[SOLVED] [SOLVED] RTX 2060 Please power down and connect the PCIe power cable(s) for this graphics card

[ldelvec]

Hi all,

I just pulled out my AMD RX 480, replaced it with an RTX 2060, powered on, and it is throwing this error, Please power down and connect the PCIe power cable(s) for this graphics card or something. What is going on?

I don't think it's the PSU as I have this one. Is there some kind of special setup when going from AMD->Nvidia? PCIe power plug is seated corrrectly, as shown here.

Things tried: I have run DDU in safe mode multiple times only to have this error presented as soon as I plug the 2060 in & boot up. I have taken an oscilloscope to the PSU power plug molex's & they are at 12 V in the right pins. I have tried other output slots on the PSU for PCIe power rails.

Thank you!

 

[Barty1884]

Do you have the full 8pin connected? Hard to tell from the image on my phone, and there were some 480s that only utilized a 6pin PCIE connector.

 

[ldelvec]

I actually JUST fixed it. I was using a full 8 pin. But I switched to a 6+2 pin and it worked!