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A few days ago, my replacement motherboard finally arrived from the repair shop after they had to swap out a faulty BIOS chip under warranty.
Once the board showed up, I couldn't actually test anything because I was still waiting on my RAM and GPU to arrive. As soon as everything landed, I put the build together and hit the power button, but there’s no signal to the monitor. The case just shows a solid green light and all the fans start spinning. I'm honestly not even sure if it's posting, since it's been so long since I used this rig that I can't even remember what the startup beep is supposed to sound like... 😁 It should have worked fine, though, given how it ran before. I'm starting to wonder about the power supply—I've got a 460W Linkword unit, but the official specs for my HD 6850 say it recommends at least 500W. I also suspect the PSU might be the culprit because the light on the DVD drive doesn't come on, and the tray won't even eject when I press the button. Plus, neither my keyboard nor my mouse are lighting up, and there's zero sound coming from the tower.
Let me know if I missed any details.
Thanks in advance for any help...
I'll probably drop it off at a local repair shop in a couple of days to let the pros take a look, but I wanted to see if you guys had any thoughts first.
Once the board showed up, I couldn't actually test anything because I was still waiting on my RAM and GPU to arrive. As soon as everything landed, I put the build together and hit the power button, but there’s no signal to the monitor. The case just shows a solid green light and all the fans start spinning. I'm honestly not even sure if it's posting, since it's been so long since I used this rig that I can't even remember what the startup beep is supposed to sound like... 😁 It should have worked fine, though, given how it ran before. I'm starting to wonder about the power supply—I've got a 460W Linkword unit, but the official specs for my HD 6850 say it recommends at least 500W. I also suspect the PSU might be the culprit because the light on the DVD drive doesn't come on, and the tray won't even eject when I press the button. Plus, neither my keyboard nor my mouse are lighting up, and there's zero sound coming from the tower.
Let me know if I missed any details.
Thanks in advance for any help...
I'll probably drop it off at a local repair shop in a couple of days to let the pros take a look, but I wanted to see if you guys had any thoughts first.