PC Graphics

[Gundini]

I switched GPUs today from a 5600xt to a 6700xt. 

I'm stuck with a black screen. It seems like a common problem but the videos I've watched and things I've read seem to not help. Most of them are still able to see their monitor and update drivers/mess with bios etc. Mines just a black screen. It works when I swap back to my 5600xt. 

My specs are as followed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor

AMD Random 5600xt

NZXT Kra ken X73 73.11 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Gigabyte X570 AORUS MASTER ATX AM4 Motherboard

Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL15 Memory

Western Digital Black 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Western Digital SN750 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive

Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic ATX Full Tower Case

Corsair RM (2019) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

NZXT AER RGB 2 52.44 CFM 120 mm Fan (6 of them)

Gigabyte G27QC 27.0" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor

[Gundini · Accepted solution]

Got it figured out. Couldn't figure out how to delete this thread. 

[BigAl01]

What was the solution?  This could be a learning experience for another builder.  Was the Display Port cable good?  Did you have several Display Ports to plug it into on your new video card?

[Gundini]

User error.  First time swapping to a GPU with two PCI-E ports. I thought the PCI-E cable thats split would work for both ports. Figured it served that purpose when it doesn't at all. 

Had I read the first line in the book that came with the GPU I would have realized power issue. 

Ran another PCI-E cable from my PSU to GPU. Booted right up 0 problems. 

I felt so dumb its embarrassing. 

My PC buddy 

[Gundini]

My PC buddy got a good laugh from it at least.*

[Vynski]

I don't refer to it as stupid, you experience humility.

As a network administrator I had the same identical situation with a new D-Link network card.  Just installed it and connected the cross-over patch cable and NOTHING.  It wouldn' see the network and the network wouldn't see it.  Just prior to returning the card I thought, maybe I had better read the manual.  Sure enough there it was in the first sentence, "a straight thru network card".  I still get a laugh out of it.  Those are what you call "lessons learned".  Everyone on this forum has experienced them.