[RYMC]

Hi there, earlier my pc died on me, it turned off and when I tried to turn it back on, it wouldn't. I took the side off the case unplugged everything, reset cmos then plugged it all back in. Still the same problem. The green light does appear on the motherboard. When I unplug the two 6 pin connectors from the card the system will power up but not display to the screen, but when they're connected it wont even turn on, the CPU, PSU and GPU fans do seem to try and spin for a brief second the first time i try to power on but after that nothing. I've tried using a different graphics card in my rig and that works fine. (GeForce 210)

So what i'm wondering is has the PSU just messed up so it can't power the graphics card, or has my card died.

My system is

i5 760
Asus p7p55 lx
4gb crosair 1600mhz
Gtx 460 - 768mb point or view
Atrix 720W

Any help would be greatly appriciated, thanks in advance

Ryan

 

[RYMC]

Hi there, earlier my pc died on me, it turned off and when I tried to turn it back on, it wouldn't. I took the side off the case unplugged everything, reset cmos then plugged it all back in. Still the same problem. The green light does appear on the motherboard. When I unplug the two 6 pin connectors from the card the system will power up but not display to the screen, but when they're connected it wont even turn on, the CPU, PSU and GPU fans do seem to try and spin for a brief second the first time i try to power on but after that nothing. I've tried using a different graphics card in my rig and that works fine. (GeForce 210)

So what i'm wondering is has the PSU just messed up so it can't power the graphics card, or has my card died.

My system is

i5 760
Asus p7p55 lx
4gb crosair 1600mhz
Gtx 460 - 768mb point or view
Atrix 720W

Any help would be greatly appriciated, thanks in advance

Ryan

 

[hokeyplyr48]

Only thing I can say is process of elimination. Try using that card in another computer, or try using another PSU. Right now those two components are unknown.

 

[ocpokey]

Lil more info on what model your PSU is? I'm not familiar with atrix, though the quicky search turned up a very outdated platform (was a 500W model that had 50A on the 5V, and 15A on the 12V

).

My guess would be that your card is no good, but you should test it in another rig obviously. But the nonameness of your PSU is very suspect.

 

[allikat]

Definitely sounds like a suspected dead PSU, have you had it long? If it's more than a year or 2 old, a cheap PSU like that will be on the edge of dead already.
Keep the 460 out of it for now, and get a new PSU quick. Even if the old one isn't dead, it will be soon, and it may well take the rest of your computer with it.

Look for Antec TPN-550 or 650, Corsair TX/HX/TXv2 in the 500-650 power output ranges. There are many other well worth considering, like the XFX Core/Pro and XXX editions in the 500-650w output range that will do a fine job of running your machine.

 

[Cyrious]

do you have another card requiring the PCI-E power connector? use that card and see. If it works, then the 460 is dead. If it doesnt, your power supply is bad.

if you dont, load up the power supply as much as possible with the 210 in. Drop in hard drives, power hungry fans, anything to attempt to simulate the power draw of the 460. If it does not work, then its the power supply, if it does work, then its the 460.

 

[leopold1985]

Try to run the 460 in a friends rig, that will clear it up.

 

[scrotes]

sounds like the psu to me just go out to best buy and borrow one of theirs and then return it that what i always do to test out psu's

 

[RYMC]

Thanks for the replys guys...
here's my PSU http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&q=atrix+psu&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=16381689194570565446&sa=X&ei=Y0KiTai6IpCGhQeU1_Vj&ved=0CDMQ8wIwAg#

I've got another PSU but its only 250w I bodged up 2 6 pin connectors to it and tried, but no luck. I also tried running Just the graphics card on the 250w but still no luck.. i think its my graphics card now tbh unless the 250W PSU isnt enough to power just the 460

Guess i'll just have to try another PSU just to be sure

 

[PapaSmurf]

First off, it's quite possible that the 250 watter doesn't have enough power on the 12v rail to power the card by itself, doubtful that it could power up your system, especially if it's a cheapie or an older unit with most of it's power on the 5 and 3.3 v rails. Without knowing more about who made that Atrix PSu it's difficult to know how good it is. Can you post a shot of the label on the side of both PSU's so we can get a sense of what we are dealing with here? That link tells us absolutely nothing useful about the Atix except it's an inexpensive unit. If we can see the label we might be able to identify who made it and the build quality based on the numbers that will hopefully be on it.

 

[Videocardshop]

Hi RYMC. As others have said it would help to have the card tested in a different system and possibly a different graphics card (which needs the external power) tested in yours.

Videocardshop.

 

[gonX]

Please do not post multiple threads on the same issue. One is enough.