Red VGA LED ASUS Z97 Pro Wifi

[Chr1spy]

A couple of weeks ago my monitor would not display anything when the computer was turned on. I usually just hard booted down and started it up again and it would boot to the BIOS screen. Today, it would not display at all. I opened up the case and noticed the VGA LED was red. I tried plugging the monitor into the onboard DVI with no luck. I also tried my HDMI cable but for some reason both the onboard and GPU didn't recognize it.

I found a bandaid fix but was hoping someone could point me to the root cause. When I turn on the computer without the DVI cable plugged in, the light does not come on. I can then plug the DVI cable in and it will display. What would be the issue?

Specs:
i5-4690K
Asus z-97-PRO Wifi
G. Skill Sniper 8GB DDR3-1600
Gigabyte Geforce GTX 970 Windforce
EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD
WD Caviar Blue 1TB HD

 

[alexoiu]

Try removing the card and test the onboard DVI. See if still same issue.

 

[Chr1spy]

Try removing the card and test the onboard DVI. See if still same issue.

Thanks. Tried it and it still has the red VGA LED. My so called bandaid fix doesn't work anymore as the LED still turns on without any cable plugging in from the monitor to the GPU. Sometimes it turns on but after I press F10 for save and exit out of BIOS the screen turns off again. Everytime I start up it either doesn't display anything or takes me to the "Overclocking failed" press F1 for setup.

 

[alexoiu]

Try clearing the CMOS (unplug the power cord and remove the CMOS battery for a minute). If still red VGA LED, I'd RMA both motherboard and CPU.

 

[Chr1spy]

Try clearing the CMOS (unplug the power cord and remove the CMOS battery for a minute). If still red VGA LED, I'd RMA both motherboard and CPU.

Thanks. Just cleared the CMOS. Also tried removing the RAM and GPU to see if it was my mobo. After the mobo checked out and reinserted RAM one by one, it turned on. Hopefully clearing the CMOS did the trick. Haven't had the issue since I did the above two things. *crosses fingers*

 

[alexoiu]

You're welcome.