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After much struggle and tears, I finally decided to seek outside help.

Back-story: I moved from my home country and brought my desktop (which was working at the time) with me. All parts but the case flew in on a suitcase with bubble wrap and anti-static paper all secured among the other items on the case.
After getting here, I quickly assembled it back together only to find it was not working properly.

Now the problem itself: I turn it on and nothing shows up on the monitor.

I acquired all the pieces that I thought were the problem, even a new gfx card that just arrived, something which proved to be futile.

So far I’ve tried with a different motherboard, processor, ram, gfx card, even a different HDD and the same thing happens. Pc turns on, all fans go at full power but nothing is displayed on the screen. Haven’t tried a new pc case though… don’t know if the problem is on the power button considering the thing actually turns on

What else am I missing? If it is something simple and obvious I might just die a little.

Thanks in advance.

You could try reseating the GPU. It may have been slightly dislodged in transit. Also, the RAM. I had this once and it turned out the cat had been at the cable to the PC very embarrassing as I plastered a forum with angry venting – might be worth having a look there too!

I brought the PC broke down into it’s components so the reseat has been done and redone :P
I checked the web and the power supply which someone gifted me is apparently a piece of crap and that I should get a decent one. Going to try that tomorrow since I’m running out of options anyway.

A little bump + update here. I went and bought a new PSU, a Corsair CX600, and the problem remains.
Guess I’ll have to give in and take it to someone who knows more than me.

Did you check if it not a problem with the screen itself or it’s power cable?

Try a different screen on your pc or try yours on a different pc.

Cause all you mention is the hardware, nothing about testing the screen itself.

Remove the video card, reset the cosmos, and try the video out on the motherboard.

SandraSolace.7682:

Did you check if it not a problem with the screen itself or it’s power cable?

Try a different screen on your pc or try yours on a different pc.

Cause all you mention is the hardware, nothing about testing the screen itself.

The screen that I connected it to is working right now with a different PC, so that’s not the problem.

zerk.9701:

Remove the video card, reset the cosmos, and try the video out on the motherboard.

I thought the problem could be in the mobo so I went and bought a new one which gives the same problem. Should I still reset it on the new one?

I think you should see if you can test a new power supply. Cause by the sound of things you now have enough hardware to make a new pc

SandraSolace.7682:

I think you should see if you can test a new power supply. Cause by the sound of thing you now have enough hardware to make a new pc

Already tested 2 power supplies, the one i normally used and 1 I bought today.
And yes, I have a new pc judging by the new parts that I bought.

I find it hard to believe that the case would cause a problem like this, and that’s the only part left as far as I can tell. Maybe there’s 2 bad parts? If I understood the back-story right, they were all in the same suitcase, so it’s much more likely to have a second damaged part once you have 1 that was damaged (essentially, breakage of parts is not independent).

I’d try swapping the potentially damaged parts into a functioning build 1 by 1, and see what doesn’t work there.

Is it still under warranty? Also, if it were me, I’d take your rig to a repair shop if you can get to one. It sounds like you’ve exhausted all other options.

I wish you luck!

Make sure your monitor is not the issue. It seems that you have ruled out most of the common issues but I haven’t seen anything about testing the monitor in your posts.

Check and see if your MOBO has diagnostic LEDs or screen on it. The small screen gives POST codes that you can use for troubleshooting. If you are able to get the POST code that the system is hanging on, do a search for your MOBO and the POST code that you are getting. Example: ASUS Rampage 4 Extreme post code 66. Alternatively you can use the model of the computer such as Dell Pavilion 8000 post code 02

From what I have read you have changed out the GPU, MOBO, RAM, and PSU. This does not leave a lot to troubleshoot. The CPU is one major component that you may need to check. Often the POST codes will let you know if it is hanging on the CPU.

UserX.8217:

Make sure your monitor is not the issue. It seems that you have ruled out most of the common issues but I haven’t seen anything about testing the monitor in your posts.

Check and see if your MOBO has diagnostic LEDs or screen on it. The small screen gives POST codes that you can use for troubleshooting. If you are able to get the POST code that the system is hanging on, do a search for your MOBO and the POST code that you are getting. Example: ASUS Rampage 4 Extreme post code 66. Alternatively you can use the model of the computer such as Dell Pavilion 8000 post code 02

From what I have read you have changed out the GPU, MOBO, RAM, and PSU. This does not leave a lot to troubleshoot. The CPU is one major component that you may need to check. Often the POST codes will let you know if it is hanging on the CPU.

I didn’t mentioned the monitor, something I should’ve just gotten out of the way, simply because it’s actually being used right now by another PC and I also tried it with another CPU. I tried 2 MOBOs on it but none has a LED screen.

I’m going to try a couple more things tomorrow but I’m pretty sure I’ll just take it to a repair shop.