Discovered completely blank monitors on my 3 monitor set up.
Removed and reset video card - no good
Moved video card to different slot - no good.
Computer "sounded" OK, but no beeps when forcing reboot with power button - appeared to be running -
Bought ASUS GTX750ti OC card for troubleshooting.
VIdeo now appears but only boots to windows blue screen - "windows didn't start".
Computer tries to boot - recycles and ends up at blue repair screen
Computer boots and is stable in SAFE mode
Any attempt to reboot into normal mode fails - computer attempts to boot several times - then ends up back at blue screen.
Success in restoring windows to 3 days ago - no change
Attempted to reset windows - fail -computer starts to reinstall - shows 3% progress and then reboots to blue screen
I am ready to replace the motherboard - but want to make sure I am not missing anything
If I replace motherboard - will I have to reload windows or will it be plug and play?
Components
Windows 10 Pro
MSI Computer ATX DDR4 3000 LGA 2011-3 Computer Motherboard X99A MPOWER
MSI Computer Video Graphics Card GTX 980TI GAMING 6G
Crucial Ballistix Sport 32GB Kit (8GBx4) DDR4 2400 MT/s
Intel Core i7-5820K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.3GHz LGA 2011-v3
Removed and reset video card - no good
Moved video card to different slot - no good.
Computer "sounded" OK, but no beeps when forcing reboot with power button - appeared to be running -
Bought ASUS GTX750ti OC card for troubleshooting.
VIdeo now appears but only boots to windows blue screen - "windows didn't start".
Computer tries to boot - recycles and ends up at blue repair screen
Computer boots and is stable in SAFE mode
Any attempt to reboot into normal mode fails - computer attempts to boot several times - then ends up back at blue screen.
Success in restoring windows to 3 days ago - no change
Attempted to reset windows - fail -computer starts to reinstall - shows 3% progress and then reboots to blue screen
I am ready to replace the motherboard - but want to make sure I am not missing anything
If I replace motherboard - will I have to reload windows or will it be plug and play?
Components
Windows 10 Pro
MSI Computer ATX DDR4 3000 LGA 2011-3 Computer Motherboard X99A MPOWER
MSI Computer Video Graphics Card GTX 980TI GAMING 6G
Crucial Ballistix Sport 32GB Kit (8GBx4) DDR4 2400 MT/s
Intel Core i7-5820K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.3GHz LGA 2011-v3