- Jan 18, 2014
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Hey fellas.
So I bought a GeForce 1660 ti from Best Buy a couple weeks ago to replace an older damaged GPU. They card wouldn’t fit into the small case, so long story short I decided to build a new computer. Few days ago I managed to set everything up and everything was working fine these past few days. However, while I was at work, my brother was using my computer and said the computer randomly shut down and he couldn’t get it to start back up. When I got home I tried it and noticed the computer would turn on but the monitor was not getting signal. I replaced the 1660 ti with a old GTX 550 ti and it booted fine. I know this seems like it would obviously point to a bad graphics card, but could it be something else such as update I didn’t install?
Here are some points worth mentioning.
B450 Tomahawk motherboard
Corsair CX650m power supply
Ryzen 7 2700 processor
16gb (2x8) Corsair 3200 DDR4 ram
Any advice would be appreciated. Would be a shame if it was indeed the 1660ti because it is brand new and Best Buy has a 2 week refund policy and it’s been 18 days, so not sure if I’d be able to get a refund.
So I bought a GeForce 1660 ti from Best Buy a couple weeks ago to replace an older damaged GPU. They card wouldn’t fit into the small case, so long story short I decided to build a new computer. Few days ago I managed to set everything up and everything was working fine these past few days. However, while I was at work, my brother was using my computer and said the computer randomly shut down and he couldn’t get it to start back up. When I got home I tried it and noticed the computer would turn on but the monitor was not getting signal. I replaced the 1660 ti with a old GTX 550 ti and it booted fine. I know this seems like it would obviously point to a bad graphics card, but could it be something else such as update I didn’t install?
Here are some points worth mentioning.
- Computer turns off instantly when I press the power button.
- On the EZ DEBUG LED on the motherboard, the only light which stays on is the VGA.
- All the components are brand new.
- Graphics card was only used for a couple says.
- I used the same power connector for bother video cards, besides the older one which didn’t need the extra 2 pins.
B450 Tomahawk motherboard
Corsair CX650m power supply
Ryzen 7 2700 processor
16gb (2x8) Corsair 3200 DDR4 ram
Any advice would be appreciated. Would be a shame if it was indeed the 1660ti because it is brand new and Best Buy has a 2 week refund policy and it’s been 18 days, so not sure if I’d be able to get a refund.
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