The most bizarre troubleshooting experience I've ever had
The most bizarre troubleshooting experience I've ever had
New motherboard arrived and installed smoothly. It successfully updated BIOS without problems. I reinstalled Windows cautiously, avoiding the previous boot, and left for a few hours. Upon returning, no video output remained, and the VGA debug LED stayed active. This behavior wasn’t seen with the old board, so I’ll switch to a different power supply since that hasn’t been checked yet. All voltage rails functioned correctly during BIOS access, but stability remains uncertain.
It seems the PSU issue might have been linked to that screw, or perhaps it was just a distraction. Either way, you're moving forward!
Suggests a potential distraction or related concern, implying the second matter wouldn't arise unless the first fails severely.
It ended up being this way. I borrowed a PSU from a friend and it finally started working properly. After that, I tried the GPU again but it turned out to be dead too. I’m trying to figure out if the PSU began failing first, which then caused the GPU to stop working, or if the GPU died and then the PSU stopped functioning altogether.
It’s tough to determine the exact cause of the correlation. Both possibilities seem possible – the GPU might have damaged the PSU, or the PSU failed first. It’s more likely the PSU malfunctioned, causing voltage issues that harmed the GPU. Modern PSUs usually include protection features to avoid this, but my experience shows even affordable models can fail in this way. Some budget and even certain brand-name PSUs have shown signs of premature failure.