Edit: Problem Solved
Problem solved, after much tinkering, it turns out I had to enter the bios and set the PCIe Display setting to (Gen3) GPUs. It was originally on (Auto) and the other options were (Gen1) (Gen2) (Gen3) . Apparently (Auto) couldn't tell it was a Gen 3 GPU. Very interesting as all modern GPUs and Motherboards should be able to sort this out. Hopefully this helps someone else. Thanks to everyone who helped me
I appreciate the help no less. Cheers!
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Hello there!
I recently just built my first computer and I had no problems throughout. When I was finished, I hooked it up to a monitor and powered it on. All the LEDs and fans (Including the CPU fan and the ones on the GPU) powered on but the monitor displayed nothing. Additionally I know the monitor was connected properly because if it's not connected to anything it will display "Missing signal" on the screen. Once plugged in properly this disappears. Thus I knew it was a problem within my hardware somewhere.
I must admit that i'm definitely a newbie when it comes to this stuff so I had no idea where the problem was. I surfed the web and the forums a bit and they all led me to the same checklist. I went through everything on there with no luck. This included checking all connections, trying with only 1 stick of RAM, etc. And so here I am!
My specs are:
Intel i5 4460 CPU
Gigabyte Radeon R9 280x Windfore GPU
G.Skill Ripjawx 2x4gb DDR3-1600 RAM
Gigabyte B85M-HD3 rev 3.0 Motherboard
Patriot blaze 240 GB SSD
EVGA SuperNOVA 750w 80PLUS B2 Bronze Certified PSU
EDIT: No longer relevant One key point I will mention is that I am very unsure as to how the wiring from my PSU works I currently have 2 vga cables tucked away, unused because I am unaware if I need them and where to use them. My graphics card came with one 4pin to 2 molex cable and one 6pin to 2 molex cable. The 4pin and 6pin ends were plugged into the GPU since there were corresponding holes. I plugged the PSU cable labeled "PERIF" into the molex end since they were the only molex cables I had. I assume I did at least something right since the GPU fans are running.
EDIT: No longer relevant Lastly, since my power supply is modular, I had to throw in a few extra cables. All of them plugged one end into the PSU but then split into 3 separate ends. I am not using all 3 ends because I only need one or two. Will it still function with only using a fraction of them?
Thanks a ton to whoever read through this whole thing <3. I know it's very long but I tried to be thorough to get a good answer. Thank you again and I hope someone has results
Photos (Sorry for quality and Imgur)
http://imgur.com/a/7ONmF
Problem solved, after much tinkering, it turns out I had to enter the bios and set the PCIe Display setting to (Gen3) GPUs. It was originally on (Auto) and the other options were (Gen1) (Gen2) (Gen3) . Apparently (Auto) couldn't tell it was a Gen 3 GPU. Very interesting as all modern GPUs and Motherboards should be able to sort this out. Hopefully this helps someone else. Thanks to everyone who helped me
I appreciate the help no less. Cheers!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello there!
I recently just built my first computer and I had no problems throughout. When I was finished, I hooked it up to a monitor and powered it on. All the LEDs and fans (Including the CPU fan and the ones on the GPU) powered on but the monitor displayed nothing. Additionally I know the monitor was connected properly because if it's not connected to anything it will display "Missing signal" on the screen. Once plugged in properly this disappears. Thus I knew it was a problem within my hardware somewhere.
I must admit that i'm definitely a newbie when it comes to this stuff so I had no idea where the problem was. I surfed the web and the forums a bit and they all led me to the same checklist. I went through everything on there with no luck. This included checking all connections, trying with only 1 stick of RAM, etc. And so here I am!
My specs are:
Intel i5 4460 CPU
Gigabyte Radeon R9 280x Windfore GPU
G.Skill Ripjawx 2x4gb DDR3-1600 RAM
Gigabyte B85M-HD3 rev 3.0 Motherboard
Patriot blaze 240 GB SSD
EVGA SuperNOVA 750w 80PLUS B2 Bronze Certified PSU
EDIT: No longer relevant One key point I will mention is that I am very unsure as to how the wiring from my PSU works I currently have 2 vga cables tucked away, unused because I am unaware if I need them and where to use them. My graphics card came with one 4pin to 2 molex cable and one 6pin to 2 molex cable. The 4pin and 6pin ends were plugged into the GPU since there were corresponding holes. I plugged the PSU cable labeled "PERIF" into the molex end since they were the only molex cables I had. I assume I did at least something right since the GPU fans are running.
EDIT: No longer relevant Lastly, since my power supply is modular, I had to throw in a few extra cables. All of them plugged one end into the PSU but then split into 3 separate ends. I am not using all 3 ends because I only need one or two. Will it still function with only using a fraction of them?
Thanks a ton to whoever read through this whole thing <3. I know it's very long but I tried to be thorough to get a good answer. Thank you again and I hope someone has results
Photos (Sorry for quality and Imgur)
http://imgur.com/a/7ONmF
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