So I've tried SEVERAL different threads' solutions and haven't been able to get anything to work. The issue I'm having is strange, though, because of the lack of common factors.
First off, I bought a new graphics card, an ASUS nVidia GTX 760, and it's the second graphics processor this computer has, the original being an AMD Kaveri 7860k APU.
So I plug it in, only to find out that my case is too shallow to fit it. So I remove the screws holding it into the case, lay the case on its side, and plug the card in. Side note: I forgot to plug it in to the power supply at first.
I start up the computer, and it immediately shuts off. Confused, I turn it back on again. This is when all hell breaks loose. A loud CRACK, a spark from the opposite end of the motherboard (right between the keyboard/mouse ports (which I never use) and the mobo's built in monitor port, and I smell gunpowder. Reminded me of the cap guns kids play with. Smelled just like that. Anyways. I panic, and turn EVERYTHING off. After a few seconds of collecting myself, I turn it back on. No crack, no smoke, but no display. I can't see anything on my screen. Now I realize that the new graphics card isn't plugged in to the PSU, so I plug it in.
Still nothing. I try connecting an HDMI directly to the new card, maybe it has to use the new gpu's ports. Nothing. So I figure I must've fried my motherboard. SUcks, but fortunately, I still have my old motherboard, along with the Richland 6800k APU that it had. So I pull everything out, and put the old MOBO in. Everything is connected, including the new nVidia, and I turn it on. The EXACT SAME THING is happening.
I try everything I tried on the old motherboard. Nothing. Everything gives me the same results. Computer is on, fans are running, no display. Side note: The USB mouse lights up, but the USB keyboard is unresponsive, even when switching between USB ports.
I remove the nVidia. Still the exact same problem.
The ONLY common factors in this situation are the case, the PSU (which is a brand new 750w Rosewill, and is not the problem), and the RAM. I've used two different mobo's, each with their own APU, with and without the nVidia, and I can't get my computer back up and running. I'm at a dead end, and the only solution I can think of is that somehow that pop (which was far from the RAM slots, too) fried both of my RAM sticks.
I don't know what to do at this point, and I'm very frustrated. Can anyone give me some advice? I don't want to go out and buy new RAM, just to find out that it's not the RAM, but I don't see what else could possibly be wrong.
First off, I bought a new graphics card, an ASUS nVidia GTX 760, and it's the second graphics processor this computer has, the original being an AMD Kaveri 7860k APU.
So I plug it in, only to find out that my case is too shallow to fit it. So I remove the screws holding it into the case, lay the case on its side, and plug the card in. Side note: I forgot to plug it in to the power supply at first.
I start up the computer, and it immediately shuts off. Confused, I turn it back on again. This is when all hell breaks loose. A loud CRACK, a spark from the opposite end of the motherboard (right between the keyboard/mouse ports (which I never use) and the mobo's built in monitor port, and I smell gunpowder. Reminded me of the cap guns kids play with. Smelled just like that. Anyways. I panic, and turn EVERYTHING off. After a few seconds of collecting myself, I turn it back on. No crack, no smoke, but no display. I can't see anything on my screen. Now I realize that the new graphics card isn't plugged in to the PSU, so I plug it in.
Still nothing. I try connecting an HDMI directly to the new card, maybe it has to use the new gpu's ports. Nothing. So I figure I must've fried my motherboard. SUcks, but fortunately, I still have my old motherboard, along with the Richland 6800k APU that it had. So I pull everything out, and put the old MOBO in. Everything is connected, including the new nVidia, and I turn it on. The EXACT SAME THING is happening.
I try everything I tried on the old motherboard. Nothing. Everything gives me the same results. Computer is on, fans are running, no display. Side note: The USB mouse lights up, but the USB keyboard is unresponsive, even when switching between USB ports.
I remove the nVidia. Still the exact same problem.
The ONLY common factors in this situation are the case, the PSU (which is a brand new 750w Rosewill, and is not the problem), and the RAM. I've used two different mobo's, each with their own APU, with and without the nVidia, and I can't get my computer back up and running. I'm at a dead end, and the only solution I can think of is that somehow that pop (which was far from the RAM slots, too) fried both of my RAM sticks.
I don't know what to do at this point, and I'm very frustrated. Can anyone give me some advice? I don't want to go out and buy new RAM, just to find out that it's not the RAM, but I don't see what else could possibly be wrong.
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