Hi, I recently upgraded my PC for the first time but am having problems getting it to boot. I'm pretty sure everything is connected fine but when I turn the PC on, it boots for about 18-19 seconds, the graphics card switches off after about 10 and my monitor just keeps scanning for DVI/HDMI/VGA and then just goes to sleep.
My PC just then repeats turning on/off meanwhile my monitor just stays at a black screen (because it's gone to sleep at this point).
My old PC connected via DVI fine, but my new motherboard has a DVI slot as well as on the graphics card (which has 2) but I've plugged it into the graphics card as I assumed that was the correct thing to do.
Things I've tried: plugging the DVI in the motherboard instead of the graphics card & swapping the rams around and trying 1 at a time to see maybe if one if faulty.
The graphics card I know works perfectly as it worked on my old system, the CPU I got from a friend and he tested it worked and the MOBO I bought brand new. The PSU was also from my old system and that worked fine. The ram I did buy off eBay but the seller said it had hardly been used and worked.
I'm kinda thinking it may be the RAM that's the issue but I'm not sure, I can't think what else could be the problem. If anyone has any suggestions, or have solved a similar issue before, I'd really appreciate some help. Gutted my PC is now not working and I'm kinda stuck on what to do.
PC specs:
Intel - Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
Cooler Master - Seidon 120V VER.2 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (I know I don't really need this as I won't be overclocking but I originally had it for my fx-8320 and thought it would be better than the stock cooler)
Gigabyte - GA-H110M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (this has an weird orange light when I boot, not sure what that is)
Kingston - HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
Kingston - SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Western Digital - Black 500GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB WINDFORCE OC 6G Video Card
Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
EVGA - 600W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply
My PC just then repeats turning on/off meanwhile my monitor just stays at a black screen (because it's gone to sleep at this point).
My old PC connected via DVI fine, but my new motherboard has a DVI slot as well as on the graphics card (which has 2) but I've plugged it into the graphics card as I assumed that was the correct thing to do.
Things I've tried: plugging the DVI in the motherboard instead of the graphics card & swapping the rams around and trying 1 at a time to see maybe if one if faulty.
The graphics card I know works perfectly as it worked on my old system, the CPU I got from a friend and he tested it worked and the MOBO I bought brand new. The PSU was also from my old system and that worked fine. The ram I did buy off eBay but the seller said it had hardly been used and worked.
I'm kinda thinking it may be the RAM that's the issue but I'm not sure, I can't think what else could be the problem. If anyone has any suggestions, or have solved a similar issue before, I'd really appreciate some help. Gutted my PC is now not working and I'm kinda stuck on what to do.
PC specs:
Intel - Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
Cooler Master - Seidon 120V VER.2 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (I know I don't really need this as I won't be overclocking but I originally had it for my fx-8320 and thought it would be better than the stock cooler)
Gigabyte - GA-H110M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (this has an weird orange light when I boot, not sure what that is)
Kingston - HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
Kingston - SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Western Digital - Black 500GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB WINDFORCE OC 6G Video Card
Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
EVGA - 600W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply
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