Built entirely new computer besides old hard drives, monitor receives no display

[gyogyomega]

Hello, I recently upgraded my entire computer besides my old hard drives. I've literally replaced everything besides those things, and I uninstalled all drivers on my computer (so that I could keep windows 10 and my old data)

Here are my current specs:

-i5 4690k CPU

-700W PSU

-EVGA gtx 970

-2 sticks of 8GB RAM

-ASUS H97M-PLUS motherboard

So I plugged my monitor (which is on, but is idling) into the connector for my motherboard. That didn't bring up any display, so I switched the monitor to my GPU. That also didn't display anything.

Another thing: I went into my drivers and deleted the driver for my GTX 660, but instead of the display resizing to 800x600, it stayed at 1680x1050. Maybe I missed the driver?

Here's a setup up of how I'm powering the GPU. I'm no artist, obviously 😛

Any ideas? I made sure everything's connected correctly and is nice and snug. I can't even access the bios screen because the display isn't working

 

[bgunner]

For informational purposes, When you change the motherboard to a different model you need to reinstall the OS. But this would not stop the screen from at least showing the BIOS and splash screens.

Did you go through this guide before posting ? http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems

 

[rolli59]

Both PCI power connectors from PSU connected to the card and monitor to the card and it should display! At that point you need to install all your drivers starting with motherboard and then GPU.
A fresh OS install may be needed if you are seeing post but nothing after that.

 

[gyogyomega]

For informational purposes, When you change the motherboard to a different model you need to reinstall the OS. But this would not stop the screen from at least showing the BIOS and splash screens.

Did you go through this guide before posting ? http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems

I verified all of the listed things on that sticky except for 6 (booting with one stick of RAM) and 21 (resetting the CMOS).

Would my old hard drive with possible old graphics drivers prevent usage?

Both PCI power connectors from PSU connected to the card and monitor to the card and it should display! At that point you need to install all your drivers starting with motherboard and then GPU.
A fresh OS install may be needed if you are seeing post but nothing after that.

I have two hard drives, one with my operating system and drivers, the other with steam and the video games on it. Could I just use the second one (without the drivers) as a boot up hard drive, and the computer wouldn't be using my old drivers? I really do feel that I must have overlooked my old graphics driver, because when I usually delete the driver it was somewhere else (I used a guide this time) and my screen resized to 800x600 instead of its native size



Also, is there a way to check to make sure I didn't somehow break or mess up my GPU?

 

[bgunner]

Drivers do not prevent "POST" Power On Self Test. This happens before the system starts. Curious, Do you have a case speaker connected to hear the trouble code beeps, Or does your Board have a digital display that shows trouble code numbers? I'm starting to think you are having hardware issues. The trouble codes will help narrow down what is going wrong.

A case speaker is not normal speakers that you hook to the back of the motherboard but a small speaker that connects usually near the front panel header on the board, power switch/reset switch/ HDD led/Power led connection area.

 

[gyogyomega]

Drivers do not prevent "POST" Power On Self Test. This happens before the system starts. Curious, Do you have a case speaker connected to hear the trouble code beeps, Or does your Board have a digital display that shows trouble code numbers? I'm starting to think you are having hardware issues. The trouble codes will help narrow down what is going wrong.

A case speaker is not normal speakers that you hook to the back of the motherboard but a small speaker that connects usually near the front panel header on the board, power switch/reset switch/ HDD led/Power led connection area.

I looked through the motherboard manual, and found no error codes for just one beep at start up. The beep comes from inside the case and I don't have a display on the board.

I did some testing where I removed the hard drives, the GPU (and reconnected the monitor to the motherboard) and removed all the RAM. Still no display. I moved one stick of RAM in the 4 slots and still no display.

EDIT: I looked up the meaning of one short beep, it means DRAM refresh failure or a successful powerup. Still though, I removed the RAM and had just the CPU, so is my mother board broken?

second edit: I removed the bios battery and will wait 5 minutes, I just read somewhere that it might solve it

 

[bgunner]

If your getting 1 beep then the motherboard and hardware is passing the POST. After all that you have done I believe it is pointing to a bad GPU.

 

[gyogyomega]

If your getting 1 beep then the motherboard and hardware is passing the POST. After all that you have done I believe it is pointing to a bad GPU.

well the display was not coming up without the GPU, although I do believe I've found my culprit: http://imgur.com/CrUzRLS

 

[bgunner]

That can cause major issues. That is a bent pin on the Land Graph Array and with out all pins contacting teh CPU bottom properly you can have many different issues.

 

[gyogyomega]

That can cause major issues. That is a bent pin on the Land Graph Array and with out all pins contacting teh CPU bottom properly you can have many different issues.

besides having the dexterity of a surgeon, is there any way to fix this? Or am I just going to have to buy a new motherboard?

 

[bgunner]

It is possible to fix it but the possibility of hurting it more is high. So my suggestion is be prepared for board replacement But try to gently bend the tab back close to shape. Exact shape is not necessary as long as it pushes on the pad on the CPU and does not touch any others. Sometimes they are fixable other times teh pin on the LGA breaks and a board replacement is required.

Because the board is not able to be sent in for an RMA (because of the LGA pin is bent, user's fault) you will need to purchase a new/different board if it is not fixable. Lets cross our fingers and hope you can bend it back and save some money.