damaged video card

sb14blue · 04-23-2007, 06:55 PM

I have posting been posting my problem on several board with no replies. I am hoping someone on this board can help me.

I recently built my first computer and I bought a second video card so I can have a dual video setup. I followed the directions to setup the second card. When I tried to turn on the computer I had no power. Only the light on the motherboard would turn on. To prevent damaging something, I took the second card out and reversed everything back to its original state. I turned on the computer and everything was fine. From here, I switched cards and made the second card the primary card. Again, everything was fine. Since everything seemed fine, I tried to setup the second card in dual card setup again. This time when I plugged in the 6-pin connector from the PSU, I heard it short and I smelt smoke. Thankfully, when I plugged in the connector, the second card was not connected to the motherboard, so I think the motherboard is fine. Once the smell of smoke was gone, I tried powering the computer with only the original card. Everything seems to power up, but I do not have a video display.

After doing some research, I realized that the 6-pin connector that I plugged into the second card was not a pci-e connector, it was a workstation connector. Unfortunetly, my PSU only comes with one pci-e connector. Oops! I realized a made a costly newbee mistake.

So, where do I go from here? I am sure the second card is toast, but why is my original video card not working? Is it the PSU? If it is the PSU, why is everything else powering up? Could I have damamged the motherboard or original video card even though the second card was not connected to the motherboard when the short happened? Any advice would be most welcomed.

Specs:
550w Coolermaster PSU
Asus A8N SLI Deluxe Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400 CPU
2gb Corsair XMS PC3200 RAM
EVGA 6800GS CO SE 256mb
Soundblaster Audigy2

Kornowski · 04-23-2007, 08:10 PM

If you're after another PCI-e connector you can buy, 2 Molex adaptors that turn into a PCI-e connector.

INTELCRAZY · 04-23-2007, 08:14 PM

Workstation Connector??? I have never heard of such thing.

codeman0013 · 04-23-2007, 09:03 PM

This might by stupid but why not simply get a dual monitor card instead of trying to do it this way?

04-23-2007, 06:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
sb14blue New Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1	damaged video card I have posting been posting my problem on several board with no replies. I am hoping someone on this board can help me. I recently built my first computer and I bought a second video card so I can have a dual video setup. I followed the directions to setup the second card. When I tried to turn on the computer I had no power. Only the light on the motherboard would turn on. To prevent damaging something, I took the second card out and reversed everything back to its original state. I turned on the computer and everything was fine. From here, I switched cards and made the second card the primary card. Again, everything was fine. Since everything seemed fine, I tried to setup the second card in dual card setup again. This time when I plugged in the 6-pin connector from the PSU, I heard it short and I smelt smoke. Thankfully, when I plugged in the connector, the second card was not connected to the motherboard, so I think the motherboard is fine. Once the smell of smoke was gone, I tried powering the computer with only the original card. Everything seems to power up, but I do not have a video display. After doing some research, I realized that the 6-pin connector that I plugged into the second card was not a pci-e connector, it was a workstation connector. Unfortunetly, my PSU only comes with one pci-e connector. Oops! I realized a made a costly newbee mistake. So, where do I go from here? I am sure the second card is toast, but why is my original video card not working? Is it the PSU? If it is the PSU, why is everything else powering up? Could I have damamged the motherboard or original video card even though the second card was not connected to the motherboard when the short happened? Any advice would be most welcomed. Specs: 550w Coolermaster PSU Asus A8N SLI Deluxe Motherboard AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400 CPU 2gb Corsair XMS PC3200 RAM EVGA 6800GS CO SE 256mb Soundblaster Audigy2

04-23-2007, 08:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
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INTELCRAZY banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,060	Workstation Connector??? I have never heard of such thing.

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