Problem with R9 280x

[mysticalsoap]

Specs:

Acer B243w Monitor
Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Mushkin ECO2 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card
Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Okay so I've recently built my first PC and I've run into some trouble with my graphics card. When I connect it with my power supply and start up the computer my monitor says "no signal". After I start the computer with it unplugged (which works fine) and plug it in the two fans will start running but the computer doesn't seem to recognize the card at all.

I've tried a number of fixes including:

Downloading drivers: Driver manager won't work
Messing with bios settings: no effect
Updating BIOS: Pretty sure it's updated (I think it said 9/7/14)
Clearing CMOS: no effect
Downloading drivers from disc: Doesn't work
Updating other drivers: no effect

One solution I thought of is getting a VGA to HDMI converter and plugging the monitor into the Card instead of the Mobo, but that wouldn't fix driver/recognition issue.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sorry if this is in the wrong section or if it's worded poorly.

 

[2000kira]

mate have u try to place your gpu on another pcie slot..

 

[mysticalsoap]

mate have u try to place your gpu on another pcie slot..

from what I can tell there is only one pcie slot on the motherboard

 

[mysticalsoap]

update: was reading more forum posts and someone mentioned a program called "DriverEasy." I installed it and it actually detected the card but said it was unplugged. Going to download the driver from it and see how that works.

 

[mysticalsoap]

the fix was plugging the monitor directly into the GPU instead of the motherboard