Is this a motherboard or CPU problem link to picture below

[Alfred17]

My screen when I turn on my computer https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KnilIZC4YcX-pncjw9hrxjA8B3RAzD6S

 

[LinuxDevice]

I would guess perhaps the BIOS of the motherboard. Sometimes you can reset a motherboard BIOS via jumpers...if the button battery is old you'd need to replace that first.

 

[Alfred17]

I would guess perhaps the BIOS of the motherboard. Sometimes you can reset a motherboard BIOS via jumpers...if the button battery is old you'd need to replace that first.

I tried that already and I had the motherboard since 2016

 

[smorizio]

if you have a gpu card installed it may be the gpu memory or the card itself that went bad. if your using onboard video make sure your ram is locked down and it passes memtest. if it does then your cpu if it one with ipgpu has gone bad.

 

[Alfred17]

if you have a gpu card installed it may be the gpu memory or the card itself that went bad. if your using onboard video make sure your ram is locked down and it passes memtest. if it does then your cpu if it one with ipgpu has gone bad.

I just go a new graphics card still messing up and I tested the ram and no problems

 

[LinuxDevice]

I hate to say it, but you probably need to RMA the video card. If you can get a very inexpensive card just for testing first it would help, but then it might end up never used after that.

 

[Alfred17]

I hate to say it, but you probably need to RMA the video card. If you can get a very inexpensive card just for testing first it would help, but then it might end up never used after that.

It's not the graphics card cuz it's happening on the one I know works so it has to be either the motherboard or the cpu

 

[LinuxDevice]

If the CPU had so much corruption that the video card would work, but show garbage, then I doubt the CPU would work. On the other hand, corrupt memory would cause a video card to show nonsense. The memory I am thinking of is not the RAM, but instead the BIOS and firmware used for PCIe. Odds go to the motherboard compared to the CPU.

There is also a possibility of inadequate voltage from the power supply to the video card. Once again, I'd think odds are towards the motherboard instead of the power supply since there are regulator and other components on the motherboard passing to the PCIe slots.

It's a guessing game if you can't swap those out one at a time. FYI, if you were to get a new motherboard, but the socket stays the same and the CPU stays the same, then your existing Windows license will stay valid (you might have to jump through some hoops so to speak). If you change the CPU (or the socket type of the motherboard) you'll end up needing a new Windows license.

 

[Alfred17]

If the CPU had so much corruption that the video card would work, but show garbage, then I doubt the CPU would work. On the other hand, corrupt memory would cause a video card to show nonsense. The memory I am thinking of is not the RAM, but instead the BIOS and firmware used for PCIe. Odds go to the motherboard compared to the CPU.

There is also a possibility of inadequate voltage from the power supply to the video card. Once again, I'd think odds are towards the motherboard instead of the power supply since there are regulator and other components on the motherboard passing to the PCIe slots.

It's a guessing game if you can't swap those out one at a time. FYI, if you were to get a new motherboard, but the socket stays the same and the CPU stays the same, then your existing Windows license will stay valid (you might have to jump through some hoops so to speak). If you change the CPU (or the socket type of the motherboard) you'll end up needing a new Windows license.

I just ordered another cpu if it doesn't work I'll just send it back and order a motherboard