Question PC won't boot with GPU installed.

[David133]

So, i bought used R9 270X, and when i installed it, connected all perfectly and pressed the power button cpu cooler spinned for 1 second and gpu coolers just barely itched, however if i press the power button again litteraly nothing happens, coolers won't spin even itch... But when I plug out and plug in PSU cable it comes back to cpu spinning for 1 second and gpu coolers itching... I need to plug out and plug in PSU cable about 20-30 times so my pc sometimes boot but it is very rare, now I am typing from this PC, I dont want to turn it off because I know i will have to plug out and in PSU cable soo much times for PC to start working...
When I try to boot without GPU pc boots perfectly...
My specs:
H61M-DS2 4.0
i5-3470
8GB DDR3
R9 270X

Power supply is FORTRON 500W 80+ bronze

 

[laviniuc]

did you plug the power connectors to the graphics card?

 

[Rogue Leader]

PSU is garbage, likely too much current draw from the GPU when it starts up. Or the GPU is broken, I would test it in another system to be sure. But that PSU is still trash anyway.

 

[David133]

Of course i plugged the connectors.
So i should test another psu on this setup ?

 

[Rogue Leader]

Of course i plugged the connectors.
So i should test another psu on this setup ?

Another PSU would be a good choice, same wattage but not garbage brand.

If you can access another PC to test the GPU in also to be sure it works that would help too.

 

[spencer.cleaves2]

Seasonic makes good PSUs if you are looking for a good quality brand.

 

[David133]

My friend has CoolerMaster i will test it it is almost the same waltage

 

[Rogue Leader]

My friend has CoolerMaster i will test it it is almost the same waltage

Not the best but good enough for testing. When you can confirm its bad we can figure out what fits your budget for a replacement.

 

[David133]

So i've bee using this PC for gaming, when i got it to boot it would act normally with no problems but after couple of weeks it in the games it just crashes and some vertical lines appear sometimes i can get out of game sometimes i have to retard pc... Can this be caused by the bad psu

 

[MetallicMonk]

Yes I believe it can.

 

[Rogue Leader]

So i've bee using this PC for gaming, when i got it to boot it would act normally with no problems but after couple of weeks it in the games it just crashes and some vertical lines appear sometimes i can get out of game sometimes i have to retard pc... Can this be caused by the bad psu

That sounds like a bad GPU to me. But the PSU may be contributing to that. Most likely both need to be replaced, however since you can get your hands on a PSU to test I would recommend testing before spending money.