[SOLVED] Old Harddrive in New PC, No signal to monitor.

[shaanjfulton]

The last 2 weeks have been hell for me. I attempted to upgrade my PC from a 6th gen i7 to a 3700x. After building the PC, using a hard drive directly from my old PC, with all the original files on it, I tried to boot. While the fans and RGB lighting all turn on, there is no signal to the monitor. On top of that, the PC keeps trying to reboot on its own. This is my first time building a PC so this is mostly new to me. I am using the Steel Legend x570 motherboard. I have contacted Asrock support, who led me on the week-long adventure of attempting to get a bootkit for an x570 motherboard. After installing the bootkit, the PC continued to not display signal to the motherboard, and I am now quite certain it may be a problem with the hard drive. What I need to know is if the hard drive can be taken from another PC with a different motherboard and be used to even get to BIOS on the new motherboard (as of now I cannot even access BIOS). If it cannot be used with the new motherboard, should I buy a new hard drive, and if I buy a new hard drive, do I need to format that drive in any way before putting it in my PC. Thanks for any help, this process has been exceptionally annoying and solving it would make my month.

 

[rgd1101]

and the gpu? 3700x don't have igpu

full system spec? include make and model of the psu

 

[USAFRet]

The last 2 weeks have been hell for me. I attempted to upgrade my PC from a 6th gen i7 to a 3700x. After building the PC, using a hard drive directly from my old PC, with all the original files on it, I tried to boot. While the fans and RGB lighting all turn on, there is no signal to the monitor. On top of that, the PC keeps trying to reboot on its own.

1. No monitor signal = you don't have a GPU or you have the monitor plugged into the wrong connection
2. "keeps trying to reboot on its own" = you need to do a full wipe and reinstall of the OS. Going from an older Intel platform to a new Ryzen means....new install.

 

[shaanjfulton]

EVGA 650 watt, GTX 1080 ti, corsair vengeance LPX 16gb (only using 1 to boot, tried 2, tried every configuration). I also attempted to boot with bootkit, and I did not use the 1080ti in that case as I was using an AMD Athlon 200ge which does have an igpu.

 

[shaanjfulton]

1. No monitor signal = you don't have a GPU or you have the monitor plugged into the wrong connection
2. "keeps trying to reboot on its own" = you need to do a full wipe and reinstall of the OS. Going from an older Intel platform to a new Ryzen means....new install.

Hello, thanks for the quick reply, even with a GPU there is no signal. If this is because of the hard drive as well then I will have to wipe the hard drive. In this case I will most likely purchase a new hard drive or SSD. With a new SSD, will it work out of the box, or will I have to reformat it somehow and install windows using a different PC, or can I all do it from my one PC with BIOS?

 

[USAFRet]

Hello, thanks for the quick reply, even with a GPU there is no signal. If this is because of the hard drive as well then I will have to wipe the hard drive. In this case I will most likely purchase a new hard drive or SSD. With a new SSD, will it work out of the box, or will I have to reformat it somehow and install windows using a different PC, or can I all do it from my one PC with BIOS?

You can install the OS on a new drive, or existing drive.
No problem.

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It will not be Activated with this new install on the new hardware.
Where did you current OS license come from?

 

[shaanjfulton]

You can install the OS on a new drive, or existing drive.
No problem.

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It will not be Activated with this new install on the new hardware.
Where did you current OS license come from?

Hello, I'm not worried about activating windows, I purchased the license from a key site for like $8 so that's not a problem. I just need to know if by installing a new hard drive will allow me to run BIOS at the least. Then from there I will need to know how to install windows, which I can figure out on my own, and then I will activate it from the key site's keys. So, if I were to buy a new hard drive, would it work right out of the box with my PC to run BIOS? Also, would the same be true for an SSD?

 

[USAFRet]

Hello, I'm not worried about activating windows, I purchased the license from a key site for like $8 so that's not a problem. I just need to know if by installing a new hard drive will allow me to run BIOS at the least. Then from there I will need to know how to install windows, which I can figure out on my own, and then I will activate it from the key site's keys. So, if I were to buy a new hard drive, would it work right out of the box with my PC to run BIOS? Also, would the same be true for an SSD?

HDD or SSD, new or old, no difference.

Create a Win 10 install (instructions in the link above)
Buy a new drive
Connect it. Have only that one drive connected.
Install

I'll refrain from making a comment on your "$8 OS license".
Good luck with that.

 

[shaanjfulton]

HDD or SSD, new or old, no difference.

Create a Win 10 install (instructions in the link above)
Buy a new drive
Connect it. Have only that one drive connected.
Install

I'll refrain from making a comment on your "$8 OS license".
Good luck with that.

Haha ok the $8 licence is very sketchy but microsoft already steals my RAM, no need to steal my money. So I will purchase a new SSD and use that boot windows. Thanks for the help.