problem with my new build

ok so i got everything in yesterday and put it together. when i started the machine it was making a very loud high pitched squeal. after trouble shooting...unhooking power to graphics card didn't stop it but taking out the card did stop the noise. i tried inserting the card into all 4 slots and the noise was made in all slots. do i have a bad card?

mobo: MSI 790FX-GD70

card: MSI R5850-PM2D1G OC Radeon HD 5850

What's your power supply? It might be caused by inadequate power to your video card.

550w

isnt that a little low for a 5850?zahyr

550w

natural41

Did you plug in two 6-pin terminals to the back of the video card?

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550w

MaoTheChimp

Did you plug in two 6-pin terminals to the back of the video card?

Try putting that cable in.

it made the noise either with or without the pins inserted. Just got off the phone with MSI and Newegg....since I wasn't getting a picture on monitor either, they said it had to be a bad card. So i'm sending it back to newegg for a new one. HOPEFULLY this will solve it.

oh wait...yep that worked...putting BOTH 6 pins cables worked...with the noise....however im still not getting any picture on my monitor....and its a monitor that i used before. its connected with a VGA adaptor. any ideas

oh wait...yep that worked...putting BOTH 6 pins cables worked...with the noise....however im still not getting any picture on my monitor....and its a monitor that i used before. its connected with a VGA adaptor. any ideas

natural41

the noise is gone now that both 6 pin hookups are in...but nothing coming on monitor

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oh wait...yep that worked...putting BOTH 6 pins cables worked...with the noise....however im still not getting any picture on my monitor....and its a monitor that i used before. its connected with a VGA adaptor. any ideas

UltimateGamer95

the noise is gone now that both 6 pin hookups are in...but nothing coming on monitor

natural41

Have you tried cycling between the display ports? Have you checked that the cable and monitor work? Did you place the GPU on the top-most PCI-E x16 slot?

the card is placed in the first port. the monitor works...i just had it hooked up with old pc. what else should i check? which connections? please be specific as possible...this is my first build. thanks for any help

the card is placed in the first port. the monitor works...i just had it hooked up with old pc. what else should i check? which connections? please be specific as possible...this is my first build. thanks for any help

natural41

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the card is placed in the first port. the monitor works...i just had it hooked up with old pc. what else should i check? which connections? please be specific as possible...this is my first build. thanks for any help

UltimateGamer95

It wouldn't help in this situation; it's pretty much pointing exclusively to a GPU problem.

the card is placed in the first port. the monitor works...i just had it hooked up with old pc. what else should i check? which connections? please be specific as possible...this is my first build. thanks for any help

natural41

There should be a set of two numerical "8" displays set side-by-side on your motherboard. It should read out some digits/letters and stop on a certain code. Could you post what that code is?

--EDIT-- I forgot to add, could you name the specs and MFG of your power supply? (A link would be nice)

my power supply is 550w from Fatal1ty. Both the MSI and the Newegg people I spoke with said it's probably a bad card, but Id hate to waste the time of mailing it back in if it's a simpiler solution. And if its not a bad card im just gonna have the same problem when the new one gets delivered.

Hey everyone, thanks for all of your help and input. I had a guy take a look at my setup. The video card turned out to be fine. However, the processor wasn't getting enough power. I had a 4 pin connected instead of an 8 pin. But, thankfully he caught that and it works fine now. Can't wait to get it home and fire up Crysis. Thanks again for all of the help.

I wonder how many cards were pronounced DOA in this way, and how many of them were really DOA...