My Newly Built PC Will Only Boot When My GPU isnt Plugged in

[Rhoomesie]

I am trying to diagnose the issue. My specs are:
-i7 4790k
-Asus r9 290 Directcu ii
-Corsair HX1000
-MSI g41 z87 motherboard
- Kingston v300 ssd
- WD 1 TB HDD

I am using a fairly old monitor that uses VGA and i needed to plug the VGA cable into my motherboard since my GPU does not support VGA. Is the monitor at fault? I already bought a different PSU so I do not think that it is the problem either. Also, I plugged a HDMI from the GPU to my TV but it still did not work. I do not have enough money to buy many substitute parts if needed but I will be able to replace some parts if I absolutely need to. In addition, the GPU is receiving power because the two green lights light up. I think that the issue is either the GPU itself or the monitor. It is very frustrating because I spent so much money to play games but I cannot play games because of this issue. I can still browse the web and play music but at my current state I cannot play any games that are remotely graphically demanding.Any help would be greatly appreciated.

*** THERE WILL BE A 10 DOLLAR REWARD VIA PAYPAL TO THE ONE WHO HELPS ME SOLVE THIS ISSUE***

 

[junkeymonkey]

the card don't support analog the 280x and below will I think on that this is why I dont own a 290 [x] just one more thing amd shoots it self in the foot I guess ??

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=26301598

you need a card with a dvi-I

 

[Rhoomesie]

the card don't support analog the 280x and below will I think on that this is why I dont own a 290 [x] just one more thing amd shoots it self in the foot I guess ??

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=26301598

you need a card with a dvi-I

So are you saying that I need a new monitor? Because I tried plugging it into my TV via HDMI and it still didnt work

 

[junkeymonkey]

if so then the intel cpu graphics should work but I don't know all about its support of that it should if its dvi-I but then you would need to switch over in the bios from pci-e to onboard graphics

 

[Deehomes]

the card don't support analog the 280x and below will I think on that this is why I dont own a 290 [x] just one more thing amd shoots it self in the foot I guess ??

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=26301598

you need a card with a dvi-I

The VGA is plugged into the motherboard though.

If you have a GPU populating a PCI slot, the integrated graphics in the 4790k are disabled. Meaning when you plug that VGA cable into the motherboard, you're not going to see anything on the monitor because the integrated chip is disabled.

 

[p_nut_uk]

Plugging the monitor into the motherboard slot won't use your graphics card. When using the HDMI lead with your tv is that while it's plugged into the monitor too?

 

[p_nut_uk]

Make sure in the BIOS that your Internal Graphics are set to Auto

 

[Rhoomesie]

Plugging the monitor into the motherboard slot won't use your graphics card. When using the HDMI lead with your tv is that while it's plugged into the monitor too?

No it was plugged directly into my GPU

 

[junkeymonkey]

use your 10$ reward and get something like this
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be sure its a dvi-d to hdmi for your tv ... hdmi to hdmi is flakily and may not work as you seen

also check if your hdtv has to be ''activated in its menu for that hdmi port like set from tv to hdmi 2 for pc use ??

 

[Rhoomesie]

use your 10$ reward and get something like this
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be sure its a dvi-d to hdmi for your tv ... hdmi to hdmi is flakily and may not work as you seen

also check if your hdtv has to be ''activated in its menu for that hdmi port like set from tv to hdmi 2 for pc use ??

I used a HDMI cable and both my TV and GPU support HDMI
Do you think my GPU is at fault?

 

[junkeymonkey]

just because it supports it don't mean it will work as expected .... this is why I only use that dvi to hdmi cable I showed you it works everytime on all I run around here I also got a box with plenty of hdmi to hdmi cables that don't do squat .. hmmm

 

[Rhoomesie]

just because it supports it don't mean it will work as expected .... this is why I only use that dvi to hdmi cable I showed you it works everytime on all I run around here I also got a box with plenty of hdmi to hdmi cables that don't do squat .. hmmm

My card only supports HDMI, DVI, DisplayPort though. Not DVI-D

 

[junkeymonkey]

look again the r9 290 has 2 dvi-d plus the rest, display-port and hdmi what ever

read the handshake part

http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2010/12/17/connecting-your-pc-to-an-hdtv-with-hdmi/

 

[Rhoomesie]

look again the r9 290 has 2 dvi-d plus the rest, display-port and hdmi what ever

read the handshake part

http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2010/12/17/connecting-your-pc-to-an-hdtv-with-hdmi/

It has two DVI Ports not DVI-D

 

[junkeymonkey]

wow ,ok I'm done here

look at the spec's down at the ''Ports'' what does it say ?? 2 dvi-d ??

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121842

Ports
HDMI1 x HDMI
DisplayPort1 x DisplayPort
DVI2 x DVI-D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface

 

[Brawk17]

What's your PSU? From what I remember, AMD cards take significantly more power to run than others. It could be that you don't have enough power going across all components when you plug in the card.

Edit: My bad, I didn't see that you listed it. My eyes must be going out on me. Sorry.

 

[Rhoomesie]

wow ,ok I'm done here

look at the spec's down at the ''Ports'' what does it say ?? 2 dvi-d ??

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121842

Ports
HDMI1 x HDMI
DisplayPort1 x DisplayPort
DVI2 x DVI-D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface

I am looking at my card right now. It has DVI not DVI-D