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Problem description: I came home yesterday, woke my system up, and got no display. Restarted and everything appeared fine in Windows for a minute or so, but then heard the device connect/disconnect sound and then no display again. When running in safe mode or with the video drivers uninstalled, it displays as expected, but when I install video drivers, Windows starts but with no display. The BIOS is also not displaying properly since this started, only showing maybe 2/3 of total display with the bottom and right portions cut off. Attempted fixes: I've hopelessly flailed around with a lot of things - reseating the video card, switching PCIE slots, going down to one stick of RAM and switching slots, newer drivers, older drivers, reinstalling chipset drivers, fresh install of Windows on a new SSD, no dice. I initially assumed it was a video card problem, but after trying an old GTX 460, the BIOS will display properly, but again once video drivers are installed all I get is no display in Windows. I've also made sure it's nothing silly like a resolution problem or defaulting to a second display that's not connected, that's not the case. One thing I still need to do is test the video card in another system. Recent changes: I installed a new SSD a day before this started. Everything was working as expected, had no issues. -- Operating system: Windows 7 64 bit System specs: Asus P8Z77-V LK Motherboard, i5-3570k, 2 x 4GB G.SKILL RAM, EVGA GTX 660Ti, XFX TS Series P1550SXXB9 550W PSU, 2 Samsung 840 SSDs Location: United States I have Googled and read the FAQ: Yes and Yes.
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Oct 8, 2014 19:59
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Well, I tested the video card in another system and it seems it is indeed dead. It's now out for an RMA. I'm still troubled by this 460 not working in my system either, though. Will probably just order a new mobo and RMA the current one, then try to sell the replacement. Any thoughts on this course of action, and what could have killed my slot(s) and card?
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Oct 10, 2014 00:36
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Do you use a UPS? Power spikes can do mean things.
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Oct 10, 2014 02:54
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Are you sure the SSD isn't the problem? Try booting from your old hard disk. Also, it might have just been bad luck with static discharge when installing the SSD.
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Oct 10, 2014 18:01
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Skandranon posted:Are you sure the SSD isn't the problem? Try booting from your old hard disk. Also, it might have just been bad luck with static discharge when installing the SSD. Yeah I tried booting from Windows installs on each disk, same problem either way. Generally I'm mindful of static discharge but I guess that's a possibility. Didn't feel or hear anything that I can remember though. As for the UPS, I thought having a decent surge protector was good enough. Really I think my lovely motherboard just decided to go and take my video card with it. In any event I have replacements on the way for both and I'll post an update in here if necessary.
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Oct 13, 2014 23:57
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