Recent content by BrokenPC

I actually did what I did last time, which is unplug my monitor and plug it back in again. I have no idea why, but it worked ...

Okay. Strangely, I replaced both my power supply and my graphics card. My computer was working fine until I installed the driver for the graphics card. As soon as I did that and restarted my computer it went right back to the old problem of no display, reboot beeps happening every minute or two...

Well, I feel foolish, but it looks like it was my video card after all. With some tinkering I found that the reason I didn't detect this earlier was that my monitor also was unplugged. Thanks everyone for all your help and sorry for wasting your time. Now, does anyone have a video card they'd...

Well, it looks like my old CPU is not compatible with the socket on my motherboard.

How do you boot from USB?

I have already tried using a different monitor (that was one of the first things I checked). I can't actually change the input on my monitor unless it is on and it won't turn on without an input, so I can't check that easily anyway. I ordered some thermal paste, so I'm going to try cleaning the...

Okay. I tried swapping out the power supply and still get nothing.

I am now strongly suspecting the power supply as the fan is not working. I have a spare, although it is a lower wattage (380 vs. 500). Any reason not to switch them out?

Thank you. I tested one RAM module in each of the four slots. None of them resulted in me getting a display. Should I try the other modules in each slot or move on to PSU?

Hi, I recently had an error message while using my PC along the lines of "system recovered from nVidia graphics failure." Meanwhile, I was getting pixellation and screen blips. Then my computer would reboot. After a few instances of this my PC now boots (I get a beep) but I get absolutely no...