Pc wont start

[sampsonjacob98]

Installed a 1080 foudners today from a 970 and now my pc will not start with the PCI cables plugged into the 1080! Really stumped here!!

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

Double check to make sure you didn't accidentally unplug anything else.
Make sure you are plugging the GPU into the top most PCIe slot.
Double check that you have sufficient power. What is your PSU?
You say it won't turn on? as in when you press the power button nothing happens or it sort of starts but then stops?
What is your system specs in full?

 

[sampsonjacob98]

Double check to make sure you didn't accidentally unplug anything else.
Make sure you are plugging the GPU into the top most PCIe slot.
Double check that you have sufficient power. What is your PSU?
You say it won't turn on? as in when you press the power button nothing happens or it sort of starts but then stops?
What is your system specs in full?

turns on fine after i unplug the PCI cable. but yes not a thing happens when i press PB.
and my specs are i7 7700 4.2 , 16 gbs vengeance ram, asrock z270 sli/ac 1tb WB HDD 3 fans cpu liquid cooler and a 500b EVGA psu
so im assuming it may be low power/ not enough but i read other forums that said a 500 - 600 psu should be good enough for a single gpu?

 

[sampsonjacob98]

not sure if im connecting the PCI properly but i dont see how i could be lol its a 6 x 2 connection but im sure thats fine right?

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

as long as you are plugging in a total of 8pins whether it be an 8pin or a 6+2pin. And when I said to plug into the PCIe I was talking about the slot on the motherboard that the GPU goes into.

 

[sampsonjacob98]

yes i know that i tried the top port and bottom still nothing... i always ran my 970 on bottom port tho lol

 

[sampsonjacob98]

when i go to hit my power button theres a flash of its white light then nothing at all. no fans turning on or anything.

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

what cpu do you have?

 

[sampsonjacob98]

kabby lake i7 7700 4.2

 

[sampsonjacob98]

what cpu do you have?

would it be too low of power in cpu? because i tried it with my buddys 750W and his computer did not turn on either..

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

I was asking to confirm if you have integrated graphics or not. Unplug the GPU from the system and connect your HDMI or other video cable you are using into the motherboard IO then try to boot the system. If it works then it might be an issue with the card. if it boots then the next thing you want to do is confirm if it's the card or if something happened to the PCIe on the motherboard by plugging your previous card into the system and booting with it. If you can boot into windows without a GPU and with the 970 then it's the 1080 that's bad. Report back with your findings of what works and what doesn't.

 

[sampsonjacob98]

I was asking to confirm if you have integrated graphics or not. Unplug the GPU from the system and connect your HDMI or other video cable you are using into the motherboard IO then try to boot the system. If it works then it might be an issue with the card. if it boots then the next thing you want to do is confirm if it's the card or if something happened to the PCIe on the motherboard by plugging your previous card into the system and booting with it. If you can boot into windows without a GPU and with the 970 then it's the 1080 that's bad. Report back with your findings of what works and what doesn't.

Boots off integrated graphics and also boots fine with 970

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

Then your 1080 is bad.

 

[sampsonjacob98]

yeah card was a dud, put a new 1080 in it was good to go, thanks bud