Do it again for a longer period. And reseat your GFX card first.james@alienware wrote:
Read my op, I've tried that already.Sup wrote:
Black screen issue. reset CMOS
Just tried that, left it for about an hour. I have to take my graphics card anyway to get the the battery.
Could it be the cpu or is it pretty certainly the graphics card now?
Could it be the cpu or is it pretty certainly the graphics card now?
reseat ram
Tried that already. Also tried with each stick separately..Sup wrote:
reseat ram
Happened to me before. Different monitor cable (the blue plug one) fixed it.
I've already established that it's not the monitor or monitor cable because I've got my laptop connected to it as I'm typing this now.Peter wrote:
Happened to me before. Different monitor cable (the blue plug one) fixed it.
Sounds like your motherboard (due to the fact that your mouse and keyboard lights don't come on). Does it give you the one beep AOK on boot up? Does your mobo have a built in graphics adapter? Either way, i'd put money on it being your mobo's popped.
Is anything else than the mobo connected to the psu?
No it doesn't. The mouse light comes on, but the keyboard doesn't, which is weird.Ec0li wrote:
Sounds like your motherboard (due to the fact that your mouse and keyboard lights don't come on). Does it give you the one beep AOK on boot up? Does your mobo have a built in graphics adapter? Either way, i'd put money on it being your mobo's popped.
Erm, everything?Sydney wrote:
Is anything else than the mobo connected to the psu?
Get new ram...
As I've said earlier in the thread... I've tried it with each ram stick in separately, and it still doesn't work.NeXuS wrote:
Get new ram...
So unless all 4 sticks are broken then it's something else.
Down to graphics card or mobo. Agree?
Last edited by james@alienware (2008-12-24 11:34:18)
BFG card, so you should have a long-ass warranty. Try a replacement instead of spending the money for a new one?
I mean, it could be a faulty fan, a faulty hard drive or such. If a faulty component is connected to the PSU, the PSU won't give proper juice to the 24pin.james@alienware wrote:
No it doesn't. The mouse light comes on, but the keyboard doesn't, which is weird.Ec0li wrote:
Sounds like your motherboard (due to the fact that your mouse and keyboard lights don't come on). Does it give you the one beep AOK on boot up? Does your mobo have a built in graphics adapter? Either way, i'd put money on it being your mobo's popped.Erm, everything?Sydney wrote:
Is anything else than the mobo connected to the psu?
No.james@alienware wrote:
As I've said earlier in the thread... I've tried it with each ram stick in separately, and it still doesn't work.NeXuS wrote:
Get new ram...
So unless all 4 sticks are broken then it's something else.
Down to graphics card or mobo. Agree?
You're overlooking the one thing everyone overlooks - the PSU.
Strip everything but the essentials out - leaving you with just PSU, mobo, CPU, video card, RAM and primary HDD connected.
Does that help?
What I've been trying to sayScorpion0x17 wrote:
No.james@alienware wrote:
As I've said earlier in the thread... I've tried it with each ram stick in separately, and it still doesn't work.NeXuS wrote:
Get new ram...
So unless all 4 sticks are broken then it's something else.
Down to graphics card or mobo. Agree?
You're overlooking the one thing everyone overlooks - the PSU.
Strip everything but the essentials out - leaving you with just PSU, mobo, CPU, video card, RAM and primary HDD connected.
Does that help?
Ok, I see what you mean. I'm assuming that even if everything powers up it can still be faulty?Scorpion0x17 wrote:
No.james@alienware wrote:
As I've said earlier in the thread... I've tried it with each ram stick in separately, and it still doesn't work.NeXuS wrote:
Get new ram...
So unless all 4 sticks are broken then it's something else.
Down to graphics card or mobo. Agree?
You're overlooking the one thing everyone overlooks - the PSU.
Strip everything but the essentials out - leaving you with just PSU, mobo, CPU, video card, RAM and primary HDD connected.
Does that help?
Sorry, didn't realise.Sydney wrote:
What I've been trying to say
Also, if there is a faulty component (non-critical) does that really effect the power distribution from the PSU?
Except, not everything is powering up, now, is it - your video card, for example!james@alienware wrote:
Ok, I see what you mean. I'm assuming that even if everything powers up it can still be faulty?Scorpion0x17 wrote:
No.james@alienware wrote:
As I've said earlier in the thread... I've tried it with each ram stick in separately, and it still doesn't work.
So unless all 4 sticks are broken then it's something else.
Down to graphics card or mobo. Agree?
You're overlooking the one thing everyone overlooks - the PSU.
Strip everything but the essentials out - leaving you with just PSU, mobo, CPU, video card, RAM and primary HDD connected.
Does that help?
Anyhoo...
Yes. It is a possibility.james@alienware wrote:
Sorry, didn't realise.Sydney wrote:
What I've been trying to say
Also, if there is a faulty component (non-critical) does that really effect the power distribution from the PSU?
That's why you need to strip it down to a bare minimum.
It may not be the PSU itself, as Syd says, it could be a single faulty component making the PSU a bit frooby.
But the video card is not getting power, from the sound of it, so you need to work out why, starting with the source of said power - the PSU.
Well, when it happened to me, it was a single fan causing it. I think it was actually the molex connector that caused it. Kept mobo from starting.
The fan on the video card is powering up... I'm assuming that means it's getting power?
I'll try stripping it to the critical components.
(Thanks for all the help so far guys )
I'll try stripping it to the critical components.
(Thanks for all the help so far guys )
Right. Big update.
I sent off my 8800gtx back to BFG and today I just got back from them.... a GTX 260! which is awesome....but....it still doesn't work.
To recap - everything on my system powers up; lights, fans, etc but the monitor stays blank, the red button on the power doesn't turn to green like it does when there's signal.
(It's not the monitor I'm using it connected to my laptop right now).
So it's either:
Motherboard
CPU
PSU
I'm going to try test my psu with a multimeter when I can get hold of one but does anyone have any ideas of what it might be, because I don't want to replace the wrong part!
Thanks
I sent off my 8800gtx back to BFG and today I just got back from them.... a GTX 260! which is awesome....but....it still doesn't work.
To recap - everything on my system powers up; lights, fans, etc but the monitor stays blank, the red button on the power doesn't turn to green like it does when there's signal.
(It's not the monitor I'm using it connected to my laptop right now).
So it's either:
Motherboard
CPU
PSU
I'm going to try test my psu with a multimeter when I can get hold of one but does anyone have any ideas of what it might be, because I don't want to replace the wrong part!
Thanks
Have you tried plugging it in the second DVI slot on the card? Or maybe faulty DVI cable or cable not properly pugged in in the monitor?
It's not the cable because I have the monitor working fine plugged into my laptop (with the same cable), I've tried both DVI slots on both my old and replacement graphics cards..Sup wrote:
Have you tried plugging it in the second DVI slot on the card? Or maybe faulty DVI cable or cable not properly pugged in in the monitor?
Likely it would be the mobo or psu?
disconnect all usb devices and boot up
Nooope didn't work.Sup wrote:
disconnect all usb devices and boot up
Disconnect all power cables and reconnect them. Be 100% sure everything is wired properly