power pin to the motherboard?

        If not, reseat the RAM and see if it boots. Then try different slots and alternate sticks until you can get something working. If all else fails, reseat the CPU.

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          zythen Regular Member last edited by

          Hook up a speaker too if you have one. You may be missing error beeps that will hint for an issue.

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            fher98 last edited by

            [quote name=“Aldanga” post=“11964” timestamp=“1370821760”]
            Did you connect the CPU power pin to the motherboard?

            If not, reseat the RAM and see if it boots. Then try different slots and alternate sticks until you can get something working. If all else fails, reseat the CPU.
            [/quote]

            I bet thats it… I really hope so! Gonna read where is it and write back any findings… thanks.

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              Nutnut Regular Member last edited by

              [quote name=“Aldanga” post=“11964” timestamp=“1370821760”]
              Did you connect the CPU power pin to the motherboard?
              [/quote]

              Good call.

              Also if using HDMI, try to swap it for DVI. I have a couple of card/mobos that wont boot with HDMI until the bios is set properly.

              Shouldn’t the RAM be in the blue slots?

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                fher98 last edited by

                [quote name=“Nutnut” post=“11992” timestamp=“1370825148”]
                [quote author=Aldanga link=topic=1462.msg11964#msg11964 date=1370821760]
                Did you connect the CPU power pin to the motherboard?
                [/quote]

                Good call.

                Also if using HDMI, try to swap it for DVI. I have a couple of card/mobos that wont boot with HDMI until the bios is set properly.

                Shouldn’t the RAM be in the blue slots?
                [/quote]

                Well im using the little converter for DVI. I tried the RAM in the blue ones too… no luck :-( also I read in the booklet installation that in the white ones they get priority.

                Im still finding out where that pin is

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                  sl1982 last edited by

                  Its normally a 4 or 8 pin connector on the motherboard

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                    Nutnut Regular Member last edited by

                    looks like one of the pci power sockets like on your graphics cards.

                    it will most likely be 4pin. The psu should have an 8 pin plug that splits in half with black and yellow cables only. It will possibly have a label of “CPU”

                    Socket should be near the CPU.

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                      fher98 last edited by

                      Found on the little manual where the pin was… nowadays is an eight pin. As soon as I got to work went and plug the thing in… everythin worked :-)

                      thank you

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                        Nutnut Regular Member last edited by

                        Bravo!! ;D

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                          Aldanga last edited by

                          Glad to hear you got it sorted. :)

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                            Davereplicant Regular Member last edited by

                            I had a similar experience with an Asrock Mobo.
                            No signal from my ati 5860 card
                            I had to update the bios to get any display signal.
                            Once the bios was flashed I had a working system- I sent one card back before I figured this out!
                            Getting the correct open cl drivers loaded to successfully mine was another story.

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