XFX ATI Radeon HD 5850

[ryuryu]

Hi guys,

Can anyone tell me if this is right? I bought an XFX ATI Radeon HD 5850 graphics card the other day and last night fitted it into a machine that I built for my girlfriend to do video editing on.
When I fitted it and switch on machine it is sounding as if it is about to take off and is louder than my processor and fan on the machine itself.

I Have Vista Ultimate installed but when scanning for new hardware this is not being pick up and hasn't flashed up automatically that new hardware has been found. When also clikcing on the autorun on the supplied CD messaeg appears saying that "no files found".

Can anyone please tell me if it meant to sound louder than the machine itself? If there is something that I must do to let it be detected by the OS?

Any information will be greatly apprecipated.

Not not what spec of the machine will be needed to help answer any question but I have got:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300
2 x 2Gb 240Pin DDR2 800Mhz
550w ATX Power Supply
Intel G31 + ICH7

Thanks

Liam

 

[BFG10K]

The fan will spin loudly until the driver is loaded.

Can you see the card in the device manager? Did you remember to plug in the 6-pin connector? Is the card seated properly?

 

[ryuryu]

Thanks for the fast response. Will check the device manager when I get home after work. I did plug in the 6-pin adaptor and connected it to the white plug (not sure what the correct name is) coming from the motherboard. The card as far as I can tell is seated properly checked that many times to be sure.

 

[james1701]

Does that plug not need to go to a power supply plug and not the mobo plug?

 

[Zstream]

Originally posted by: ryuryu
I did plug in the 6-pin adaptor and connected it to the white plug (not sure what the correct name is) coming from the motherboard.

uhhhhh

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: ryuryu
Thanks for the fast response. Will check the device manager when I get home after work. I did plug in the 6-pin adaptor and connected it to the white plug (not sure what the correct name is) coming from the motherboard. The card as far as I can tell is seated properly checked that many times to be sure.

Woah!!! That's a new one.
The video card power plug has to be connected to your power supply. There is no 6-pin connector on the motherboard so how the heck did you plug that in?

Do you have a picture?

 

[lavaheadache]

Originally posted by: thilanliyan

Originally posted by: ryuryu
Thanks for the fast response. Will check the device manager when I get home after work. I did plug in the 6-pin adaptor and connected it to the white plug (not sure what the correct name is) coming from the motherboard. The card as far as I can tell is seated properly checked that many times to be sure.

Woah!!! That's a new one.
The video card power plug has to be connected to your power supply. There is no 6-pin connector on the motherboard so how the heck did you plug that in?

Do you have a picture?

awesome!!!

 

[ryuryu]

The 6-pin connector is the one coming from the graphics card (that's the one I assumed BFG10K meant) that came with the product. I connected this to the white "plug" (or whatever the proper name is) connected tot eh power power that also runs down into the motherboard.

 

[kyp275]

Is this the "white plug" you're talking about?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molex_connector

because if not we have a problem here

 

[vailr]

The Radeon HD 5850 requires having 2x 6-pin power connectors. This would be found in a wire harness going from the power supply directly to the video card. If the existing power supply doesn't already have 2x 6-pin connectors, the retail video card should include adapters for the common 4-pin Molex connectors.
If the power supply is marginal, it may need to be replaced with something with a higher nominal rating, for proper support.
It's best practice to uninstall any previous video card drivers, before installing a new card.
Especially if the previous card was from another chip vendor, such as nVidia.

 

[Quiksilver]

Originally posted by: ryuryu
The 6-pin connector is the one coming from the graphics card (that's the one I assumed BFG10K meant) that came with the product. I connected this to the white "plug" (or whatever the proper name is) connected tot eh power power that also runs down into the motherboard.

Can you at least tell us what Power Supply you are using?

"White Plug" isn't really descriptive....

What I am assuming, is you have are using a Molex to PCI-Express adapter and for whatever reason you have it plugged into the motherboard. How the hell you managed that is confusing...

The only power supply connectors that should be plugged into the motherboard should be the 24/20+4 pin ATX connector (its the largest one you have to work with)
Pic Here
Another Pic

...and the 4/8/4+4 pin EPS connector the plugs in right next to your processor(or memory depending on age of motherboard).
Pic
Another
Another

Now your video card requires 2x PCI-Express connectors.
Pic Here

There are only a handful of ways to plug those in...
A) Using 2 dedicated PCI-Express connectors directly from the power supply.

or

B) Using a Molex to PCI-Express adapter. In which you use 2x 4 Pin molex connectors and plug it into the adapter. Which mean you need a total of 4x Molex connectors.
(Adapter pic is show in pic above.)
pic of molex connector.

if you aren't using those connectors then you are doing it wrong.

 

[BFG10K]

Originally posted by: vailr

The Radeon HD 5850 requires having 2x 6-pin power connectors.

No, it only needs one, like the 5770.

Here are some pictures: http://techreport.com/articles.x/17747/3

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: Quiksilver

Originally posted by: ryuryu
The 6-pin connector is the one coming from the graphics card (that's the one I assumed BFG10K meant) that came with the product. I connected this to the white "plug" (or whatever the proper name is) connected tot eh power power that also runs down into the motherboard.

Can you at least tell us what Power Supply you are using?

"White Plug" isn't really descriptive....

