Help again :(

savagesam117 · 23 Apr 2015 at 18:33

Where do I start.. Well I got given a gigabyte motherboard from someone on here, I went and got it, popped a CPU in and all other relevant parts and it fired up fine first try, installed windows, great! I turned off the PC, boxed it all back up and left it until I could afford to get a case to out it in. Got a case, put it all in, fired up fine but no display and only one of two fans spinning.. Popped the card into my PC, fired up fine! So I thought the psu may have been the culprit, got a new psu off the MM and put it in today built it out of the case and still nothing from the second fan. I have a spare motherboard that I tried it all in and it works fine in that.

So I'm guessing it's the motherboard that's at fault here, any ideas to why it would suddenly stop working? You can see all the fans spinning up, h55 pump start to work just no second fan on the gpu. I'm baffled to why this has happened?

I updated everything apart from the bios when I had it running first time as I didn't experience problems or anything so thought it would be fine!

stulid · 23 Apr 2015 at 18:36

Yo,

Can you list everything you have that is going into this PC?

savagesam117 · 23 Apr 2015 at 18:39

Yeah sorry, I totally forgot to add that in.

Gigabyte am3+ can't see the model on the board.
AMD fx4130 with h55
Hd7850
4gb corsair ram
Ocz 650w psu/corsair vs450.

The second fan starts to spin and then stops after about 1/2 seconds

stulid · 23 Apr 2015 at 19:05

Well im dont think ive ever seen or heard about a HD7850 that runs semi passive or what etc.

Updating the boards BIOS would be my first move using Qflash found within the BIOS.

savagesam117 · 23 Apr 2015 at 19:11

Would the ocz 650w psu be okay with my 290x? Because I cannot get the any display to show to even get to the bios. If I don't get anything from my 290x then I'll definitely know it's the board!

stulid · 23 Apr 2015 at 19:12

As long as its not ancient/old it will be fine.

savagesam117 · 23 Apr 2015 at 19:23

Well all the fans spin but there's no display. I can't be bothered with it anymore, I'll just use the older one I've got that the card works in!

stulid · 23 Apr 2015 at 19:40

Your not like using a DVI-VGA adapter? the 290 DVI ports are all DVI-D so you cant convert them.

savagesam117 · 23 Apr 2015 at 19:52

Nope. Straight HDMI. Tried my monitor and my TV both nothing

stulid · 23 Apr 2015 at 20:05

Can you try running the basics needed? single ram stick, no drives.

savagesam117 · 23 Apr 2015 at 20:16

Done all of that. Was the first few things I've tried

stulid · 23 Apr 2015 at 20:21

And you have tried clearing the CMOS.

savagesam117 · 23 Apr 2015 at 20:28

Yep, by shorting the pins and leaving the battery out

savagesam117 · 23 Apr 2015 at 22:11

We've got power!! Well to the second fan that is.. But still no display, I'm starting to think this is a gpu problem. But it worked earlier.. My poor back up card

This is in a different motherboard now too*

stulid · 23 Apr 2015 at 22:13

And you got the boards 8pin ATX plugged in? check all cables in fact.

savagesam117 · 23 Apr 2015 at 22:15

Oh yes, I've checked that about 100 million times tonight haha.

stulid · 23 Apr 2015 at 22:16

RMA the board.

savagesam117 · 23 Apr 2015 at 22:22

How would I go about this? I was given the board and have no original receipt or anything. The board is a Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3. Was hiding under the GFX card. I'm guessing out of warranty too

stulid · 23 Apr 2015 at 22:23

RMA through gigabyte UK, there is a serial number on the 24pin ATX connector, I think you use that.

At least try it, the worst that can happen is the say no and you are in the same position you are in now.

savagesam117 · 23 Apr 2015 at 22:31

I have sent an email across. Thanks for your help.