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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: Phusion3488 on September 24, 2016, 10:21:51 AM

Title: Problems with PC
Post by: Phusion3488 on September 24, 2016, 10:21:51 AM

First off thank you for taking the time to read this!

I built a PC about a year ago.  Works great! But from time to time it decides to not display anything and make me open it up and disconnect everything and reinstall each component one at a time... This time I'm not seeing any POST codes to help me.  So I'm reaching out to you!  Here are my specs

Msi gaming 7 z97
I7 4790
16gb (8x2)corsair vengeance/8gb (4x2) fury hyper x
Nvidia Evga gtx 960
Pny 240gb SSD
Seagate 3tb hdd
LG Blu-ray/DVD rw
LG DVD rw
TP Link (wireless network card)
ROSEWILL Bronze 1000W PSU

Currently everything is out except:
8gb corsair
Ssd
Psu
Cpu

Using on board (hdmi) graphics.. Not getting anything displayed

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Title: Re: Problems with PC
Post by: DaveLembke on September 24, 2016, 12:52:20 PM

Still not booting at minimal boot then you would want to try RAM stick in different slot, and then swap out power supply as next cause. You should get a POST without the SSD connected.

Title: Re: Problems with PC
Post by: Phusion3488 on September 24, 2016, 01:01:01 PM

i've dropped down to one stick... i'm in DIMM1 slot (i think that's the correct slot for one stick)

still no display. :(

Title: Re: Problems with PC
Post by: DaveLembke on September 24, 2016, 01:15:49 PM

Try a single RAM stick in a different slot. If it still doesnt boot try a different RAM stick. If still no boot then reset the CMOS BIOS back to default. If still no boot swap out the power supply. If still no boot then you might be looking at a motherboard failure.

Were you overclocking at all prior to this?

Title: Re: Problems with PC
Post by: Phusion3488 on September 24, 2016, 02:04:30 PM

used jumper to reset CMOS while PC is unplugged
changed to one 4gb ram stick
also changed slots
also changed HDMI cable and HDMI slot
nothing :( :'(


note: i feel like my keyboard is taunting me.. its back light is rolling over all the letters... unresponsive to CAPS Lock..

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Title: Re: Problems with PC
Post by: Phusion3488 on September 24, 2016, 02:23:06 PM

my evil keyboard... FYI never seen this before until now haha

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Title: Re: Problems with PC
Post by: patio on September 24, 2016, 04:06:01 PM

You cannot use HDMI until it's setup properly in Control Panel...use a VGA connection to do so.

Title: Re: Problems with PC
Post by: Phusion3488 on September 24, 2016, 05:10:06 PM

No VGA output. only HDMIx2 and DISPLAY port

Title: Re: Problems with PC
Post by: patio on September 24, 2016, 05:13:16 PM

Use display port then...

Title: Re: Problems with PC
Post by: Lorraine walsh on September 30, 2016, 04:32:56 AM

Another guess would be your motherboard, replacing that could be a last resort

Might as well exhaust every single option to see what's going wrong.