- Jun 11, 2012
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Hi Guys,
I've been cleaning all the dust out of my computer today and also gave my cpu some fresh cooling paste. I've moved the power supply, memory banks and gpu in and out of the case to do so (and so disconnected them from the mobo). I also installed a new SSD on a unused sata port.
However... when checking if all looked and sounded right when booting up - which it initially did as all the lights were on, all the fans are working and I can hear the hard drives booting up fine - the video never came through... I initially thought it might just be some dust stuck in the PCI slot so I removed the GPU again and tried making sure the connection was right. But still nothing.
To rule out a broken GPU I borrowed my friends gpu to try and see if it'd pull of a video signal this time, but no luck. I also tried resetting my mobo's CMOS with the jumper and disconnected the new SSD and other external hardware. I've got all video outputs (2x DVI, HDMI, Displayport) covered with different monitors to make sure I'm not missing the signal on a different output as I had this once before.
I fear that something somehow got fried, but is that even possible? I certainly consider myself a gentle cleaner when it comes to touching computer components... A static energy discharge is ruled out as well (I make sure of that always).
Any ideas anyone? Or maybe even a possible solution?
Tech Specs:
MB: MSI 870A-G54
CPU: Athlon X6 1055T
GPU: XFX Radeon 5850
Oh yes... and then there's this strange involvement of this plastic cover thingie on this picture here...
Strange plastic cover thingy link
This was laying underneath my GPU when I took it out the 1st time. I can't imagine it could be involved somehow. But on the hand... I have no idea what it is or where it came from. It's around 5 cm's / 2 inches long.
Any answers would be greatly appreciated
I've been cleaning all the dust out of my computer today and also gave my cpu some fresh cooling paste. I've moved the power supply, memory banks and gpu in and out of the case to do so (and so disconnected them from the mobo). I also installed a new SSD on a unused sata port.
However... when checking if all looked and sounded right when booting up - which it initially did as all the lights were on, all the fans are working and I can hear the hard drives booting up fine - the video never came through... I initially thought it might just be some dust stuck in the PCI slot so I removed the GPU again and tried making sure the connection was right. But still nothing.
To rule out a broken GPU I borrowed my friends gpu to try and see if it'd pull of a video signal this time, but no luck. I also tried resetting my mobo's CMOS with the jumper and disconnected the new SSD and other external hardware. I've got all video outputs (2x DVI, HDMI, Displayport) covered with different monitors to make sure I'm not missing the signal on a different output as I had this once before.
I fear that something somehow got fried, but is that even possible? I certainly consider myself a gentle cleaner when it comes to touching computer components... A static energy discharge is ruled out as well (I make sure of that always).
Any ideas anyone? Or maybe even a possible solution?
Tech Specs:
MB: MSI 870A-G54
CPU: Athlon X6 1055T
GPU: XFX Radeon 5850
Oh yes... and then there's this strange involvement of this plastic cover thingie on this picture here...
Strange plastic cover thingy link
This was laying underneath my GPU when I took it out the 1st time. I can't imagine it could be involved somehow. But on the hand... I have no idea what it is or where it came from. It's around 5 cm's / 2 inches long.
Any answers would be greatly appreciated
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