Spec’s
Old computer
Mobo Asus z97-pro
Cpu i5-4690k
Ram cosair vengeance 4gx2
Psu cosair hx850
GPUs EVGA gtx 770
HD western digital black 1t
SSD Samsung 870 evo 120g
Upgraded to
Cpu i7-8700k
mobo Asus prime z390-a
Cpu Asus GeForce rtx 2070
Ram GSkill tridentz 8gx2
Bought for testing
Mobo Asus rog strop z390-e
Ram cosair vengeance 8gx2 3000mhz
Okay peeps. I’m an amateur when it comes to building computers. As resourceful as I can be, I’m stumped. Over Black Friday I decided it was a good time to upgrade some of the main components of my desktop. Having windows 10, and reading to make sure I had my drives in order I went ahead and installed the new parts. I was defeated with only only power going to the motherboard.
I decided to build the computer out of the case to eliminate any chance of shorts. After this I was finally able to boot the mobo, and get some post leds(dram,cpu, boot, vga) to light up with the boot green/yellow light staying on.
The problem is I cannot get into bios with the hdmi or dvi display ports( only used a dvi-to-hdmi adapter) With only having the mobo, cpu, 8pin, 24pin, and 1 stick of ram I started to follow the guide to diagnosis motherboard displays here on tom’s. After running through everything, and not finding any direction to take, I decided to head to the store and buy a new mobo, and eventually ram to narrow down the reason to why I can’t get bios to boot.
After testing a different new i7-8700k cpu, a new motherboard, and new ram I am not able to really narrow down the reason to why I cannot get bios to display. I’ve even tried to hook up my gpu with all power adapters, and tried to display from that with failure. After getting the same results with 2 cpus, 2 mobos, and 2 sets of ram I decided to hook up my old mobo and compare. I noticed that the boot led on all mobos stayed green/yellow. Though when I used the hdmi port on the old mobo it didn’t work. I decided to try the vga port, and finally I got into one of my mobos bios.
Now I fell like I’ve narrowed it down to it being a display issue or some sort. My new gpu, and mobo do not have a vga port so I cannot test this theory. Only dvi and hdmi which both have failed. Which the dvi was an adapter to an hdmi cable.
Does anyone have any idea as to how to get my mobo to work? I’ve thrown $$$ into the mix, and time trying to figure that 2 sets of cpu,ram,mobo are just not working. I’ve treaded the internet for 2 days now looking for answers. Any computer gods out there able to lend this poor drunken soul some help?
Old computer
Mobo Asus z97-pro
Cpu i5-4690k
Ram cosair vengeance 4gx2
Psu cosair hx850
GPUs EVGA gtx 770
HD western digital black 1t
SSD Samsung 870 evo 120g
Upgraded to
Cpu i7-8700k
mobo Asus prime z390-a
Cpu Asus GeForce rtx 2070
Ram GSkill tridentz 8gx2
Bought for testing
Mobo Asus rog strop z390-e
Ram cosair vengeance 8gx2 3000mhz
Okay peeps. I’m an amateur when it comes to building computers. As resourceful as I can be, I’m stumped. Over Black Friday I decided it was a good time to upgrade some of the main components of my desktop. Having windows 10, and reading to make sure I had my drives in order I went ahead and installed the new parts. I was defeated with only only power going to the motherboard.
I decided to build the computer out of the case to eliminate any chance of shorts. After this I was finally able to boot the mobo, and get some post leds(dram,cpu, boot, vga) to light up with the boot green/yellow light staying on.
The problem is I cannot get into bios with the hdmi or dvi display ports( only used a dvi-to-hdmi adapter) With only having the mobo, cpu, 8pin, 24pin, and 1 stick of ram I started to follow the guide to diagnosis motherboard displays here on tom’s. After running through everything, and not finding any direction to take, I decided to head to the store and buy a new mobo, and eventually ram to narrow down the reason to why I can’t get bios to boot.
After testing a different new i7-8700k cpu, a new motherboard, and new ram I am not able to really narrow down the reason to why I cannot get bios to display. I’ve even tried to hook up my gpu with all power adapters, and tried to display from that with failure. After getting the same results with 2 cpus, 2 mobos, and 2 sets of ram I decided to hook up my old mobo and compare. I noticed that the boot led on all mobos stayed green/yellow. Though when I used the hdmi port on the old mobo it didn’t work. I decided to try the vga port, and finally I got into one of my mobos bios.
Now I fell like I’ve narrowed it down to it being a display issue or some sort. My new gpu, and mobo do not have a vga port so I cannot test this theory. Only dvi and hdmi which both have failed. Which the dvi was an adapter to an hdmi cable.
Does anyone have any idea as to how to get my mobo to work? I’ve thrown $$$ into the mix, and time trying to figure that 2 sets of cpu,ram,mobo are just not working. I’ve treaded the internet for 2 days now looking for answers. Any computer gods out there able to lend this poor drunken soul some help?
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