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Red Light on my Asus HD 6950, help?

I recently bought a new rig, with the following specs:

  • i5 2500k
  • MSI P67a-GD65
  • 8GB G.Skill @1886
  • Asus EAH6950 2GB
  • 1TB WD HDD
  • Corsair HX620W PSU

I mounted the system and everything worked fine for about 1h30m (installed windows and I couple drivers) before the PC shutdown suddenly and I haven't been able to get a DVI signal ever since. The 6950 now has a small red led on it's PCB which I can't find the meaning of anywhere on the internet. The only info I can see is a small circuit with the label "12W 16" close to the red led. (You can see it in one of the pics below)

My best guess would be that either the 6950 is faulty or the PSU is not good enough, I'm leaning to the card being faulty since the PSU is AMD certified and everything powers up when I boot, even the 6950 fans.

Anyone with similar issues? Or anyone know for sure what the red light means?

Here's some pics of the setup:

http://imgur.com/a/fqkYv

Thanks.

Posted Nov 18, 2011, 11:20 AM UTC

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NEWSBOT3•

is the 6950 getting enough power ? the 12W 16 would sound like a power designation, but it may not be.

if you disconnect everything except the graphics card (take the hard drives out etc), do you get a video signal on boot ?

you might need to talk to Asus support to get more information, they should be able to explain the led meaning.

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APockOP•

You can see in one of the pics that I plugged both the 8pin and 6pin connectors to the card, and like I said it has worked for a while before so I would assume it's not a power issue. But the red led turns on right after I turn the PSU on, I don't even have to power the PC..

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NEWSBOT3•

yeah, if it worked before it would seem to be unlikely.

I did some googling on the led

seems the common options are power, heat, or dead card causing it.

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