Question Weird Video Issues - ASUS Z690-E Gaming Wifi

[MattLCC]

Hey All.

I'm having a really weird video issue with this build Here's the general specs:

Motherboard: Z690-E Gaming wifi
Video Card: ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060

The problem: This is actually the second motherboard. The first one was RMA'ed to ASUS where they claimed CID and there was a scratch on the back side of the board. There are no scratches on the back side of this board. The machine worked when the board was first installed for a few days and died after it was moved. The white video light never goes out and you never get video on the screen, you just get code A0. I've been doing some reading and it seems like the Z690 line is a bit problematic. What's going on here?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

A0 code is usually a good thing.

 

[MattLCC]

A0 code is usually a good thing.

Normally YES and control IS being passed to Windows, but the only way I can actually SEE what's going on is to use Teamviewer, There's no display on the monitor. I will take some video to demonstrate.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

OK sounds good.

 

[MattLCC]

OK sounds good.

The A0 with the white light (bad)

No Video on the monitor

It does boot into Windows but Device Manager shows no display adapter category

 

[MattLCC]

After clearing the CMOS the A0 code changes to D6

 

[MattLCC]

Any new Ideas?

 

[MattLCC]

Ok, after changing the motherboard to a Gigabyte Z690 Aorus I still have the same problem, no VGA detection and no display. The problem occurs with TWO of the same video card. What's going on here?

 

[norcalsc]

almost like the CPU is the problem

 

[MattLCC]

almost like the CPU is the problem

This CPU has no graphics processor in it and it does pass the CPU test

 

[MattLCC]

Update:
Just put the video card in another machine and it worked. Could this be a weird CPU issue?