- Jan 9, 2014
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I had built a PC over a week ago without a graphics card, and I had experienced no trouble at all.
In order to fit the graphics card I had to remove a metal back plate from my case the was attached, when moving it I scratched my motherboard a little bit. I did not test my PC and proceeded to install the card, a Gigabyte GTX 760 windforce, into place on the second PCI-E slot.
After installing the card and making sure the power cables were plugged in to the card I powered up the PC. The LED's on my ram lit up, all 3 of the fans on the graphics card fired up, I could hear my CD drive and HDD work, and the front fan connected by molex worked. However, both of my CPU fans connected by a 3 pin connection did not power on, the led on the motherboard did not light up, and I got no display from my monitor.
The pc will fire up when I push the power button but it will not turn off.
After testing all of the video outputs finding that none worked I removed the graphics card and attempted to start my PC again. It experience the same problem as when I installed the graphics card.
Then, I reset the CMOS battery using the jumpers on my motherboard. That did not work.
I removed my ram and put it back in. That did not work.
I tried both ram sticks in every combination along with leaving one out. Nope.
I looked over every cable in the case to make sure it was plugged it. All looked right.
So now I come to you humbly asking for help.
Note: the graphics card was slightly to large to fit in my case normally, so using metal shears I cut a rectangular shaped hole in the 3.5in bay so it would fit. My first case mod I guess. I am pretty sure I didn't damage anything.
Parts list:
GIGABYTE GV-N760OC-2GD REV2.0 GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready WindForce 3X 450W Video Card
Intel Core i7-4770K Haswell 3.5GHz LGA 1150 84W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80646I74770K
CORSAIR CXM series CX500M 500W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Killer LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
x2 fans + a corsair H60 with it's fan.
In order to fit the graphics card I had to remove a metal back plate from my case the was attached, when moving it I scratched my motherboard a little bit. I did not test my PC and proceeded to install the card, a Gigabyte GTX 760 windforce, into place on the second PCI-E slot.
After installing the card and making sure the power cables were plugged in to the card I powered up the PC. The LED's on my ram lit up, all 3 of the fans on the graphics card fired up, I could hear my CD drive and HDD work, and the front fan connected by molex worked. However, both of my CPU fans connected by a 3 pin connection did not power on, the led on the motherboard did not light up, and I got no display from my monitor.
The pc will fire up when I push the power button but it will not turn off.
After testing all of the video outputs finding that none worked I removed the graphics card and attempted to start my PC again. It experience the same problem as when I installed the graphics card.
Then, I reset the CMOS battery using the jumpers on my motherboard. That did not work.
I removed my ram and put it back in. That did not work.
I tried both ram sticks in every combination along with leaving one out. Nope.
I looked over every cable in the case to make sure it was plugged it. All looked right.
So now I come to you humbly asking for help.
Note: the graphics card was slightly to large to fit in my case normally, so using metal shears I cut a rectangular shaped hole in the 3.5in bay so it would fit. My first case mod I guess. I am pretty sure I didn't damage anything.
Parts list:
GIGABYTE GV-N760OC-2GD REV2.0 GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready WindForce 3X 450W Video Card
Intel Core i7-4770K Haswell 3.5GHz LGA 1150 84W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80646I74770K
CORSAIR CXM series CX500M 500W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Killer LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
x2 fans + a corsair H60 with it's fan.
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