Sound's like it's either a bad CPU, Motherboard, or PSU. Here's what you should do:
Ask around and see if you can't borrow a PSU and try running your system on it. If it still doesn't display, the PSU is okay.
If it still won't display, try and run your CPU on a friend's Motherboard. If it displays on the friend's Motherboard, then yours is dead.
Also try running a friend's CPU on your Motherboard. If it displays, then the CPU is to blame.
Whichever part is bad, RMA it and they should replace it.
One day it started out with a thought - "Building my own rig should be really fun!"
- Starts building computer
- Takes 4 hours to figure everything out
- Tries to turn it on... nothing
- Takes a break and sleeps
- Rearranges power button connection... WORKS!
- Wait, GPU is not spinning
- Switches it around on different ports, starts to spin
- No display
- Figures out GPU was in correct port the first time, just not pushed in
- Puts GPU back into original place correctly this time
- Still no display
- Tries every single combination without testing for bad parts
- 13 hours have passed
- Cries a little
One day it started out with a thought - "Building my own rig should be really fun!"
- Starts building computer
- Takes 4 hours to figure everything out
- Tries to turn it on... nothing
- Takes a break and sleeps
- Rearranges power button connection... WORKS!
- Wait, GPU is not spinning
- Switches it around on different ports, starts to spin
- No display
- Figures out GPU was in correct port the first time, just not pushed in
- Puts GPU back into original place correctly this time
- Still no display
- Tries every single combination without testing for bad parts
- 13 hours have passed
- Cries a little
You just happened to get the bad end of the stick, it really sucks when that happens. When building a $3000 rig for a friend, and you turn it on in front of him and it doesn't work, NOW THAT is scary.
I believe the rate is about 1-2% of electronics having to do with computers are bad and have to be sent back. It's crazy.
You just happened to get the bad end of the stick, it really sucks when that happens. When building a $3000 rig for a friend, and you turn it on in front of him and it doesn't work, NOW THAT is scary.
I believe the rate is about 1-2% of electronics having to do with computers are bad and have to be sent back. It's crazy.
Well . Any possibility of user error? Maybe I just need to take it all apart and restart?
Well . Any possibility of user error? Maybe I just need to take it all apart and restart?
Try doing that. Take apart the whole system and separate each part. Here's what you should do:
Put the Motherboard on the box it came in. Connect the CPU and secure the heatsink on it. Put 1 stick of RAM into the 1st RAM slot. Place the PSU to the side of the box and make the connections to the Motherboard and the CPU power. Plug the monitor into the HDMI port on the Motherboard. Take the power switch from the case and start the system. If it displays, then we can go from there. If not, crap.
Try doing that. Take apart the whole system and separate each part. Here's what you should do:
Put the Motherboard on the box it came in. Connect the CPU and secure the heatsink on it. Put 1 stick of RAM into the 1st RAM slot. Place the PSU to the side of the box and make the connections to the Motherboard and the CPU power. Plug the monitor into the HDMI port on the Motherboard. Take the power switch from the case and start the system. If it displays, then we can go from there. If not, crap.
If not as might as well I'd be dicing onions. With my eyeballs. Wish me luck! I will try again with some help from a couple guys at school in a couple days.
If the fan didn't start up in one of the pci e slots and then it started up in another im thinking its the motherboard because with my old m5a97 le r2.0 in the x16 it would get no power and in the x4 the fans would spin up but it wouldn't work, now i got a gigabyte 990fxa ud3 and it works great
Install Catalyst Control Center and be sure everything is set up there, Then plug the monitor in the 7950.
I've had this problem with my 7970 aswell...
He can't because he hasn't installed windows. durr
Did you static something while building by mistake?
We have isolated 3 parts that could be bad; the CPU itself could have been staticed, the motherboard could be defective or been staticed, or the PSU could be putting out bad power.
Is the mobo mounted on the standoffs? a friend of mine actually forgot these once, it was all fine, thank god..
Which fans if any are spinning?
All fans are spinning and the mobo is mounted on standoffs. I made sure that the screws weren't shorting the mobo out earlier today, too, and they aren't.
EDIT: Do you think I can install the GPU drivers without a display? Maybe that is the issue - no drivers.
EDIT: Do you think I can install the GPU drivers without a display? Maybe that is the issue - no drivers.
Windows is able to display an image on the screen even without display drivers installed. (I believe) It has it's own universal drivers that allow GPUs to display 800x600 pixel images without display drivers.
Sound's like it's either a bad CPU, Motherboard, or PSU. Here's what you should do:
Ask around and see if you can't borrow a PSU and try running your system on it. If it still doesn't display, the PSU is okay.
If it still won't display, try and run your CPU on a friend's Motherboard. If it displays on the friend's Motherboard, then yours is dead.
Also try running a friend's CPU on your Motherboard. If it displays, then the CPU is to blame.
Whichever part is bad, RMA it and they should replace it.
One day it started out with a thought - "Building my own rig should be really fun!"
- Starts building computer
- Takes 4 hours to figure everything out
- Tries to turn it on... nothing
- Takes a break and sleeps
- Rearranges power button connection... WORKS!
- Wait, GPU is not spinning
- Switches it around on different ports, starts to spin
- No display
- Figures out GPU was in correct port the first time, just not pushed in
- Puts GPU back into original place correctly this time
- Still no display
- Tries every single combination without testing for bad parts
- 13 hours have passed
- Cries a little
You just happened to get the bad end of the stick, it really sucks when that happens. When building a $3000 rig for a friend, and you turn it on in front of him and it doesn't work, NOW THAT is scary.
I believe the rate is about 1-2% of electronics having to do with computers are bad and have to be sent back. It's crazy.
Well . Any possibility of user error? Maybe I just need to take it all apart and restart?
Try doing that. Take apart the whole system and separate each part. Here's what you should do:
Put the Motherboard on the box it came in. Connect the CPU and secure the heatsink on it. Put 1 stick of RAM into the 1st RAM slot. Place the PSU to the side of the box and make the connections to the Motherboard and the CPU power. Plug the monitor into the HDMI port on the Motherboard. Take the power switch from the case and start the system. If it displays, then we can go from there. If not, crap.
If not as might as well I'd be dicing onions. With my eyeballs. Wish me luck! I will try again with some help from a couple guys at school in a couple days.
That has to be scary. O.o
tl;dr
It would be fun they said,
It'd be easy they said.
He can't because he hasn't installed windows. durr
That was one of the first things we did.
We have isolated 3 parts that could be bad; the CPU itself could have been staticed, the motherboard could be defective or been staticed, or the PSU could be putting out bad power.
No, I had an electrostatic discharge bracelet during the whole process and I was on wooden surfaces as a precaution.
All fans are spinning and the mobo is mounted on standoffs. I made sure that the screws weren't shorting the mobo out earlier today, too, and they aren't.
EDIT: Do you think I can install the GPU drivers without a display? Maybe that is the issue - no drivers.
Windows is able to display an image on the screen even without display drivers installed. (I believe) It has it's own universal drivers that allow GPUs to display 800x600 pixel images without display drivers.
So no, that would not be the issue.
Wow, that's gotta be a bummer. Glad you got it working though! How does it run?
That actually seems to happen a lot with the Extreme 4 for some reason.
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/SteevyT/saved/21PI