I recently had my EVGA Geforce GTX 560 graphics card fry on me for reasons unknown. It was under warranty so I called EVGA and they sent me a replacement. I don't know why (maybe because they don't manufacture the GTX 560 anymore?) but the replacement they sent is a Geforce GTX 950. I installed the graphics card and booted up, and absolutely nothing happened. I use a 32" LG HDTV as my monitor, and it was acting as if nothing was connected. I could hear my Windows boot up through my speakers however. I tried switching the card to a different PCIe slot with the same result.
One big difference I noticed was that the GTX 950 uses an 8-pin PSU connector whereas the GTX 560 used two 6-pin connectors, and my Diablotek power supply only has one natural 8-pin connector which is connected to my motherboard, other than that it just has 2 of the 6+2 pin connectors. I also called EVGA and the only solution they had for me was to update my BIOS. My motherboard is an ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0. Here are my system specs after running dxdiag:
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System Information
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Time of this report: 12/1/2015, 16:33:10
Machine name: MIKE-PC
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 10586) (10586.th2_release.151112-1900)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: To be filled by O.E.M.
System Model: To be filled by O.E.M.
BIOS: BIOS Date: 01/06/14 14:17:13 Ver: 04.06.05
Processor: AMD FX(tm)-8320 Eight-Core Processor (8 CPUs), ~3.8GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8090MB RAM
Page File: 2180MB used, 14102MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: 11.1
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
Miracast: Not Available
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DxDiag Version: 10.00.10586.0000 64bit Unicode
Please help, I'd really rather not have to wait for another graphics card to be delivered, although I have started another RMA claim in case they just sent me a faulty graphics card.
One big difference I noticed was that the GTX 950 uses an 8-pin PSU connector whereas the GTX 560 used two 6-pin connectors, and my Diablotek power supply only has one natural 8-pin connector which is connected to my motherboard, other than that it just has 2 of the 6+2 pin connectors. I also called EVGA and the only solution they had for me was to update my BIOS. My motherboard is an ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0. Here are my system specs after running dxdiag:
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System Information
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Time of this report: 12/1/2015, 16:33:10
Machine name: MIKE-PC
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 10586) (10586.th2_release.151112-1900)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: To be filled by O.E.M.
System Model: To be filled by O.E.M.
BIOS: BIOS Date: 01/06/14 14:17:13 Ver: 04.06.05
Processor: AMD FX(tm)-8320 Eight-Core Processor (8 CPUs), ~3.8GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8090MB RAM
Page File: 2180MB used, 14102MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: 11.1
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
Miracast: Not Available
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DxDiag Version: 10.00.10586.0000 64bit Unicode
Please help, I'd really rather not have to wait for another graphics card to be delivered, although I have started another RMA claim in case they just sent me a faulty graphics card.
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