VGA LED solid red and no power to GPU/no display

[MikeCrozza]

After purchasing a new GPU (XFX Radeon R9 270x)

When seated correctly in the motherboard the VGA LED is a solid red, there also appears to be no power going to the card as the fans aren't powering up...

Motherboard is an ASUS M5a97

 

[AdmiralDonut]

We would need to know your full specs before a proper response could be formulated.

 

[MikeCrozza]

This problem also happened previously with a GTX 560 card...

My Specs:
PSU: Corsair builder series 600w
MoBo: ASUS M5A97 Pro
Graphics Card: XFX AMD R9 270x
CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 960T
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz DDR3 (2x4GB)

 

[MikeCrozza]

The card gets power, the fans function but still no display. Has been tried in both pci-e slots.

 

[AdmiralDonut]

This may sound stupid, but you DO have both power sockets on the GPU plugged in right?