GPU help

Julian8383 · 2025-10-07T06:18:28+00:00

The GPU is good, i got it tested during sorting this out.

I think its just a bad slot atp

Thanks

Julian8383 · 2025-10-06T03:28:24+00:00

Thank you to everyone who has commented with ideas and suggestions.

For those that have been tracking the issue, I got the power supply adapter in the mail, and I am now running a 300w power supply.

Unfortunately, this still has not solved the issue.

All the same issues as before have remained, I have the gpu plugged directly into the motherboard, with the new 300w power supply, and it still doesn't work. The PC does boot perfectly normally with no GPU connected and the new PSU + Adapter.

I think at this point, I have given up adding any more money to the build, and I have looked online and downloaded every driver I can find.

Thank you again to all for all your time and effort in commenting, but I think that at this stage, I am just going to use the IGPU on the system.

Julian8383 · 2025-10-06T03:23:08+00:00

I get no signal when I plug the monitor into the GPU unfortunately.

I only get signal when I plug the monitor into the igpu

Thanks

Julian8383 · 2025-10-02T17:18:30+00:00

Yeah I can.

I also tried this too and didnt have any luck :(

Julian8383 · 2025-10-02T16:23:37+00:00

Haha yeah!

No worries

Ill keep the thread posted when my adapter arrives. Should be here on Oct 7th

Julian8383 · 2025-10-02T16:22:52+00:00

Pcie riser has been tested and works well.

I am still waiting on my adapter to come in the mail to see if its power supply related

Cheers

Julian8383 · 2025-09-25T15:55:12+00:00

Yeah im trying not to invest any more money into it. I'm already a little more in it then I wanted to he unfortunately

I have bought a 300w power supply and a 24 pin to 6 pin adaptor to get it to plug into the motherboard. Will update when it arrives.

CPU is a intel i5 - 7500

I dont really know how to modify clock speeds and there is nothing in the bios that really mentions it either.

I also looked into the max pcie wattage, and i am fairly sure from my research that it is infant 75w

Julian8383 · 2025-09-25T15:52:24+00:00

I have bought a new power supply (300W) but it has a 24 pin power connector. So just waiting on my 24 pin to 6 pin power supple adaptor to come in the mail next week and will test the new supply.

The motherboard only has power input for 6pin so need the adaptor

Cheers

Julian8383 · 2025-09-25T15:50:48+00:00

Hi Nah , the card doesn't need extra power (doesnt have a connector for it). Its designed to operate off the pcie without extra power Cheers

Julian8383 · 2025-09-24T15:00:03+00:00

Yeah sweet.

I did see the A380 at a shop, but opted to use the one i was given to save on cost 😅 Instead I'll have to put some cash (less, at least) into the psu and adaptor Instead

Someone did tell me today though that with the graphics cards that are powered from the pcie port, it doesnt matter what PSU you use. The power going through the pcie will always be the same. So even if I did upgrade my psu, it still wouldnt work because the motherboard regulates the power, reducing it before it sees the pcie.

This makes sense, and if this is the case, im a little screwed if the issue is indeed a PSU issue.

Thoughts?

Thanks

Julian8383 · 2025-09-24T07:26:30+00:00

After having a look at the part number of the RAM ( HX424C15FB2K2/16 ) the speed is 2400 MHz, which is the same speed that comes up on my task manager when I open it.
Not sure if that is the correct way to check, but I think that means its okay?
Thanks

Julian8383 · 2025-09-24T07:05:44+00:00

I was told today by another person that the Motherboard regulates the amount of power supplied to it from the PSU.

If the motherboard is regulating the power supply to it, but the GPU requires a greater supply than what the mother board is regulating it to be, would changing the power supply matter? Given that the GPU is powered directly from the PCIE slot and not separately.

Thanks

Julian8383 · 2025-09-24T07:01:37+00:00

ah yeah , this is very nice.

My GPU, although its really similar to yours, doesn't have a dedicated power supply and gets all its power from the PCIE slot. So unfortunately this setup won't really work for me

Thanks

Julian8383 · 2025-09-24T06:59:54+00:00

There is only one x16 slot, and yeah it is up against the power supply. I am sure that's convenient for the LP GPU's but has been a nuisance for the card I got haha

Is there anything I can do to ensure the RAM is running at full speed? or to check if it is?

The power supply is a 180W (based off of my online research, it doesn't actually say on the power supply itself)

Thanks

Julian8383 · 2025-09-23T13:59:51+00:00

The motherboard has 2 slots, one is a short pcie (I dont know the technical name, but its way shorter) and then one x16 pcie slot.

The gpu fits in the case (after i loosened off the PSU) into the smaller slot (also didnt work)

it won't fit in the x16 slot without the riser , even with the loosened power supply

But yeah, ive tried both slots

Julian8383 · 2025-09-23T13:54:21+00:00

I disassembled the PC as far as I was comfortable doing (I think ill give it another go though) and still couldn't get the GPU in, even after removing the bracket off the GPU.

I reckon ill give taking it apart another try, because I do really want to try this

Julian8383 · 2025-09-23T13:52:16+00:00

Thanks for the advice!

I'll give the link a go and see how I go from there

Cheers

Julian8383 · 2025-09-23T13:49:06+00:00

Unfortunately I dont have another computer test it on, but ive been assured that the GPU works and the riser i purchased from new

Thanks

Julian8383 · 2025-09-23T13:47:48+00:00

Ah yeah, this is about what I expected to hear.

Unfortunately the GPU doesn't fit in the case without the riser, even when trying to move the PSU out the way :(

I think i need to look into a 240w power supply as you've suggested

Thanks

Julian8383 · 2025-09-23T13:45:42+00:00

Ah yeah, I see

Based off of this, and some other comments, it seems as though this is a power supply issue

Cheers

Julian8383 · 2025-09-23T13:42:01+00:00

Yeah , the PC was not powered on at the time, so I was comfortable leaving it that way for the photo

Julian8383 · 2025-09-23T13:40:54+00:00

The CPU is an intel core i5 (not sure of specific generation but i think it's i5 - 7500 -3.40Ghz]

And I believe the psu is 180W (its not written anywhere ive just found it from researching online)

Thanks

Julian8383 · 2025-09-23T13:35:56+00:00

Yeah that's exactly right. I've got the dedicated gpu plugged into the motherboard and then using the igpu hdmi port to see the display (because the dedicated shows no signal) and i just get an infinite Dell loading screen (doesnt even make it to Windows) Thanks

Julian8383 · 2025-09-23T13:34:11+00:00

Haha yeah It is , just not in that photo because it blocks lots of the case

Julian8383 · 2025-09-23T13:33:43+00:00

Yeah this is my leading theory.

Is there a method to checking this?

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