The building a PC/laptop guide

[ixcuincle]

Alright, some of the screws fell off and were on the bottom of the case. Also tried to remove the ram and see if I could get a signal, nothing happened. Red light popped up, so I guess that's good, it knows RAM is missing.

Also disconnected everything but the power (all the peripherals), still can't see anything out of the monitor.

[KAOSkins]

Alright, some of the screws fell off and were on the bottom of the case. Also tried to remove the ram and see if I could get a signal, nothing happened. Red light popped up, so I guess that's good, it knows RAM is missing.

Also disconnected everything but the power (all the peripherals), still can't see anything out of the monitor.

take the gpu out not disconnected all the way out, and use the integrated video connection. Install the video card after you have installed everything else i.e. the operating system.

[GMUSkinsFan]

take the gpu out not disconnected all the way out, and use the integrated video connection.

I'd go even farther than that and only boot with bare essentials (CPU, CPU Fan, and RAM).

Also, check the processor. I've seen that same issue happen and it was caused by bent processor pins.

[ixcuincle]

The GPU is already out. Everything is disconnected, even the RAM. It's just the PSU connected to the motherboard. And it still doesn't work.

Might be processor.

What do I do about the screws that fell off...do I install the standoffs?

[dfitzo53]

Did you do what I suggested and install the essentials and try to boot it while the motherboard is sitting outside the case on cardboard?

[GMUSkinsFan]

The GPU is already out. Everything is disconnected, even the RAM. It's just the PSU connected to the motherboard. And it still doesn't work.

Might be processor.

What do I do about the screws that fell off...do I install the standoffs?

it's the processor dude, I'm telling you. check the pins, I guarantee you'll find at least a few are bent.

[ixcuincle]

it's the processor dude, I'm telling you. check the pins, I guarantee you'll find at least a few are bent.

Alright, I'll check later

[ixcuincle]

Well, I have good news to report. The processor is fine, and was installed correctly. There were also standoffs which were already installed in the case.

The problem was memory. The memory wasn't installed correctly. After I installed it properly, I could see out of the monitor.

Thanks for everyone's help. Debugging can be a real chore, but it feels great when you've fixed the problem. Thanks again

[ixcuincle]

Windows is being a ***** and not letting me install because of EFI crap.

"Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. The EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks"

[GMUSkinsFan]

May have to slightly hijack this thread. So i've been having issues with video playback on my custom PC. It's weird, some videos which I have on my HDD play perfectly fine. Others play really choppy with red/blue dots everywhere and white lines/bars breaking up the picture. Same thing happens with Netflix streaming. I know it's not the video card cause the same issue happens with the onboard card. Which leads me to believe it's either a flash issue or a codec issue. Any ideas guys?

[ixcuincle]

Might be codec.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

May have to slightly hijack this thread. So i've been having issues with video playback on my custom PC. It's weird, some videos which I have on my HDD play perfectly fine. Others play really choppy with red/blue dots everywhere and white lines/bars breaking up the picture. Same thing happens with Netflix streaming. I know it's not the video card cause the same issue happens with the onboard card. Which leads me to believe it's either a flash issue or a codec issue. Any ideas guys?

I'd worry more about the connection itself. Could be a codec, but what type of connection are you using? Also, if you have cable, what time of day do you have these issues?

[GMUSkinsFan]

I'd worry more about the connection itself. Could be a codec, but what type of connection are you using? Also, if you have cable, what time of day do you have these issues?

It's not the internet connection. Netflix runs fine on every other computer. And like I said, the same issue happens with local files. This isn't normal buffering pixelation, it's definitely a playback issue.

[KAOSkins]

It's not the internet connection. Netflix runs fine on every other computer. And like I said, the same issue happens with local files. This isn't normal buffering pixelation, it's definitely a playback issue.

Bad HDMI cable? Windows usually updates the codecs pretty regular. Unless you're on XP or something.

Windows is being a ***** and not letting me install because of EFI crap.

"Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. The EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks"

You need a fresh format on the hard drive and delete all the existing partitions. Do it in another computer (using disk manager) or use Diskpart clean all in command window from the windows install repair gui. If you put an old hard drive in there, remove that one for a windows install on the new one.

[GMUSkinsFan]

Bad HDMI cable? Windows usually updates the codecs pretty regular. Unless you're on XP or something.



You need a fresh format on the hard drive and delete all the existing partitions. Do it in another computer (using disk manager) or use Diskpart clean all in command window from the windows install repair gui. If you put an old hard drive in there, remove that one for a windows install on the new one.

Could be, I'll swap the cables tomorrow. I was planning on changing it to DVI anyways.

Edit: Not the VGA cable, just swapped it and still have the same issue.

Here's a screencap of what I'm dealing with. The same issue happens whether I use VLC, WMP, or MPlayer.