[beardo]

Yes, he put the two ends that should go into the graphics card into the PSU. He probably should have gotten a regular PSU instead of a modular.

[jroa]

What are you getting on your monitor, the same thing you get if you have no cable plugged in?  (ie. it can't even detect that a cable exists)

"can't seem to connect" is pretty vague. Not sure if he has it plugged in properly.

I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt on being able to put a uniquely shaped plug into the only slot it'll go.

One of his plugs on the power cable for the GPU would not fit at one point, but Saddam said it did fit when he bent some of the pins out of the way.  You should be more mindful on who you give the benefit of the doubt to. 

[beardo]

Yes, his GPU seems to have one 8-pin power socket and one 6-pin, but the plugs on his cable were seemingly both 8-pin, but one of them has two pins that can be bent aside so that it can fit in the 6-pin socket.
I don't know if he was aware of this before he decided to put the cable the wrong way, but he seemed to have been.

[xasop]

He probably should have gotten a regular PSU instead of a modular.

You mean it would have been a good idea to do research before blindly buying the parts listed on Logical Increments? What a twist!

[Lord Dave]

What are you getting on your monitor, the same thing you get if you have no cable plugged in?  (ie. it can't even detect that a cable exists)

"can't seem to connect" is pretty vague. Not sure if he has it plugged in properly.

I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt on being able to put a uniquely shaped plug into the only slot it'll go.

One of his plugs on the power cable for the GPU would not fit at one point, but Saddam said it did fit when he bent some of the pins out of the way.  You should be more mindful on who you give the benefit of the doubt to.

6 or 8 pin GPU power adapter

I assume something like that.

Yes, he put the two ends that should go into the graphics card into the PSU. He probably should have gotten a regular PSU instead of a modular.

I see...

Well, I'll wait back to hear from Saddam on the subject.

[jroa]

What are you getting on your monitor, the same thing you get if you have no cable plugged in?  (ie. it can't even detect that a cable exists)

"can't seem to connect" is pretty vague. Not sure if he has it plugged in properly.

I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt on being able to put a uniquely shaped plug into the only slot it'll go.

One of his plugs on the power cable for the GPU would not fit at one point, but Saddam said it did fit when he bent some of the pins out of the way.  You should be more mindful on who you give the benefit of the doubt to.

6 or 8 pin GPU power adapter

I assume something like that.

No, his GPU has two sockets for power, the cable has two plugs on one end, and one on the other end.  Saddam decided that the two plugs need to be plugged into the PSU to feed power to one of the sockets on the GPU.

[Lord Dave]

What are you getting on your monitor, the same thing you get if you have no cable plugged in?  (ie. it can't even detect that a cable exists)

"can't seem to connect" is pretty vague. Not sure if he has it plugged in properly.

I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt on being able to put a uniquely shaped plug into the only slot it'll go.

One of his plugs on the power cable for the GPU would not fit at one point, but Saddam said it did fit when he bent some of the pins out of the way.  You should be more mindful on who you give the benefit of the doubt to.

6 or 8 pin GPU power adapter

I assume something like that.

No, his GPU has two sockets for power, the cable has two plugs on one end, and one on the other end.  Saddam decided that the two plugs need to be plugged into the PSU to feed power to one of the sockets on the GPU.

Oooohhh, I see. 
He's using two power cables now, yes?

[beardo]

No, I think he's using the same one, now correctly plugged in. He's just not getting any signal to his monitor. He's tried with both a VGA cable and a DVI to HDMI cable.

[xasop]

He also has an HDMI-to-HDMI cable, but doesn't want to use it because it isn't labelled as such, so he's going to buy another one.

[Lord Dave]

No, I think he's using the same one, now correctly plugged in. He's just not getting any signal to his monitor. He's tried with both a VGA cable and a DVI to HDMI cable.

Did he consider that the single GPU port doesn't provide enough power to the card and that he should plug two cables in so each power port on his GPU has dedicated power on the PSU?

[jroa]

No, I think he's using the same one, now correctly plugged in. He's just not getting any signal to his monitor. He's tried with both a VGA cable and a DVI to HDMI cable.

Did he consider that the single GPU port doesn't provide enough power to the card and that he should plug two cables in so each power port on his GPU has dedicated power on the PSU?

No, he just assumed that if he bent enough pins around and made it fit, then it  would be fine.  Don't ask if he read any of the documentation or any of that crazy stuff. 

[Lord Dave]

So based on what everyone has said I'm going to guess he went with the seasonic power supply.

So he plugged the GPU end of the cable into the PCI-E 8 pin and the Perhipheral port on the PSU while putting the 8 pin into his GPU.

So his GPU got WAY too much power in one port.  So it could be fried.

Also, you NEED to plug in one cable per slot for your GPU.  This ensures proper power to your GPU because I'm not convinced the PSU puts out enough watts in each 8 pin port for your entire card.

[xasop]

So his GPU got WAY too much power in one port.  So it could be fried.

Yes. It's also possible that his CPU has no thermal paste.

[rooster]

If I ever build a PC, I'm just going to ask you guys to tell me what parts to buy. And then I would hope you would be more chivalrous to my attempts to build it while I act like a clueless female.

[xasop]

If I ever build a PC, I'm just going to ask you guys to tell me what parts to buy. And then I would hope you would be more chivalrous to my attempts to build it while I act like a clueless female.

We don't make fun of Saddam because he's clueless. We make fun of him because he makes himself an easy target.

[Rama Set]

clueless.

easy target.

Distinction without a difference.

[xasop]

clueless.

easy target.

Distinction without a difference.

No, he makes himself an easy target by not bothering to try to learn anything for himself or ask questions, despite admitting he doesn't know anything. I lost all sympathy for him when he told Blanko he "didn't need" thermal paste.

It's one thing to be clueless and try to learn. It's quite another to be clueless and completely unconcerned about it.

[beardo]

No, I think he's using the same one, now correctly plugged in. He's just not getting any signal to his monitor. He's tried with both a VGA cable and a DVI to HDMI cable.

Did he consider that the single GPU port doesn't provide enough power to the card and that he should plug two cables in so each power port on his GPU has dedicated power on the PSU?

nope.

[Saddam Hussein]

I seriously regret ever making this thread and ever telling FES about my plans for a computer.  It simply hasn't been worth it.

Parsifal, please stop making such non-constructive comments.

[rooster]

Why are you so sensitive/defensive about this? You don't know anything about making a computer and that's totally okay. There's no need to be so hostile.