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Keenque
Joined: 29 Sep 2010
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 Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 1:28 pm Post subject: Power Supply replacement |
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I have a Gateway FX6000 series that I bought about 18 months ago (spring of '09). When I tried to start it up the other day, nothing. No sounds, no fan movement. The power had been out at my home when I was at work and even though I have a surge protector I fear something may have happened.
So I bought a replacement power supply. The original was 450W, the new one is 500W. I hooked it up and turned it on. I get a message on the monitor saying, in red text, "You have not connected the power cable to video card".
Nothing further. Any suggestions?
Someone I know suggested that perhaps I can't use any power supply, that I have to buy one from Gateway (the replacement I bought at Best Buy). Any truth to that? |
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Keenque
Joined: 29 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 10:06 am Post subject: |
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The fan on the graphics card was moving very slow. So I bought a new one (that supports 2 monitors). Put it in and the computer booted right up. Installed drivers.
But the second monitor is not working. It has power but the card is just not finding it.
Thoughts? |
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ItsFixed
Joined: 28 Dec 2010
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| Yes it is obvious that for people who have never worked on a PC before, the power supply is one of the toughest components to replace simply because of the large number of connections. In very short replacing the power supply required removing 6 screws in all, two to release the side of the case and four to remove the old power supply. |
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