Gtx 1660 problem

[Sando23]

Hey guys,

I bought a gtx 1660 from a seller online who I think was thrust worthy. When I installed the GPU, and I connected turned on my pc, the ventilators of the GPU started spinning, but my screen stayed black and evetually didn’t turn on.

Has anybody know what may be the problem?

[Bruce]

just to cross out the dumb stuff first…

that card has a 8pin power connector - have you plugged in a power cable for that?
and you plug the screen cable into the new card?
what other cables does your screen support, and have you tried the other sort?

[Sando23]

just to cross out the dumb stuff first…

that card has a 8pin power connector - have you plugged in a power cable for that?
and you plug the screen cable into the new card?
what other cables does your screen support, and have you tried the other sort?

[Sando23]

My monitor has a VGA port, and I use it with an HDMI adapter. This worked perfectly with my gtx 1060. My Psu has a 6+2 pin power connector, and again, this also worked well. I’ll probably buy a VGA - displayport adapter and a 6+2 pin to 8 pin adapter. I dont know what else should I do.

[Bruce]

I’d be trying to avoid the adapter approach if possible.
what ports are on the screen and what are on the card?
then get a direct cable between the two.
at least that way you are crossing off the adapter as the potential cause.

of course, it could be a dodgy card!
put the original card back in and see if it all works on that.

[Sando23]

I put back the origoinal card and my pc works with that. My monitor has a VGA and the gtx 1660 has 3 displayport and a HDMI, so I’ll probably buy a displayport - VGA cabel and try with that.

[Bruce]

any chance you know someone with a monitor that has a HDMI port (as they are pretty common)?
friend, family, neighbour?
would be a shame to buy another cable only to find out it has been the card all along.

[Sando23]

any chance you know someone with a monitor that has a HDMI port (as they are pretty common)?
friend, family, neighbour?
would be a same to buy another cable only to find out it has been the card all along.

I talked to technician about this and he said it’s probably the monitor, because I have an old, 1366x768 monitor with a VGA cable. So I guess I have to by a new monitor.

[Bruce]

be nice to ‘try before you buy’ by burrowing a monitor first.

[veeg]

Any updates?

[Sando23]

Yeah, turns out, it was my monitor. I had to buy a new one, which connects with an HDMI cabel. Now it works perfectly.