• R9 290 will not work properly with PC
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Recently I bought a XFX R9 290 off of amazon and after inserting it into my board + psu, the fans ran and the card's light turned on but it wouldn't send any signals to my monitors, and my keyboad would not work. After going back to my old card (XFX Radeon HD 6870) there were no problems. I dont know if this is a Power supply issue (I'm running 550w, but ive heard that can be enough - then again after looking around more im getting other numbers like 600w and 750w as minimums/recommended) or if my card shipped dead. I dont WANT to have to get a more powerful PSU but I'm kind of low on options if that s the case. Please advise, I'll answer any questions you need to the best of my ability.
Your PSU's fine, it's either bad cables / bad wiring / bad GPU. Try a different slot and wiggle the power connectors a bit to make sure they're snug.
my motherboard only has one slot for the gpu, and making sure the wires were snug was the first thing i tried
what kind of PSU do you have
Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 550w, got it 3 years ago along with my card
Your PSU only puts out 16A per 12v rail bringing your total to 32A. I think the R9 290 needs a minimum of 35A in order to run. Are you sure the card isn't DOA?
im not entirely too sure if this is how a power supply works, but it sounds like it only has enough juice to power certain things with that card in hence the keyboard not working, monitors not getting signals, and whatever else
No the PSU should still be fine if you are using both rails. If you're sure everything is connected correctly then it's probably a DOA card. [editline]10th November 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Slippery-Q;49089330]im not entirely too sure if this is how a power supply works, but it sounds like it only has enough juice to power certain things with that card in [B]hence the keyboard not working[/B], monitors not getting signals, and whatever else[/QUOTE] Although he does raise a good point.
the R9 290 needs 31 amps collectively, and his PSU is only providing 32 this is similar to what happened with a friend of mine he had a CX430 PSU and tried to run it with a 660ti, the computer wouldnt fully turn on but some of the fans would spin, and the light on his mobo would still turn on when he removed the card, everything had no problem turning on i'd like to say this is a PSU issue, but i'm not FOR SURE For No Reason, you wouldnt happen to have an extra, stronger power supply around you, would you?
[QUOTE=Slippery-Q;49089358]the R9 290 needs 31 amps collectively, and his PSU is only providing 32 this is similar to what happened with a friend of mine he had a CX430 PSU and tried to run it with a 660ti, the computer wouldnt fully turn on but some of the fans would spin, and the light on his mobo would still turn on when he removed the card, everything had no problem turning on i'd like to say this is a PSU issue, but i'm not FOR SURE For No Reason, you wouldnt happen to have an extra, stronger power supply around you, would you?[/QUOTE] I think that's for default stock cards with the stock cooler. Overclocked/Aftermarket coolers probably need more amperage. But even if his PSU does say that it can supply 16A per 12v rail.. I'd think realistically it would be more like 12A-13A per rail for that unit.
[QUOTE=Slippery-Q;49089358]i'd like to say this is a PSU issue, but i'm not FOR SURE For No Reason, you wouldnt happen to have an extra, stronger power supply around you, would you?[/QUOTE] Im not sure either, and no I don't have a stronger one lying around
Did you plug both 6/8 pin power connectors into the card? The 290 pulls 50 watts more than the 6870 btw.
Of course I plugged them in
[QUOTE=For No Reason;49091501]Of course I plugged them in[/QUOTE] I mean your PSU should at least be able to power it on under light load. The card is likely DOA and/or the motherboard has a problem with the card (usually a bios update can fix this if it's a known issue).
So should I just send back for a replacement or what? Money's kinda tight for me after buying this so I'd rather a cost effective solution.
[QUOTE=For No Reason;49092856]So should I just send back for a replacement or what? Money's kinda tight for me after buying this so I'd rather a cost effective solution.[/QUOTE] Do you have a friend or anyone else who can test the card? If not I'd probably RMA it at this point since if you replace the PSU and it turns out to not be the PSU then you just lost $50-$100 on a part you didn't need. [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028"]Here[/URL] is a PSU with 46A on the 12V rail for $50 if you want to try it. You might as well spend a little more money on something better though if you want a quality PSU.
I don't know anyone close by that can test it, so I might try for a replacement
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