[FIXED]No signal to monitor after installing new graphics card

[kiwi]

So I just installed my new gtx 970, made extra sure to ground myself before touching the thing and to avoid any movement or objects that might cause static, and now with everything hooked up, i turn on my pc and... no signal to the monitor. Before i removed my old graphics card, i made sure to uninstall the drivers (or just go into my computer - properties- devices- and clicked uninstall when hovering over my graphics card, which caused a lack of signal) and i have the driver disc running as well, but my monitor just doesnt get any signal. I'm hearing no special beeps to warn me of some sort of error, and i do hear windows booting up, but i just get a black screen after my monitor detects no signal. (I repeat BLACK SCREEN, no bios or anything, monitor just shows it's own company logos, then goes through each input before saying no signal)

some things that might help to anyone willing to help me with this:

- im pretty sure that i do have integrated graphics and no, i didnt disable this (cant access my computer due to black screen)

- during the removal of the card, that little tab at the end of the pci slot broke off, i removed it completely (i've looked this up, and people say that it's fine as long as you're not constantly moving the card around)

I cant tell if the card is even on, as this particular model's fans dont start unless it reaches a certain temperature... if anyone could help, I would be extremely thankful...

EDIT: Turned out that my case was bent and thus bending my motherboard not allowing the graphics card to fully seat. Got a new case (and hard drive after it failed) and now it's working. Thanks to all those who tried to help.

[Azza ☠]

What PSU have you got?

Ensure the PCI-e Power Connectors from the PSU runs to the top of that new graphics card. It requires 2x 6-pin (or one 6-pin and one 8-pin, depending on model) 12V PCI-e Power Cables to juice.

They are normally black/yellow coming from your PSU and have a 3 by 2 (6-pins) - labeled PCI-E. You will find they click into the rear-top plugs of the graphics card.

[kiwi]

corsair 650, and I've plugged in both of those cables into the graphics card (they required adapters, if that changes anything, luckily they came with the card)

[Azza ☠]

Do you know what series of Corsair 650W (TX, VS, or HX, etc) ?

Also, what connection are you using from graphics card to the monitor? DVI, HDMI, or DisplayPort?

If your using PCI-E adapters, try make them run of separate rails from other power hungry devices, if possible.

[kiwi]

VGA to DVI-I connector

[kiwi]

and it's a TX model

[Azza ☠]

Originally posted by anoki:

VGA to DVI-I connector

So your also using an adapter - DVI to VGA on the graphics card as the monitor only supports VGA? What's the monitor? I don't recommend using VGA adapters at all, will lower your graphics quality a lot and can tend to break...

[kiwi]

acer 24-inch widescreen

[Azza ☠]

If your monitor can support it, use a DVI or HDMI cable instead - throw away DVI to VGA adapter, seriously I would personally smash that thing with a hammer...

[kiwi]

Yeah I've been reading about it and alot of people are saying one port works while the others dont... I'm going to try to go to bestbuy later today and get a hdmi cord (or vga to hdmi/ vga to dvi-d adapter since the monitor only supports vga and hdmi) or should i just get a full-blown hdmi cable?

[Azza ☠]

Get an HDMI 1.4 cable or better. Go direct from HDMI to HDMI (no adapter).

Ignore VGA, it extremely old and not worth to even touch your sexy graphics card. Those adapters are extremely pronded to break on you, plus VGA quality is low compared to what that graphic card is capable of.

VGA is an analog signal, DVI and HDMI are both digital signals. There is no difference in image quality between DVI and HDMI. Except HDMI also carries HD audio if desired. However, VGA is much lower than those and has analog related issues.

You might wish to also consider a new monitor - sounds like it's quite old? What model version is it?

[kiwi]

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

Get an HDMI 1.4 cable or better.

Ignore VGA, it extremely old and not worth to even touch your sexy graphics card. Those adapters are extremely pronded to break on you, plus VGA quality is low compared to what that graphic card is capable of.

VGA is an analog signal, DVI and HDMI are both digital signals. There is no difference in image quality between DVI and HDMI. However, VGA is much lower and has analog related issues.

You might wish to also consider a new monitor - sounds like it's quite old? What model version is it?

Yeah thank you so much for all the help you've provided so far, you're awesome :) and I'm pretty sure I'll curse VGA forever after this. I'm getting a full-on hdmi cable in about an hour or so, hopefully it works.

As for the monitor, I don't imagine it's that old... I got it at best buy about a year and a half/ two years ago, it's 1080p and all that good stuff... as for the model, I think I'll just copy and paste lol.

http://www.amazon.com/ACER-S241HLbmid-24w-1920x1080-HDMI/dp/B00EN18SVK

[kiwi]

Not positive but i think it may be that one.

[Azza ☠]

Something like...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/datastream-6ft-high-speed-hdmi-1-4-cable-w-ethernet/1306159164.p?id=mp1306159164&skuId=1306159164

Might do the trick, note I'm not 100% sure about that brand quality, it was just on a good special at the time.

[kiwi]

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

Something like...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/datastream-6ft-high-speed-hdmi-1-4-cable-w-ethernet/1306159164.p?id=mp1306159164&skuId=1306159164

Might do the trick, note I'm not 100% sure about that brand quality, it was just on a good special at the time.

lol thanks but it's not really up to me, a family member who's at target offered to get one while they're there.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

If you have 650W Corsair PSU then you should not use any adapters to plug in graphics card, PSU will have two 6+2 pin PCI-E connectors required. Take out adapters and plug those PCI-E connectors to the graphics card.