AndrewL1950
08-20-2009, 11:28 AM
A friend of mine recently picked up a new Sapphire Vapor-X 4890. We installed it, and it picked up no signal.
After sitting around and trying to figure out the problem, we figured it could be a power issue. He has an OCZ 700Watt GamerXstreme PSU.
So we popped out his sound-card and optional Ethernet-card and it powered up and everything worked perfect. Got the signal etc..
We put them back in, once again, his monitor received no signal at all.
So we took them out, he went home. Played games with it all night, then this morning, he came over and told me when he went to boot his PC up for the day, the monitor once again does not get a signal.
This time, there are no extra's connected outside of the norm (dvd drive, fans).
We are thinking it may be his PSU, or it could be his motherboard. Which is an XFX 680I LT. Before he goes out and picks up a new power supply, we wanted a second, third or fourth opinion.
ON a side note, his card has Display Port, and HDMI, and I heard that causes issues for some people.
After sitting around and trying to figure out the problem, we figured it could be a power issue. He has an OCZ 700Watt GamerXstreme PSU.
So we popped out his sound-card and optional Ethernet-card and it powered up and everything worked perfect. Got the signal etc..
We put them back in, once again, his monitor received no signal at all.
So we took them out, he went home. Played games with it all night, then this morning, he came over and told me when he went to boot his PC up for the day, the monitor once again does not get a signal.
This time, there are no extra's connected outside of the norm (dvd drive, fans).
We are thinking it may be his PSU, or it could be his motherboard. Which is an XFX 680I LT. Before he goes out and picks up a new power supply, we wanted a second, third or fourth opinion.
ON a side note, his card has Display Port, and HDMI, and I heard that causes issues for some people.