Recent content by Ilikegladpandas

That is not a pcie cable though...

The standard is for the pinout on the end of the connector that plugs into the card though, right? The pinout from the power supply itself could be vastly different from my understanding.

If the pinouts don't match I could end up frying a new gpu, which would be devastating. I don't want to stick a 12v in a ground.

Well it sounds like the psu or the mainboard is DOA. I suspect the psu. I suggest you RMA it and hopefully that will solve the issue.

I was wondering if anyone knew how to check which pins are which voltages with the use of a multimeter as I want to create a new connector for my lost one. I don't just want to go on jamming the multimeter in random holes directly in the psu as that seems like a mostly horrible idea. Psu is a...

When you clear CMOS, make sure the system is powered off. Move the jumper from pins 1 and 2 to pins 2 and 3 for 15 seconds, then replace the jumper on pins 1 and 2. The jumper is located directly next to the battery at 4 0'clock.

According to the manual, it's F11 or Delete. If that doesn't work, use the clear CMOS jumper located on the board, this will clear all bios settings.

according to the manual, it should go in slot #1, the slot closest to the cpu. If you put it in slot 2 or 4 it will run in x4 mode instead of x16 mode.

650 should be plenty of power. I suspect faulty ram or power supply. Try to run memtest 86 and see if that comes up with any errors. If it doesn't, do you have another psu you can try installing the system? You should also run a virus scan with malwarebytes anti malware. Let me know the results.

How much water are we talking? If it got seriously wet I'd throw it in a bag of dry uncooked rice. If it was a couple droplets of water it's more than likely fine.

Do you know you have spyware? You can try malwarebytes. If malwarebytes doesn't pick up anything try combofix. It was developed to get rid of some of the harder bugs to squash. I highly suggest you look at a guide before playing with combofix.

It's pretty unlikely that anyone here would be a jerk. That being said let's get down to a basic checklist. Make sure your ram is seated all the way. Make sure both you motherboard power and your CPU power are plugged in. Make sure the power supply is plugged into a known working outlet an...

Glad to help. Let me know what MSY said. I'm curious as well.