New build will boot but no display

Godbarber01

Godbarber01

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Hi,

I purchased myself some new gear today and having fitted everything the computer will boot up but I get no display on my monitor, the monitor will just stay black.

What I have purchased:

ASUS HD 7970 Matrix Platinum 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00 GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor
ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard
Team Group Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit

I have built PC's in the past for family and have never had this trouble. Though admittedly never something as high performance as this. The only thing that I can think it could be is that my PSU is 600W and obviously all this kit needs a lot of power, but would that affect my computer displaying anything at all?

Everything has been installed and correctly connected. I feel like I am missing something very obvious :S

Any help is appreciated.
 
Tried onboard display? Hdmi/dvi ect,if you get a display go in the biis and set pcie or peg as first display,the swap the hdmi/dvi/vga to the gpu and see if you get picture
 
I've re-set the BIOS and there is no change, there is no on board display with this motherboard from what I can see so that wouldn't be an option sadly.

I am really at a loss..
 
It worked with your old parts?
If you have a different videocard to use, even if temporary use it......the idea is.......to update the motherboard BIOS to the latest full release.

Some people have had similar problems and a mobo bios flash has sorted it....
 
Hi Mathius, thank's again for your help.

I put my old GPU in the machine and it booted up and displayed, I quickly went into the BIOS settings and the correct BIOS has been updated onto the system, I am going to uninstall any drivers i can find for the graphics card and reinstall the new one whilst I am here then re-try the new GPU. Other than that is there anything else you think it could be?

Also, going back to my original question, any idea whether it could be being affected by me only having a 600W power supply?

Cheers
 
what PSU do you have......

According to AMD's website a Minimum of 500w and 1 6pin and 1 8pin are needed.

It might not carry enough Amps on the 12v rail
 
I managed to find a website that will check what Power Supply is recommended for my build and according to this website my minimum recommended power supply is 750W

Currently I have a 600w so that would probably explain why my new GPU won't display whereas my old one will, I will probably purchase a new Power Supply on the morrow and see if that fixes anything. Will report back tomorrow.

Now my problem is that windows will not start due to the hardware change and I can't find my disc! Pretty sure my wife has moved it and lost it and is now too scared to tell me.

EDIT: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-117-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2463 this is my PSU at the moment.

Thanks guys!
 
Can you list your complete computer specs...

Everything......down to fans, fan controllers, additional external hdd's etc.....

because that power supply should easily power a standard setup. I just put in to a site the 4 parts you listed above plus 2x 1tb drives, plus a after market cooler and I get an estimated wattage of 504w.

It could be the power supply, but dont rule out the videocard itself......maybe DOA
 
Here goes:

- ASUS HD 7970 Matrix Platinum 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
- AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00 GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor
- ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard
- Team Group Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
- Seagate 1TB Internal HD
- 2 Antec 3 speed case fans (not sure of the size but they're quite large)
- CPU fan that came with the processor listed above
- DVD R/W not sure of the brand

That's all I can think of to list.

I don't see how it could be the video card as i purchased it new today? I hope not anyway

EDIT: Not sure how I didn't mention this but the box that the video card came in says that they recommend a minimum of 650W power supply is required to run the card.
 
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yea I'd pick up a corsair 750w or similar, I wouldn't aim for CFx as the motherboard doesn't really support the 2nd card fast enough (x4)
 
try the video card in a different pci slot i had this problem last year with asus 7870 wouldnt work in top slot but worked in next so i sent card back and new worked fine in top pci slot
 
I thought that's what you meant but wasn't sure. I will just be using the single card.

I tried both slots on the motherboard with both cards. It won't work on either slot with my new card.
 
yea, if the box says 650w, try a 750w unit (extra 100w is for headroom)

Then if it fails to boot it will be the card at fault.
 
Is there that much of a difference between the 7950 and 7970 power wise. I've just ordered build parts and was recommended a 520w with a Haswell i5 and a 7950 on a Z87 mobo and everyone (lots of input into the thread) said it was fine. I went with a good 650psu anyway with a view to upgrade. If I upgraded my card to 7970 or beyond would I not have enough power? System is otherwise 1tb hard drive 8gb ram pretty standard.
 
HDMI or DVI?

If HDMI, you might have the same problem I had earlier this week. The GPU/display doesn't handshake in time to get the BIOS up, but eventually it will boot the OS...

If you've got not OS on there, you might get the symptom of no GPU display.
 
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