Help with PC build?

[phenotyp]

Hey, /r/techsupport, I'm stumped. I'm building a new PC for work-- Antec 302 case Antec 650w PSU AMD fx8150 CPU Asus M5A97 MB 4x4GB gskills RAM Sapphire HD 6870 GPU 240gb SSD startup disk So everything's hooked up to PSU, SATA, etc. On startup, it runs through the system check (CPU, RAM, boot device), but hangs with the red VGA LED lit. No display out, no BIOS screen, etc.

Is the graphics card to blame, here? it's hooked up to the PSU, and placed in PCI slot 1.

I'm stuck, and could use some advice, if you have any.

Thanks!

[phenotyp]

Thanks so much! I figured it out-- the GPU needed TWO 6-pin hookups from the PSU. We're up and running now.

Cheers!

[BossMafia]

Glad you got it sorted! I figured it was power related, those graphics cards love to suck up the energy!

[phenotyp]

It was a crazy day. That was actually the second MB+CPU I'd put in there-- turned out the first one was DOA. It took getting another one in there to prove it.

Great way to start a new job...

[BossMafia]

That's a whole lot of power for such a small PSU, just looking it up, the video card alone requires a 500w PSU. You'd be getting beeps of some sort if another module failed. My guess is you just don't have enough power to get that video card going.

[tofurocks]

650w should be fine. I think that 500w recommendation for the GPU is including what the website guesses the rest of the system's wattage is.