I recently got a new graphics card (Geforce GT 1030) for my computer. I tried to install it into my computer for the first time, but my monitor showed no signal. I checked multiple times that my computer met all of the requirements in order to run the card before buying. After multiple attempts to reseat the card, I eventually gave up and reinstalled my original graphics card (MSI AMD Radeon 240). However, the monitor still shows no signal when I turn on the computer. My onboard graphics have never worked either, so unfortunately I can't troubleshoot by booting up with onboard graphics. As far as I can tell without being able to look at the screen, everything looks and sounds normal, except for the HDD light not blinking. No signs of physical damage that I know of...
I have ruled out other cables, ports (hdmi vs vga and dvi, for example), and monitors as issues. I would test it on another computer, but I don't have one. Nothing will get my computer to display.
The only other thing I've tried is clearing the CMOS on my motherboard. In the past, I have found that my previous computer started to display fine after I cleared the CMOS. Sadly, this time it did not fix the graphics issue, and I'm now noticing that the hard drive LED doesn't blink. Unfortunately, I only noticed this after I cleared the CMOS, so I'm not entirely sure whether that was the cause, although I've heard that an unresponsive hard drive LED can be a symptom of bad CMOS.
Does anyone know how I can fix this and start getting my computer to display again?
Computer specifications:
Asrock A320M-HDV R4.0
single-rank 8gb ram
120gb SSD
AMD Athlon 220GE
EVGA 400W ATX power supply
Sceptre 1600x900 20" monitor @60hz
Edit: One thing I did that was probably very stupid was NOT uninstall the drivers from my previous card before putting in the new one. I did have to do a lot of digging to figure out that that was probably a huge mistake. Is there any way to fix this that doesn't involve needing to see the screen?
I have ruled out other cables, ports (hdmi vs vga and dvi, for example), and monitors as issues. I would test it on another computer, but I don't have one. Nothing will get my computer to display.
The only other thing I've tried is clearing the CMOS on my motherboard. In the past, I have found that my previous computer started to display fine after I cleared the CMOS. Sadly, this time it did not fix the graphics issue, and I'm now noticing that the hard drive LED doesn't blink. Unfortunately, I only noticed this after I cleared the CMOS, so I'm not entirely sure whether that was the cause, although I've heard that an unresponsive hard drive LED can be a symptom of bad CMOS.
Does anyone know how I can fix this and start getting my computer to display again?
Computer specifications:
Asrock A320M-HDV R4.0
single-rank 8gb ram
120gb SSD
AMD Athlon 220GE
EVGA 400W ATX power supply
Sceptre 1600x900 20" monitor @60hz
Edit: One thing I did that was probably very stupid was NOT uninstall the drivers from my previous card before putting in the new one. I did have to do a lot of digging to figure out that that was probably a huge mistake. Is there any way to fix this that doesn't involve needing to see the screen?
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