Hi guys,
Bit of a story here. This morning I purchased a new graphics card (LEADTEK Nvidia GTX 680) for my prior (i'll explain later) gaming rig. At that point in time my setup was as below:
Gigabyte Radeon HD 5870 (replaced by the GTX 680)
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R mobo
Antec Quattro 850W PSU
i7 920 CPU
So I got home all excited to finally get a decent frame rate in BF3. I installed my 680 with no problems at all, connected everything up - I always double check to see if I've missed anything silly. So I plug my HDMI cable in and turn on the power and away it goes. It starts up in 800X600 and gets to login screen. I enter my password like usual and I get to desktop. At this point in time I start to hear a little bit of a crackling noise coming from my PC. It was very faint so I didn't pay too much attention to it, however a couple of minutes later as I'm beginning to download drivers, the monitors signal completely drops out. The PC stays on so I'm not too worried, I go to check if all of the connections in the back are still fine and they are.
I test my monitor with a new HDMI cable - still nothing. Test a new monitor with my PC - still nothing. Now I start to worry that its my new GTX 680. I disconnect my PC completely, put in my old 5870 again and reboot it to make sure it wasnt just the ATI drivers stuffing it up. Unfortunately, now when I boot the monitor recognises HDMI is connected, and then disconnects again, and switches between "analog" and "hdmi" about 4 times before powering off.
I test my monitor against my PS3 to see if its my monitor but its working fine... So at this point in time I'm assuming its either my mobo or CPU (other google searches brought me to this conclusion). I've been meaning to upgrade for a while and this was the final straw so I go out and buy an ASUS Sabertooth Z77 and Intel I7 3770K.
My current rig is:
ASUS Sabertooth Z77
Intel I7 3770K
Antec Quattro 850W
Leadtek GTX 680
I get home excited that my PC will probably work now... I remove all of the old components from my case, install everything new perfectly, once again double checking connections (i.e 24 pin and 8 pin etc.) and then go to boot it up. Still the same problem!! My monitor is not recognising its plugged in at all.
But here is whats weird- the CPU LED on my mobo is now lighting up (didn't have this light on previous mobo) as if to point the problem at my CPU. I've fitted it correctly, and checked it twice now. I don't think the problem is to do with my CPU as I've actually replaced it! Could the problem be with my PSU? All of the fans are still working when powering up- the only thing i've noticed is that it no longer "beeps" on power up.
Sorry for the massive submission, just trying to provide enough detail. Can anyone please advise if they have had a similar problem/ any ideas on how I can narrow this problem down?
Thank you
Bit of a story here. This morning I purchased a new graphics card (LEADTEK Nvidia GTX 680) for my prior (i'll explain later) gaming rig. At that point in time my setup was as below:
Gigabyte Radeon HD 5870 (replaced by the GTX 680)
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R mobo
Antec Quattro 850W PSU
i7 920 CPU
So I got home all excited to finally get a decent frame rate in BF3. I installed my 680 with no problems at all, connected everything up - I always double check to see if I've missed anything silly. So I plug my HDMI cable in and turn on the power and away it goes. It starts up in 800X600 and gets to login screen. I enter my password like usual and I get to desktop. At this point in time I start to hear a little bit of a crackling noise coming from my PC. It was very faint so I didn't pay too much attention to it, however a couple of minutes later as I'm beginning to download drivers, the monitors signal completely drops out. The PC stays on so I'm not too worried, I go to check if all of the connections in the back are still fine and they are.
I test my monitor with a new HDMI cable - still nothing. Test a new monitor with my PC - still nothing. Now I start to worry that its my new GTX 680. I disconnect my PC completely, put in my old 5870 again and reboot it to make sure it wasnt just the ATI drivers stuffing it up. Unfortunately, now when I boot the monitor recognises HDMI is connected, and then disconnects again, and switches between "analog" and "hdmi" about 4 times before powering off.
I test my monitor against my PS3 to see if its my monitor but its working fine... So at this point in time I'm assuming its either my mobo or CPU (other google searches brought me to this conclusion). I've been meaning to upgrade for a while and this was the final straw so I go out and buy an ASUS Sabertooth Z77 and Intel I7 3770K.
My current rig is:
ASUS Sabertooth Z77
Intel I7 3770K
Antec Quattro 850W
Leadtek GTX 680
I get home excited that my PC will probably work now... I remove all of the old components from my case, install everything new perfectly, once again double checking connections (i.e 24 pin and 8 pin etc.) and then go to boot it up. Still the same problem!! My monitor is not recognising its plugged in at all.
But here is whats weird- the CPU LED on my mobo is now lighting up (didn't have this light on previous mobo) as if to point the problem at my CPU. I've fitted it correctly, and checked it twice now. I don't think the problem is to do with my CPU as I've actually replaced it! Could the problem be with my PSU? All of the fans are still working when powering up- the only thing i've noticed is that it no longer "beeps" on power up.
Sorry for the massive submission, just trying to provide enough detail. Can anyone please advise if they have had a similar problem/ any ideas on how I can narrow this problem down?
Thank you