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Funky case hah, expensive though :O.

I tested each pin on both PCI-E power connectors, they each get 1.5v, no idea if thats enough or not. But to me, it means power is going to the card.

So either its the graphics card (again) or the power supply.

Looks like I'm gonna have to take it to a shop in town, and get them to see whats not working and try some parts themselves. Problem is that might cost $100 =\

I'm very sorry limited that does suck, guess my first build was lucky that nothing went wrong.

I have a sneaky suspicion that again its the graphics card is faulty. Its definitely getting power, its just gay because even if I take this down to a shop, they work out the issue, I cant get a replacement part before Christmas, and I'm going back just after Christmas, the plan was to take new pc and carry on with uni.

Grr bloody hell >_<

May be a stupid question, but do you have your 4pin/8pin whichever you have CPU power connector plugged in? On my first build I forgot that and the lights and fans came on, but the card had a red light indicating not enough power and the computer wouldn't have a display.

Just a thought..

Got an Acer h233h yesterday because my secondary was failing. This is a lot more than I expected for 140 dollars.

Well, cya

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Originally Posted by InnerGoat

Got an Acer h233h yesterday because my secondary was failing. This is a lot more than I expected for 140 dollars.

Well, cya

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Similar to mine cept yours is ~2 inches bigger, acer owns

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May be a stupid question, but do you have your 4pin/8pin whichever you have CPU power connector plugged in? On my first build I forgot that and the lights and fans came on, but the card had a red light indicating not enough power and the computer wouldn't have a display.

Just a thought..

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Yeah I double checked everything to make sure it wasnt a connection issue.

Ive taken it down to a shop in town, they couldnt figure it out from first looks which took 45 mins, they tried another PCI-E card and powered it on but no output.

They think it might be the motherboard, apparently its not fully posting, it goes to FF on the mobo, but it freezes at the FF, it should cycle through other checks which it isnt doing. They're keeping it over night to try to work out what part isnt working, there probably going to have to fully disassemble it and test each separate part.

The guy tested it briefly in front of me and damn, he was so heavy handed I'm worried hes going to break something, he was ripping parts out, throwing cables all around.

Looks like me having use of it this year is rapidly decreasing. I'm getting fed up of it now, I get the feeling I will never get it working :(.

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Yeah I double checked everything to make sure it wasnt a connection issue.

Ive taken it down to a shop in town, they couldnt figure it out from first looks which took 45 mins, they tried another PCI-E card and powered it on but no output.

They think it might be the motherboard, apparently its not fully posting, it goes to FF on the mobo, but it freezes at the FF, it should cycle through other checks which it isnt doing. They're keeping it over night to try to work out what part isnt working, there probably going to have to fully disassemble it and test each separate part.

The guy tested it briefly in front of me and damn, he was so heavy handed I'm worried hes going to break something, he was ripping parts out, throwing cables all around.

Looks like me having use of it this year is rapidly decreasing. I'm getting fed up of it now, I get the feeling I will never get it working :(.

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I always had a severe problem with the first three computers I build. It wasn't my fault though but it was very frustrating.

This computer I double checked everything, ordered expensive parts and didn't take any chances and everything worked so flawlessly. :iamafag:

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Part came today, plugged it in, turned it on and absolutely nothing.

Exact same problem, GPU has no video output, the GPU fan doesnt spin. I dont think its getting any power, which to me sounds like an issue with PSU.

What I dont get, is the company have said the part was faulty. The box of this one was sealed, so they havent bothered testing this one.

I might just have to go buy another damn PSU, issue is if I get one online, it won't be here till next fucking year.

E: Rang up tech support, guy was like "uh you should try another graphics card", freaking idiot if I had another I would have tried that duh. He goes, "it could be the mobo, graphics card or psu, but 600w should be good enough", oh thanks for narrowing it down you imbecile, even I knew that.

Hoping to get a multi-meter from a neighbor to test pci-e connectors, see if they are getting power or not. I want to go down to a shop in town, buy a new PSU, but I bet it won't work, then they wont take it back so I'll be stuck with 2 =\

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If it ain't the PSU, try buying a different brand of GPU.

Limited, it's most likely the mobo.

While building my own computer, I went through 3 mobos before I finally found one that worked.