[SOLVED] Boot Error "Please Power Down and Connect the PCIe Power Cable(s) for this Graphics Card"

[Jev Carti]

I just completed a build and when I boot up the PC, I get an error message that says "Please Power Down and Connect the PCIe Power Cable(s) for this Graphics Card".

I have tried the following steps with no luck:
-Tried different power supply
-Made sure that VGA cable is firmly plugged into power supply and that 8-pin and 6+2 pin connectors are firmly plugged into GPU.
-Took out and reinstalled GPU
-Tried different VGA cable

Still no luck

Specs are below:
-Ryzen 3950X
-ASUS ROG Strix X570- E Gaming Mobo
-MSI Geforce RTX 2080 SUPER GC
-64GB Trident Z Royal DDR4
-NZXT Kraken X63 AIO
-Gigabyte AORUS 2TB NVME SSD
-EVGA Supernova 750 P2 Power Supply

A separate issue I am having is that the AIO doesn't appear to be turning on (when I force into BIOS on start up, the "AIO PUMP" header displays as "N/A" even though my AIO is definitely connected. Not sure if this issue can be related to the graphics card issue.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Colif]

HAve you updated BIOS on motherboard?

Could be a bad card or bad motherboard. you would need to test card in another PC or use a similar GPU in PC to see which is cause.

sort of thing needs spare parts to test.

 

[ScyberMhaster]

I only encounter this problem when I forgot to connect the VGA Power Cables to the GPU.