New MSI GTX 630 not working, help!

[miracleman]

Hi guys, I recently purchased a MSI GTX 630 to replace my old Palit 260. I plugged it in and it doesn't work! Without any cables attached to it, the cooler fan still spins, but the moment I attach a cable to it (dvi or hdmi), the fan just stops. At first I thought it was a faulty card so I went to get it swapped, but even with a new card, the same problem persists.

So i took the GTX 630 and put it into another system, and it works! Then I thought oh no, it must be my mobo. I then used a spare ATI 4770 and it works.. It could be that the power is insufficient, but i doubt so, as the GTX630 that I got doesn't even need any pcie power to be attached..

Can anyone help me figure out what's happening?

Mobo is a EVGA P55 Sli, running on Corsair hx620 psu.

Thanks in advance and merry Christmas!

 

[clon22]

Very weird. @@
Try it on the 2nd PCI-E slot of your board.

 

[miracleman]

Very weird. @@
Try it on the 2nd PCI-E slot of your board.

Thanks for the reply!! Tried, but doesn't work as well.. I thought it might be some bios issue, so I updated the bios (not very helpful, latest bios dated 2011), but it doesn't work.

Quite sure its not the card and not the board, because the card works on my other rig, and my spare 4770 works on the board.

This is so frustrating!

 

[jtjt00]

Maybe due to pci-e 2.0/3.0 issue.
Old card plug in can work but not the new ones.

 

[miracleman]

Maybe due to pci-e 2.0/3.0 issue.
Old card plug in can work but not the new ones.

thx for the reply! The GT 630 is pci-e 2.0.

 

[ykgoh]

Maybe due to pci-e 2.0/3.0 issue.
Old card plug in can work but not the new ones.

I thought pci-e 3.0 is supposed to be backward compatible with pci-e 2.0?

That is to say PCIe 1.x and 2.x cards will seamlessly plug into PCIe 3.0-capable slots and operate at their highest performance levels. Similarly, all PCIe 3.0 cards will plug into PCIe 1.x- and PCIe 2.x-capable slots and operate at the highest performance levels supported by those configurations.

Source: PCI-SIG - FAQ - PCI Express 3.0


Only in theory?

 

[miracleman]

Bump up for help!!

 

[miracleman]

Any help pls!! "_

 

[royfrosty]

Bring the rig to GS aka nigel shop in SLS. Go thru him and ask him for help. See what he can do for you.

 

[clon22]

Bring the rig to GS aka nigel shop in SLS. Go thru him and ask him for help. See what he can do for you.

That's a good idea.

 

[miracleman]

That's a good idea.

Thx guys, I just might do that..