Computer is booting into windows but with black screen

james1988-1306877

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Hi Guys,

I just recently bought a new case to improve airflow and after moving everything over everything was initially working fine, However I removed the front panel to install a new 200mm fan and replaced the front panel and restarted the machine, This is when i noticed that I could hear the computer booting into windows but could see nothing on the screen itself. It is booting with the onboard graphics fine and so I deleted all the related Nvidia drivers and restarted. Still nothing. I then proceeded to install a different card, a GTX 560. This also presented me with a login to windows sound but no screen. Could someone please help me out here. I have been having issues with my motherboard/graphics card detailed in another thread (link below) with the card running at PCIe x8 instead of x16 and I have tried moving the graphics card to another slot but with no luck, I'm almost 100% sure I have everything plugged in but for the life of me I cannot determine why I cannot see my screen with the graphics card plugged in.

Any help would be appreciated!

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1925995/pcie-x16-card-running-sli.html
 

james1988-1306877

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I connected the DVI cable to the card first then when I didnt get any screen, I removed the card tried another without any luck then pulled the card out completely and plugged DVI cable directly to the motherboard.
 

james1988-1306877

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My full system specs are as follows

MSI Z77a-GD65 M/Board
i5 2500K CPU @ 4.5 currently
650W Super Flower 80 Plus Silver PSU
8GB DDR3 1600 Ballistix Sport Ram CL9 @ 9-9-9-24 1.5V (XMP)
256GB Crucial M4 SSD
2x 1TB WD Black HDD