satnam99 Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Hi all. Recently purchased a BFG GTX 280 OC but having some problems with it. Basically I am getting the red light on the card and cannot figure out why. I am under the impression that this is down to not enough power going to the card. Having previously looked around a bit, a few people are running a GTX 280 perfectly fine on the same power supply as me (Corsair HX520 even though it is slightly below the recommended wattage by BFG). None of my components are overclocked and the only things not mentioned in my system setup are a couple of dvd drives. The card itself requires both a 6 pin PCI-E connection and an 8 pin one. As some of you may know, my PSU does not have an 8 pin PCI-E connection, so I have been using the adaptor provided with the graphics card. This takes 2 regular 6 pin PCI-E connections and makes the 8 pin connection required by the card. Of course as the HX520 only has 2 6 pin PCI-E connectors, I am having to use a molex to 6 pin PCI-E adaptor. Is this the correct way to connect the card? I have tried a different molex adaptor, messing around with the molex's to make sure they are actually connected to each other, unplugging all unnecessary components (including running off just 1 stick of ram) and removing the card and all connections and starting again (a few times) to no avail. The only cable i have not swapped out is the 6 to 8 pin adaptor. I don't know if it is worth mentioning or it is just normal behaviour in these circumstances, but the card does spin up for a few seconds and has a green light, but then powers down and the red light appears. However, I do not get to the Post screen and my monitor does not receive any signal. I have put my old card back in and that still works, so the system is still functioning okay as far as i can see. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satnam99 Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Tried fiddling with cables again and no difference. Any advice anyone can offer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 15, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 15, 2009 If you have a missing or damaged part for one of our products or are missing a cable for your PSU, lost the Cap for your Flash Voyager drive, or have a damaged or failing fan on one of our H series coolers for example: Please go to Submit a RMA request and fill out the on line form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satnam99 Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 If you have a missing or damaged part for one of our products or are missing a cable for your PSU, lost the Cap for your Flash Voyager drive, or have a damaged or failing fan on one of our H series coolers for example: Please go to Submit a RMA request and fill out the on line form. Hi Ram Guy I sent some emails out on sunday night to you guys at Corsair. I have received an email response about this from ramguy@corsairmemory.com, is that the same as the address above? As for another system, the only other person I know that lives close enough does not have enough room in his case for this particular card! Just my luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I sent some emails out on sunday night to you guys at Corsair. I have received an email response about this from ramguy@corsairmemory.com, is that the same as the address above?Different email address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satnam99 Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Different email address. Ah. The initial email I sent was actually to the jackflash address, but the reply was from the one i posted above. Just did not want you guys needlessly sending me 2 sets of cables! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted June 15, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted June 15, 2009 Ah. The initial email I sent was actually to the jackflash address, but the reply was from the one i posted above. Just did not want you guys needlessly sending me 2 sets of cables! No problem at all, the return email may come from ramguy@corsairmemory.com, the jackflash email is an inbox only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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