When i went to turn on my pc this afternoon after school it was bad news. All the fans and the lights on the motherboard turn on. My motherboard is an asrock extreme 4 970. My GPU is a XFX radeon HD 7870. The problem is that it doesnt display on the monitor. Everything worked the day before, but it wont work today. I've unplugged the GPU and tried booting on with only 1 stick of ram inside. I will be try removing all the components then re-install them tomorrow. Please help it would be much appreciated. Also power button will turn on pc, but wont turn off pc now.
Broken Motherboard or GPU?
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Alec Mowat
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If the GPU is dead, it should give a series of long annoying beeps.
If it doesn't beep, it's potentially the motherboard. Could more likely be the power supply though, they seem to fail often.
If it doesn't beep, it's potentially the motherboard. Could more likely be the power supply though, they seem to fail often.
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On most modern motherboards, it should be built in. If the fans are just humming at a constant speed and the cpu and HD aren't loading, than there is a problem with the motherboard,
If the system is booting without any issue but the monitor is black, it's probably something stupid, like the cable is unplugged or the monitor is set to the wrong input.
If the system is booting without any issue but the monitor is black, it's probably something stupid, like the cable is unplugged or the monitor is set to the wrong input.
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The Beeps codes will tell you exactly what the issue is. If you pull the GPU it should beep.
If you have an onboard videocard, you can try using that.
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GPU not detected should be 3 or 4 longs beeps.
Should do 1 short beep if it's loading without any issues, in which case it's not the motherboard .
You'll need to check the manual for any other beep codes, I think 3 short beeps is RAM or CPU.
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