HELP ME. ALMOST CRYING. Overclock fail.

[soldier5637]

Hey guys I really need help! Im receiving "No signal" on my monitor after having my video card over clocked. The thing is, my GPU has been set to that OC for a while now and it was stable. It reached 1500 mhz exactly, not to extreme. I'm really panicking guys. It's my brand new $415 evga SC Gtx 970, I can't afford another one. But the thing is, I pop in my old 650 and there's nothing from that either, still get the old "No input message". I've taken out the cmos battery, nothing. Restart several times, nothing. It's been running fine for a the few weeks I've had it. Here's my complete specs for you. Msi 970 gaming mobo, cx 430 PSU (low, needs an upgrade I know), Samsung SSD, Seagate SSHD, FX 6300 OC to 4.5 GHz (although not any more after the cmos battery removal?) and H60 water cooling. Oh and two sticks of 1866 RAM. PLEASE HELP.

 

[vrumor]

Yeah that PSU is no where near enough to power that system especially with an OC. Even without an OC it isnt enough. Go buy another PSU of at least 550w. And a good one.

 

[digitaldoc]

Your PSU sounds low, and may not have been adequate for the overclock.

I would try the gpu in another system and see if it works.

You may have fried the motherboard.

 

[koffeeshop77]

does it come on at all? flip the switch on the power suply and on your powerstrip. wait 10 sec and flip em both back on. could be you just blew a fuse. but i bet anything its ur psu and nothing else.

 

[soldier5637]

But you think that will solve this? Shouldn't it at least display? Maybe not play games, but display? I mean it was running games fine before, don't see why it would take at least display now? Everything powers up, lights, fans, etc. No signal though. Thank you.

 

[koffeeshop77]

better than replacing 400$ GPU.

 

[koffeeshop77]

it either all or nothing if psu break then you 12 , 5, 3 volt is out and your not getting power to everything hooked up

 

[soldier5637]

I can live with getting a new PSU, it'll be under $100. But I just got accepted to college today and I can't afford another 970. It was my baby.

 

[koffeeshop77]

hey they just did a thing about diagnosinf psus and repaing them on toms hardwareguid main page, if you got the skills
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/psu-repair,4147.html

 

[soldier5637]

Will this do it? I'm stretched for cash but understand I need a good make. http://m.canadacomputers.com/mobile/itemid/069291

 

[Iamsoda]

I can live with getting a new PSU, it'll be under $100. But I just got accepted to college today and I can't afford another 970. It was my baby.

Most likely PSU. Take your parts to your local pc shop and have them do a basic bench test for free or cheap.

 

[koffeeshop77]

yes should do it.

 

[koffeeshop77]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171088
i would get it from here, as i do not know that web site, but alos haas 20 mail in re bate

 

[koffeeshop77]

it a cool master psu and has a combined 53 amps on 12

 

[soldier5637]

Ah that website is my local PC shop. I'll be getting what ever PSU I get from there. That one will work though?

 

[koffeeshop77]

yes,did think you were from canada.. sry

 

[digitaldoc]

BTW, congrats on the college acceptance.

 

[soldier5637]

Yes I'm from Canada, doesn't that make me the one that should be saying sorry? And thanks, it's for networking & technical support, pretty excited. Been really into everything to do with computers the past year or so.

 

[soldier5637]

I'll be off early in the morning then to get that PSU. I'll let you all know how it goes, I hope for the best. Thank you all very much.

 

[koffeeshop77]

keep us posted 😀

 

[soldier5637]

I got a thermaltake 600 Watt PSU thus morning. After taking the old one out and putting the new one in, I'm still getting "No signal". Oh I'm God, I'm dying. I hope my system is ok.

 

[koffeeshop77]

-did you try plugin it into a diffrent tv?
-did you try using a difrenrent cord, are you using any kind of converter like dvi to hdmi, or dvi to agp?
-did you try difrent TV in? hdmi 1, 2, 3 ?
-is everything pluged in the way it is suppost to be? grafic, cpu 8pin, 24pin.
-unplug eveything else you dont need from mobo eg on stick ram only , no hdd or sdd, no cd/dvd/blueray, nothing everything that doesn't have somthing to do with getting a picture on your screen needs to go or be unplugged. if you get a pic and can get into bios, that a start...
-did you unplug you tv? wait 10 sec and plug it back in have you made sure your tv/monitor works eg tried different medium of display
(i know from experience that sometime DVI' inputs can get corrupted don't know how it happens but could prolly happen with anything else to.)

-please tell me excatly what happens when you turn it on.. are there any beeps,?long short, do you have a display on your mobo telling you and
-indication of function? numbers? LED's?
-fans that come on fans that dont,
-did you reset you cmos with power off?
-are you using the 1st primay PCI express slot notthe one on the bottom or anything?

 

[jjb8675309]

I doubt you actually reset the bios that is why you are having booting issues. Look in your mobo manual and read how to properly do it.

Furthermore a 600w TT psu is not the best choice, those psus are trash.

Do you have the little mobo speaker installed? Sometimes that will provide beep codes to let you know whats going on.

I really think that you have not reset cmos properly though. Remove battery and move the header and then move it back. Also make sure you psu in unplugged and comp is off when doing it. But seriously, look at your mobo manual before you do this. Your bios likley still has your bad OC settings which are causing it not to boot. Also try just one stick or one kit of ram if you have many sticks and make sure that you are seating them in the proper slots per your mobo instructions.

Resetting a bios has got me out of many situations where I thought that my computer was fried. Good luck!

 

[GObonzo]

never said if you tried the card in another setup

 

[ADVgamer]

First of all, stop freaking the fuck out. It will only make matters worse.

Now, do you have a friend who you can contact and ask if you can test your GPU on his system? If so, do it.
This way you can find out if it's the GPU fucking up or not.

Until then I suggest you don't randomly guess at what's going wrong because you may end up wasting money.
If it turns out something is wrong with your GPU contact support - http://www.geforce.com/support
If all else fails ask them(support) if there is a way you can send them the GPU and if they can check it out.