Help needed for GTX 560!

[restoxpresso]

hey there, as the title says, I have some problems with my neew graphics card, I've connected everything correctly so i don't know what's wrong
everytime i turn my computer on, my monitor "activates", like if i turn on my computer while my monitor is already on, but instead of going through the start-up and all that, it says "monitor going to sleep", it does the same when I pull the DVI cable out of the computer, and if I plug it in while the computer is on

the only think I can think of is that my motherboard or/and my monitor is too old to cooperate with the video-card

my specs:
GeForce inno3d GTX 560 1GB 256-bit DDR5
760w power supply (seasonic)
AMD phenom quad-core
8GBs ram
motherboard: FoxConn AM2 - RS740M03-8EKRS2H
monitor: HP 1730


I'm a computer noob, so feel free to correct me! but please come with some suggestions too! thx in advance!

[Thoragar]

Not all monitors auto detect the input signal. Are you sure the monitor is set to DVI?

[OverClokx]

Does your monitor power up when you use the old mobo gpu output? Is the DVI cable going from the GPU->Monitor the same cable you used before you got your GPU?

[Deleted]

I'm just checking, because I did this one and though everything was connected...
Do you have the GPU power cords connected? They come straight from the power suply.

[restoxpresso]

no I'm not, i have a converter(?) from the VGA (which the cable from the monitor has) to DVI, I've tried both, so tha doesn't seem to be the problem

---------- Post added 2012-01-01 at 07:45 PM ----------

I'm sorry, GPU power cords?

(/total-noob-face)

[Thoragar]

I'm sorry, GPU power cords?

(/total-noob-face)

lol... two ports on the short end of the video card.

http://www.legitreviews.com/images/r...X560-power.jpg

[restoxpresso]

like, 2 6-pin thingys?

[Thoragar]

Yes, two 6 pin PCI-E connectors. In addition to the VGA-DVI adapter that came with the card, you should have 2 more adapters to connect your PSU to your card.

[restoxpresso]

yeah, I'm positive that they're connected, I'll be afk for 2 minutes while I try out new stuff!

EDIT: nothing new, tried different combinations of the PCI-E cables to the video-card, still the same

---------- Post added 2012-01-01 at 08:03 PM ----------

update: tried my DVI/VGA converters, they don't work anymore :/

WTF DO?

PS: thanks a lot for the responses so far[COLOR="red"]

---------- Post added 2012-01-01 at 08:13 PM ----------

NVM, got this one, misread it.