Hi All,
I just built my first computer. Everything went off without a hitch, except I really started having trouble with my computer's display working. I tried a number of different things and finally out of curiosity plugged the CPU 4+4 pin power from my PSU into the 8 pin CPU connector on my motherboard. For some reason, that initially did the trick (despite the fact that no instructions told me I need to plug that in).
I spent a few hours with my computer installing all drivers, Windows, programs, etc. Everything worked well. It rebooted properly each time. I got through all driver installations properly and was just installing peripheral software, so I knew everything was set correctly. Finally I closed it down for the night. This morning I went to turn it on and the display was no longer appearing. I unplugged and plugged back in all power cables and tried. I unplugged the CPU 4+4 power to see if maybe with new drivers I didn't need it plugged in anymore. That still didn't work. I tried the monitor with another computer and it worked, so that isn't the issue.
The mobo works, the fans on my graphics card correctly spin, everything seems to work properly. But now I get no display even when I do and do not plug in the CPU 4+4 power to my motherboard. I'm at a loss for what to try next. Any thoughts or suggestions?
Here are my computer's specs:
Graphics Card: PNY GeForce GTX770 4GB
PSU: CORSAIR RM Series RM750 750W ATX12V
Motherboard: MSI ATX Z97 GAMING 7
CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K
RAM: 8GB 4x2 D3 1600 DIMM
Also as a side note, I unfortunately don't have another desktop to plug any of my computer parts into to check individually. Only a laptop that allowed me to test the monitor.
I just built my first computer. Everything went off without a hitch, except I really started having trouble with my computer's display working. I tried a number of different things and finally out of curiosity plugged the CPU 4+4 pin power from my PSU into the 8 pin CPU connector on my motherboard. For some reason, that initially did the trick (despite the fact that no instructions told me I need to plug that in).
I spent a few hours with my computer installing all drivers, Windows, programs, etc. Everything worked well. It rebooted properly each time. I got through all driver installations properly and was just installing peripheral software, so I knew everything was set correctly. Finally I closed it down for the night. This morning I went to turn it on and the display was no longer appearing. I unplugged and plugged back in all power cables and tried. I unplugged the CPU 4+4 power to see if maybe with new drivers I didn't need it plugged in anymore. That still didn't work. I tried the monitor with another computer and it worked, so that isn't the issue.
The mobo works, the fans on my graphics card correctly spin, everything seems to work properly. But now I get no display even when I do and do not plug in the CPU 4+4 power to my motherboard. I'm at a loss for what to try next. Any thoughts or suggestions?
Here are my computer's specs:
Graphics Card: PNY GeForce GTX770 4GB
PSU: CORSAIR RM Series RM750 750W ATX12V
Motherboard: MSI ATX Z97 GAMING 7
CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K
RAM: 8GB 4x2 D3 1600 DIMM
Also as a side note, I unfortunately don't have another desktop to plug any of my computer parts into to check individually. Only a laptop that allowed me to test the monitor.