weird sparking noise after new gpu installation

[Xuild]

gave my friend my old 1660 super to upgrade his gtx 970, checked and everything is compatible, however the 1660 super must have summoned the power of zeus and smited itself as a weird sparking noise came and no display

[ˢᵈˣ FatCat]

it's gone man, now it swim with fishes

[Xuild]

Originally posted by ˢᵈˣ FatCat:

it's gone man, now it swim with fishes

friend sent me a message that it worked

1660 super too powerful for the pc

(or another cable screwed up at the same time that hes never used)

[_I_]

the 970 is more power hungry than the 1660s

it could just be the power supply not happy at how its drawing the power
the 1660s should only have one pci-e 6+2 power connector, make sure its plugged in correctly
if the pci-e chains are numbered, plug it into the first one, others may be on rails shared with other stuff

[Xuild]

Originally posted by _I_:

the 970 is more power hungry than the 1660s

it could just be the power supply not happy at how its drawing the power
the 1660s should only have one pci-e 6+2 power connector, make sure its plugged in correctly
if the pci-e chains are numbered, plug it into the first one, others may be on rails shared with other stuff

yeah, it ended up working, don't know how but it just did

[ˢᵈˣ FatCat]

weird spark is always bad, change the cable or something, weird spark could make your home go boom

[Xuild]

Originally posted by ˢᵈˣ FatCat:

weird spark is always bad, change the cable or something, weird spark could make your home go boom

friend had a family member that works in IT fix it so it probably was a cable that wasnt fully plugged in since its an old pc (all the cables were really hard to fit in)