Recent content by ExtremelyGeeky

Well sure if the psu is no longer capable of giving you the power your pc is demanding... don't feel dumb...stuff happens. so you have the 960 not the 970? The 960 says 400w minimum...ok then... well..i retract my psu statement then...you tried reseating the ram, trying ONE stick at a time in...

that card requires 500w minimum....then you have the rest of the machine.... someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think he needs a 750w....

As SR-71 Blackbird kindly asked, could you please post the specs so that people here may better assist you? I am just a random Geek, he is badarse and can help u better...if you post ur specs...please..

You are most likely never gonna get the 212 evo to fit in that case...furthermore those 10 cent dell motherboards were never meant to bear the weight of heavy gpu's and aftermarket coolers....but that's none of my business :D I'd try the Cryorig H7 cooler...

Asus :D did I say Asus? Just to make sure... Asus :D

if the drive isn't getting power it wont be seen in the bios...so I beg to differ....

Could be a bad cap on the motherboard...but I doubt that noise is coming from your i5... could be from a fan, could be a bad cap on the mobo...but the i5? nopes.

well you can buy a psu tester, I'm not a fan of manual testing with a multimeter, but I know some people here are and i'm sure would be happy to guide you (safely) on how to do that, having shocked myself stupid on a 1200 watt a few years back I am now skiddish and keep an extra PSU around for...

well, to even enter the bios you need working ram and cpu, did you use pcpartpicker to check the compatibility of all your components before building? Go here https://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/ enter the stuff you bought, check for compatibility...

Are you able to see the dvd drive in the bios? if the pc recognizes it then it could just be stuck shut... i'd make sure it isn't in the drive bay crooked, it could have been a defective dvd drive you bought.... i'd go with that first... yes pressing the button should open it. Clearing the cmos...

When you replaced the power supply I'm assuming you bought a similar wattage model? Made sure you connected everything? Not to sound rude, but sometimes the connection isn't fully inserted... if you are sure everything is connected appropriately I would try re-seating the ram, clearing the...

Not too many differences between the two, the GA-F2A78M-D3H supports eyefinity, I don't see that listed on the GA-F2A88XM-D3H, however if you aren't too concerned with supporting six monitors I'd go with the GA-F2A88XM-D3H, as it has 8 sata 6Gb/s connections whereas the GA-F2A78M-D3H only has...

Try clearing the cmos, unplug the pc press and hold the power button for 5 seconds while it's unplugged, then open the case remove the cmos battery wait 5 minutes, put the cmos battery back in, turn the pc on and try to enter bios, usually Del or F2...let me know what happens...