Recent content by skessler

Hey guys, I think I was a bit hasty when I said that replacing the CPU didn't help. I think that after I replaced the CPU, my frustration got the better of me and I shut the thing down before it had a chance to completely start up. Because last night (after changing since I replaced the CPU), I...

I had two monitors connected, one DVI-D, and the other VGA connected to a DVI port via an adapter that came with the card. Both monitors were working fine and suddenly stopped working when the issue began, and I haven't changed any settings.

Okay, so I have officially done all of the following: Replaced the PSU Replaced the motherboard Replaced the CPU (all of the above with brand new, out of the box components) Ran the system outside the case Ran the system with each stick of RAM individually, trying each different slot. Tested...

Also, I have tested each RAM stick individually, in each slot. I've tried two motherboards and two PSUs, I've tried booting outside my case, and I know my GPU boots in other systems. So literally the only thing left has to be the CPU, right?

Okay but tsnor told me to run just Mobo, PSU and CPU and see if I get a series of beeps indicating no memory. I just did that (with a motherboard speaker connected) and I heard the beep code. So what does that mean? Does that mean my CPU is working fine? Because it's literally the only component...

Whoops. No my motherboard does not have a speaker. I'll head over to micro center today and buy one. What would it mean if I don't get a "no memory" signal when I run with no ram? Would that point to a CPU problem?

Yes, I had both the 24-pin and the 8-pin connectors connected. I also just tried booting my motherboard outside the case to eliminate the possibility that my case is shorting the motherboard, and it behaved exactly the same way.

I replaced the power supply and got no new results. Is the only other option that the motherboard is bad? Is there any possibility it's a CPU problem?

I noticed that if I disconnect the 8-pin 12V connector which powers my CPU, the fans on my graphics card run normally. Does that mean anything?

My PSU passed the paper clip test but I expected that it would. Every component and fan in my computer starts up except for my GPU, which seems to struggle to turn on and displays nothing on my monitors. I'm leaning toward motherboard.

Also, I have already tried swapping my GPU to the other PCI slot on my motherboard, and it didn't change anything.

Whoops, forgot to post that. Here's my specs: Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970-UD3P socket AM3+ CPU: AMD FX-6350 Black Edition 3.9GHz 6-Core socket AM3+ RAM: Ballistix Sport 8GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) CL9 Dual Channel Memory Kit (2x 4GB) HDD: Western Digital Blue 1TB 7200 RPM SATA III 6.0Gb/s GPU...