Gaming Pc Build Nightmare.

[DavidCastillo0401]

So I've been buying parts since May 2015 to upgrade my old gaming pc(which i Built successfully). I recently got all the parts and put them together. I could not get a signal to the monitor past the lights turning on the computer. I took it down to the local Geek Squad, and after 1 day, they told me the reccomend me either repalce the motherboard, or I try flashing the BIOS. I purchased a second motherboard(Sabertooth z97 mark 1, and the processor is a devils canyone i7-4790k), but I got the same issue with the second motherboard. I am despereate as I have sunk too much money into this build.\

Build:

CPU
Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor

CPU Cooler
Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Motherboard
Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK1 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

Memory
G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory


Storage
Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Video Card

MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)


MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)

Case

NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case


SeaSonic X Series 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

 

[alexoiu]

Is the CPU fan spinning when starting the board?

 

[sammy sung]

Mundane check list, but necessary:

• Have you checked to make sure you've connected your video cable to the(a) graphics card, and not the motherboard output?

• Have you adjusted your monitor to the appropriate video signal -- EG; DVI - VGA etc?

• Have you tried with one graphics card, as well as swapping them around to different PCIe slots?

• Are your dimms in the correct configuration as illustrated by your motherboard manual? If so, pull one dimm, test it solo. Repeat process with the second dimm.

• Try a different power supply

 

[Steve Simons]

Have you checked your Power Supply to see if you have enough power draw? Your GPUs take 250W each and the rest of that is a pretty big hog too. Sammy has a pretty good checklist. The first thing I thought of when I looked at it was PSU. The other was the boneheaded checking of the video signal. That happened to me recently while working on the state's largest telescope and trying to fix an issue with our feed to the Cern super collider (that still sounds so cool to say). It was a hair more complicated than it sounds, but the essence of it was that the monitor was trying to decode the wrong signal.

 

[DavidCastillo0401]

Is the CPU fan spinning when starting the board?

Yes, the cpu fan lights up, as well as the two graphics cards, and every fan in the tower works as well. You would thinkby looking at it that its in working condition.

 

[DavidCastillo0401]

Have you checked your Power Supply to see if you have enough power draw? Your GPUs take 250W each and the rest of that is a pretty big hog too. Sammy has a pretty good checklist. The first thing I thought of when I looked at it was PSU. The other was the boneheaded checking of the video signal. That happened to me recently while working on the state's largest telescope and trying to fix an issue with our feed to the Cern super collider (that still sounds so cool to say). It was a hair more complicated than it sounds, but the essence of it was that the monitor was trying to decode the wrong signal.

The list on pcpartpicker says at max, it uses up 724 watts. while the powersupply is 850 watts. Also, I tried only isntalling one graphics card, and then I tried hooking it up straight to the motherboard. None of it worked.

 

[hyfurd2112]

I fear the worst. When building a new computer it is recommended to build the mobo, cpu and gpu to make sure that there are no parts that are DOA. This may be the case. It could be that you gotten a DOA mobo, cpu, or gpu. Even more so that since the purchases were made quite some time ago, most manufacturers won't honor their warranties.

EDIT: I see that you have tried a new motherboard. In that case, either the CPU or GPU may be DOA.

 

[DavidCastillo0401]

I fear the worst. When building a new computer it is recommended to build the mobo, cpu and gpu to make sure that there are no parts that are DOA. This may be the case. It could be that you gotten a DOA mobo, cpu, or gpu. Even more so that since the purchases were made quite some time ago, most manufacturers won't honor their warranties.

EDIT: I see that you have tried a new motherboard. In that case, either the CPU or GPU may be DOA.

Geek Squad actually tried only using one graphic card at a time, so I really dont think its both of them would coincidentally not work.

 

[alexoiu]

"CPU Cooler
Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler"
"Yes, the cpu fan lights up"
Again, are the 2 radiator fans of the H100i GTX spinning when starting the board?

 

[hyfurd2112]

I'm saying your cpu might be DOA.

 

[DavidCastillo0401]

"CPU Cooler
Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler"
"Yes, the cpu fan lights up"
Again, are the 2 radiator fans of the H100i GTX spinning when starting the board?

Tes, they are working, as well as the fans that came with the tower.

 

[alexoiu]

Is there a led that stays red when starting the board (CPU, DRAM, VGA)?