Hey friend, can we fix my computer so I get an image back? It says no signal right now.
Hey friend, can we fix my computer so I get an image back? It says no signal right now.
Hey guys, I've been using my desktop for years and it's worked fine until now. I decided to replace the case, power supply, and fans... but now nothing works. It turns on, but no signal comes out. The fans spin and lights light up... wait, that's not right according to the manual! My Asus ROG x470-f motherboard has 4 status lights: D-RAM, CPU, VGA, and BOOT. The D-RAM LED is lit up and stays there. But the manual says it should only light up if everything is perfect. I've already tried reseating the RAM, swapping sticks around, blowing air in the sockets, and checking the manual again. Even though I swapped out the old PSU for a new one (MSI A850G PCIE5), nothing changed. I also tested the GPU, put it in the right socket, but that didn't help either. The HDMI port never worked before so that's not an option here. Is anyone else having this problem?
I was just making sure you didn't fry the PC by using old cables from an old power supply when you have new ones. That old PSU might not even boot anymore if something broke. Have you tried putting the system together like this? You'd take everything out except what's really needed, remove extra drives or cards, unpluck USB sticks, turn off any second monitors or extra fans, and so on. Also, make sure every cable from your power supply is the correct one that came with it. Did your motherboard use all the regular holes in the case? Sometimes an extra screw underneath the board can cause a short circuit or crack the PCB if you put it in wrong. Have you tried blowing out the RAM slots with compressed air or a little cordless duster? When you took the old PC apart and got the new one together, did you hold onto the CPU cooler while moving the motherboard? This puts too much stress on the socket, the chip, and the pins. Make sure to check if everything is lined up perfectly. Look for cracks around where the coolers screw holes go. If there are no physical problems like big breaks or cuts, damage might have happened electrically causing a short. Usually motherboards or RAM are the most sensitive parts when you make hardware changes. If I had another box of RAM, we could try that first. If that doesn't work, then I'd guess the motherboard is broken. You can really only try clearing the memory to reset it and hope for the best. If that still fails, testing with a known good motherboard would be our next step.
I tried setting up a breadboard outside of the case with just the bare bones: MB, CPU, GPU, RAM, and the old power supply. I also checked and put everything back in place. Nothing works. (I even blew air into all the ports.) It feels like a nightmare to fix. I don't know what's wrong yet. Do I just keep buying parts until I find the broken one? To be honest, that GPU might be bad. The first time I tried to take it out, it got stuck and I had to pull on it a lot to get it free. There is no visible damage though. Also, once, I used a CPU cable instead of a PCIe cable from the GPU to the PSU. Not sure how bad that was. Still, the Motherboard has these lights on them that keep bothering me. It's still showing [D-RAM]. I will try clearing CMOS next.
Putting an old EPS 4+4 into a new 6+2 PCIe slot and then turning it on is a really bad idea. This could cause all your problems right now, but only if you test each piece of gear with a known working part to be sure. If you want details on how to check things before buying parts, just let me know. You should probably take it in to a repair shop nearby if you don't want to spend too much time doing this by yourself, though that will cost more money later. If you try saving your data and connect the drives to another computer, those might be dead already. Then things won't work for the rest of your parts at all. Tell me what you're willing to do and we can help from there.
It wasn't forced on, it fit just right. Only then did I realize it was a CPU, so maybe I picked the wrong thing once before. Guess I'll take it back to get repaired; guessing with no parts left is tough.