- Sep 9, 2009
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Hi everyone,
Last year I rebuilt my computer -- went with the Asrock Z77 Extreme4 due to its rating here on Toms, threw in a i7-3770K, 32 GB PC3 1600, Gigabyte Radeon 7970 GHz edition, a 240GB Samsung 840 Pro and two 1TB HDD drives (a Samsung and a Hitachi). Edited to add: running Windows 8.1 U1.
I moved on July 31 and I moved my computer myself, as I didn't trust anyone else to it. After the move the computer would power up and operate, but games would not activate my 7970 -- it would run off the Intel graphics. Not happy with this, I opened my case, saw a ton of dust, used duster and re-seated my gfx card.
When I went to power back up, I got the A2 error on Dr Debug. I read up on it and re-seated my SATA connections off the Intel controller, instead of the Asrock controller. This resolved the A2 error to the point Dr Debug went black, but a new error popped up -- no video signal from mobo or gfx card using HDMI or VGA (mobo only). Edited to add: in addition, the computer would power itself off and on throughout the day, even if I had last turned it off, and when I turned it off with the power button, I would not have to wait several seconds, it would just turn off.
As of today, I've reseated all connections, sprayed duster over everything, and I'm back to my A2 error. I am open to any suggestions or thoughts. Help!
Edit: reset CMOS several times using button on mobo.
Last year I rebuilt my computer -- went with the Asrock Z77 Extreme4 due to its rating here on Toms, threw in a i7-3770K, 32 GB PC3 1600, Gigabyte Radeon 7970 GHz edition, a 240GB Samsung 840 Pro and two 1TB HDD drives (a Samsung and a Hitachi). Edited to add: running Windows 8.1 U1.
I moved on July 31 and I moved my computer myself, as I didn't trust anyone else to it. After the move the computer would power up and operate, but games would not activate my 7970 -- it would run off the Intel graphics. Not happy with this, I opened my case, saw a ton of dust, used duster and re-seated my gfx card.
When I went to power back up, I got the A2 error on Dr Debug. I read up on it and re-seated my SATA connections off the Intel controller, instead of the Asrock controller. This resolved the A2 error to the point Dr Debug went black, but a new error popped up -- no video signal from mobo or gfx card using HDMI or VGA (mobo only). Edited to add: in addition, the computer would power itself off and on throughout the day, even if I had last turned it off, and when I turned it off with the power button, I would not have to wait several seconds, it would just turn off.
As of today, I've reseated all connections, sprayed duster over everything, and I'm back to my A2 error. I am open to any suggestions or thoughts. Help!
Edit: reset CMOS several times using button on mobo.
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