What I am assuming, is you have are using a Molex to PCI-Express adapter and for whatever reason you have it plugged into the motherboard. How the hell you managed that is confusing...

The only power supply connectors that should be plugged into the motherboard should be the 24/20+4 pin ATX connector (its the largest one you have to work with)
Pic Here
Another Pic

...and the 4/8/4+4 pin EPS connector the plugs in right next to your processor(or memory depending on age of motherboard).
Pic
Another
Another

Now your video card requires 2x PCI-Express connectors.
Pic Here

There are only a handful of ways to plug those in...
A) Using 2 dedicated PCI-Express connectors directly from the power supply.

or

B) Using a Molex to PCI-Express adapter. In which you use 2x 4 Pin molex connectors and plug it into the adapter. Which mean you need a total of 4x Molex connectors.
(Adapter pic is show in pic above.)
pic of molex connector.

if you aren't using those connectors then you are doing it wrong.

I think he might be saying something like plugging the ATX +4 or EPS 8 pin connector into the video card or something. I don't think there's a MB on the market that has a molex plug coming out of it.

 

[jonstarks]

I have an Asus 5850 it uses 2x 6-pin connectors

 

[Schmide]

The only thing I can think is a molex power port for SLI operation. There wouldn't be one on a G31 though.

 

[Elfear]

Originally posted by: jonstarks
I have an Asus 5850 it uses 2x 6-pin connectors

+1

My Sapphire 5850 has two 6-pin connectors as well.

 

[james1701]

Originally posted by: mwmorph

I think he might be saying something like plugging the ATX +4 or EPS 8 pin connector into the video card or something. I don't think there's a MB on the market that has a molex plug coming out of it.

Sure they do. They are not much good anymore with modern cards. He probably took the 6 pin to molex connector and hooked the 6 pin side to the card, and plugged the molex side into the mobo. It sets right by the PCIE slot, my P45 has one. If I am not overclocking a board, sometimes I hook case fans into them.

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: james1701

Originally posted by: mwmorph

I think he might be saying something like plugging the ATX +4 or EPS 8 pin connector into the video card or something. I don't think there's a MB on the market that has a molex plug coming out of it.

Sure they do. They are not much good anymore with modern cards. He probably took the 6 pin to molex connector and hooked the 6 pin side to the card, and plugged the molex side into the mobo. It sets right by the PCIE slot, my P45 has one. If I am not overclocking a board, sometimes I hook case fans into them.

I guess I'll have to check next time I'm in my PC working, but I definitely on't remember any molex plugs on the MB itself on any MB I've ever owned, including my P45 boar ATM. I do see 3/4 pin fan plugs but not full sized molex ones. This then raises the question, doesn't 6 pin connectors need 150W spec or 2 Molexes?

 

[james1701]

It usually sits behind the left of the NB just over the PCIE slot. My last two boards have been MSI, and a board from an Emachines, before that. All of them had it. It should be phasing out by now. Your boards might not have them, but many do. Its just the male end.

 

[Qbah]

This picture clearly shows the HD5850 requires 2 6-pin plugs.

As for "the white connector" I think the OP means the 4 pin CPU connector? As in he managed to use a cable from a modular PSU to connect from the GPU to the mobo. Both 6-pin cables from the HD5850 need to go into the PSU.

Also, a motherboard can have a molex plug coming from it I have seen it a few times. Like this one. There's no way he could connect to it though as it's a male plug (and a molex->6pin has a male plug too).

 

[BFG10K]

Hmm, he was talking about the 5850, while I was talking about the 5750.

 

[Qbah]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
Hmm, he was talking about the 5850, while I was talking about the 5750.

Really? You did link to the HD5750, but you clearly said no to the HD5850

Originally posted by: BFG10K

Originally posted by: vailr

The Radeon HD 5850 requires having 2x 6-pin power connectors.

No, it only needs one, like the 5770.

Here are some pictures: http://techreport.com/articles.x/17747/3

Anyway, we need to OP to tell us exactly what he connected where

 

[BFG10K]

Originally posted by: Qbah

Really? You did link to the HD5750, but you clearly said no to the HD5850

Yes, I misread his statement. That?s what I mean.

 

[bryanW1995]

yes, I think that we've all learned a valuable lesson here gentleman. It is always improtant to put the correct plug in the correct slot, if not you end up with lots of loud/whiney noises and you can't play video games any more.

 

[Quiksilver]

Originally posted by: mwmorph

Originally posted by: james1701

Originally posted by: mwmorph

I think he might be saying something like plugging the ATX +4 or EPS 8 pin connector into the video card or something. I don't think there's a MB on the market that has a molex plug coming out of it.

Sure they do. They are not much good anymore with modern cards. He probably took the 6 pin to molex connector and hooked the 6 pin side to the card, and plugged the molex side into the mobo. It sets right by the PCIE slot, my P45 has one. If I am not overclocking a board, sometimes I hook case fans into them.

I guess I'll have to check next time I'm in my PC working, but I definitely on't remember any molex plugs on the MB itself on any MB I've ever owned, including my P45 boar ATM. I do see 3/4 pin fan plugs but not full sized molex ones. This then raises the question, doesn't 6 pin connectors need 150W spec or 2 Molexes?

Older motherboards have them, around nForce4 and maybe a little after. My nForce 4 mobo has one it's right above one of the pci-express slots. It also has the 4Pin EPS connector too.