Im not even sure if this is the right subforum for this but hopefully if not, a mod will be kind enough to move it for me. Im gonna include what ive been doing with my computer lately in case any of it is pertinent info, but if you want you can skip to the tl:dr
TL;DR- So I repl;aced my old GTX 580 yesterday with a GTX 780.I had to remove the hard drives and unplug some things to get the bigger card in there, and I accidentally broke the little latch on the PCI-e port trying to flip it open the wrong way, but I almost certain I wasnt rough enough to damage anything there. When I turn on the computer now, the splash screen comes up for like 45-60 seconds. I had had it set for like 10 seconds before. Pressing DEL or all the "F" keys does nothing to bring up the BIOS. Then after about a minute, a black, commnand-style screen comes up with 3 short lines saying "PNY GTX 780 blah blah blah" and the version number. At this point, sometimes ill get lucky and itll load the OS and ask me whether to start it normally, or itll just go to a black screen and do nothing.
I also noticed on the motherboard that it was showing codes "AO", "AE" and "29". For all I know though, these things couldve been on the whole time Iv owned the comp since ive never really opened itup for anything important. Online I saw it said that code meant HDD failure, but after analyzing both hard drives and using SeaTools and S.M.A.R.T to check them, both passed with flying colors. So whats going on here? Why cant I access BIOS, why does the splash screen stay up for so long, and why does it not boot up consistently?
Having spent $500+ on this new graphics card, im freaking out just a little bit. Any help you can give me would be seriously appreciated.
EXTRA INFO:
I had my computer built by CyberPower a little over 2 years ago. I was too nervous at that point to risk breaking all those expensive components. Eventually I got comfortable and built a few on my own. Now I decided it was time to upgrade my own rig. Just recently I bought a PNY GTX 780 OC to replace my EVGA GTX 580. I finally decided to try to put in in yesterday. My case was almost too small for the 11.6 inch card, with 11.9 in of clearance. Id never taken a car OUT before, so I accidentally broke the little latch on the PCI-e port, but from what Ive read that doesnt really matter. I had to take out the bottom 6 hard drive bays and remove the cage to be able to even get the 780 in the case. The card felt a bit loose in the part even after I tightened it down, and I was worried about the weight so I put a VGA card brace next.
Before the upgrade, I had been having a few BSOD issues sporadically that id been unable to pin down, but it wasnt serious enough that I was unable to use my computer. I also tried flashing a hard drive to use in an xbox so I had switched the BIOS to legacy and stuff for a little while, but Im almost certain I switched it back, and even if not, I didnt have any problems booting while the GTX 580 was in it.
TL;DR- So I repl;aced my old GTX 580 yesterday with a GTX 780.I had to remove the hard drives and unplug some things to get the bigger card in there, and I accidentally broke the little latch on the PCI-e port trying to flip it open the wrong way, but I almost certain I wasnt rough enough to damage anything there. When I turn on the computer now, the splash screen comes up for like 45-60 seconds. I had had it set for like 10 seconds before. Pressing DEL or all the "F" keys does nothing to bring up the BIOS. Then after about a minute, a black, commnand-style screen comes up with 3 short lines saying "PNY GTX 780 blah blah blah" and the version number. At this point, sometimes ill get lucky and itll load the OS and ask me whether to start it normally, or itll just go to a black screen and do nothing.
I also noticed on the motherboard that it was showing codes "AO", "AE" and "29". For all I know though, these things couldve been on the whole time Iv owned the comp since ive never really opened itup for anything important. Online I saw it said that code meant HDD failure, but after analyzing both hard drives and using SeaTools and S.M.A.R.T to check them, both passed with flying colors. So whats going on here? Why cant I access BIOS, why does the splash screen stay up for so long, and why does it not boot up consistently?
Having spent $500+ on this new graphics card, im freaking out just a little bit. Any help you can give me would be seriously appreciated.
EXTRA INFO:
I had my computer built by CyberPower a little over 2 years ago. I was too nervous at that point to risk breaking all those expensive components. Eventually I got comfortable and built a few on my own. Now I decided it was time to upgrade my own rig. Just recently I bought a PNY GTX 780 OC to replace my EVGA GTX 580. I finally decided to try to put in in yesterday. My case was almost too small for the 11.6 inch card, with 11.9 in of clearance. Id never taken a car OUT before, so I accidentally broke the little latch on the PCI-e port, but from what Ive read that doesnt really matter. I had to take out the bottom 6 hard drive bays and remove the cage to be able to even get the 780 in the case. The card felt a bit loose in the part even after I tightened it down, and I was worried about the weight so I put a VGA card brace next.
Before the upgrade, I had been having a few BSOD issues sporadically that id been unable to pin down, but it wasnt serious enough that I was unable to use my computer. I also tried flashing a hard drive to use in an xbox so I had switched the BIOS to legacy and stuff for a little while, but Im almost certain I switched it back, and even if not, I didnt have any problems booting while the GTX 580 was in it.