Why won't my GTX 260 work?

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MPW

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I have recently just put the GTX 260 into a brand new system I have been making. I haven't installed any drivers, but everything is needed for the system to work. I turned on my PC just to check all was in order and I noted the fan on the GTX 260 was not working. Is this because the drivers have not been installed? Or is the card possibly broken?
 
Curious does the screen show and everything as well? Fan the only issue? If so id wonder if it was plugged in...if so RMA time to be safe.


Also put your PC specs or model of PC/what you put into it in your first post.

Id also suggest you put your PC in your signature. It helps :)
 
I haven't connected it to a monitor yet. I need a DVI cable. Anyway, my specs are:
MoBo: Asus P5Q3 iP45
PSU: Corsair 650W TX series PSU
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
DVD: Samsung 22x Lightscribe DVD RW
HDD: 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 SATA2 7200RPM 32MB Cache
Video card (as you know): GeForce GTX 260
OS: Vista Ultimate 64 bit (Also not installed)
RAM: OCZ 4GB PC3-10666 DDR3 (2 x 2)
 
Well, the fan could be broken, or it's not meant to start up immediately upon bootup. Try hooking a monitor to it and see if it displays anything.
 
I haven't sorted the BIOS out or anything yet either. It's a brand new system, nothing sorted out at all. No OS, no nothing.
 
MPW said:
I haven't sorted the BIOS out or anything yet either. It's a brand new system, nothing sorted out at all. No OS, no nothing.
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That should be obvious with no monitor.

You shouldn't have to muss with your BIOS to get the pc up and running with Windows.

Post back after you get the cable.
 
Bodaggit23 said:
That should be obvious with no monitor.

You shouldn't have to muss with your BIOS to get the pc up and running with Windows.

Post back after you get the cable.
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the heck you have no moniter LOL but like what he said get your cable dude im sure everything work out well after you can see what your doing
 
My XFX GTX260 c216 does the same thing. When I do a cold boot, the GPU fan doesn't immediately start spinning. After the post beep, it fires up. I don't know if there's just a delay, or the GPU is so cold that it takes a few seconds to get hot enough to trigger the fan.
Boot again and enter the BIOS, and watch the fan to see if it starts up.
Also, make sure the PCI-E power connectors are both making a good connection to the card. Pull them both loose and make sure the pins are good.
 
Check the fan is actually plugged into the card, it may have come lose a little. You shouldn't need a monitor for the card to fire up. If everything is plugged in (fan cable and PCI-e power cables) and the fan still doesn't spin, I'd say the card was DOA. Check it with a monitor first though.
 
All fine now. I was given a duff cable, so I purchased at DVI to VGA adapter and I'm using that and the VGA that came with my monitor.
 
the answer here is video cards dont work unless plugged into a monitor.there has even been people having trouble using a video card as a dedicated physix card.simply because it was hooked to nothing.
 
well turns out i have the same problem, my card's fan doesnt spin and it doesnt show any immage on the screen meaning ( no signal ) . I built it yesterday and still cant turn the goddam thing on lol.
 
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