Geforce 260 gtx is it dead?

[Stevie Blaze]

ok update. I tryed the new card in again and had small progress in the fact that the 260s fans worked but there was still no image displayed on screen, there is no hard drive activity and windows does not boot. More worrying i put the old card in and it doesn't work ether, same problem.

I'll get a new psu tommorow if that the problem. It won't have damaged anything will it?

[Stevie Blaze]

ok update. I took the card back to the shop, they tested it and it worked fine.
I tryed the new card in again when i got home and had small progress in the fact that the 260s fans worked but there was still no image displayed on screen, there is no hard drive activity and windows does not boot. More worrying i put the old card in and it doesn't work ether, same problem.

I'll get a new psu tommorow if that the problem. It won't have damaged anything will it?

[BipolarBill]

You didn't hurt anything.

Get a 600W power supply. You can judge their quality pretty well by weight. The heavier, the better. Avoid the low cost models.

[Stevie Blaze]

hey mate i was thinking of getting this psu Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK))

Do you think its any good?
Are you sure it won't have damaged anything as the old card did work after i had put the new card in but now it does not?
Many thanks for all your help mate, i owe you one.

[BipolarBill]

It would be really hard to damage anything.

That's a nice power supply. When you install it, take a moment to remove the motherboard battery for a few seconds before powering up.

[Stevie Blaze]

Do you mean remove it and then replace it before booting up or just remove it all togther?
Do you think that psu will be able to power all my stuff?

I'm just a little worryed that the old grapics card did work since the 260 gtx had been in there but now the computer won't boot with it in. I'm a little paranoid as i'm sure you can tell.

Thanks once again

[BipolarBill]

Remove and replace. It's called "clearing CMOS".

The power supply is probably dying. Replace it. The 650W will work fine for what you have now and some future changes.

Enough already. Worrying never got anything done, eh?

[Stevie Blaze]

Ok mate i'll think i'll go have a read and chill. I'll get me new psu in and i'll post tommorow with results. Cheers

[Stevie Blaze]

ok bought the new corsair psu instaled it all and i still have the same problem!!!!!!!!! No image on screen, no hard drive activity and windows does not boot. Do you think its the ram, mobo or cpu??????

[Stevie Blaze]

Just discovered another thing, when the pc turns on the cpu coolers fan is spinning but after a little while the fan will stop totaly, could it be a faulty cpu cooler?