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Question

no display from pc

by Nov 13, 2018 6:38AM PST

Awhile ago I was switching cases in my PC and my motherboard shorted out. I heard a very loud pop and the smell of something burning. I unplugged and took everything apart and decided I needed to buy a new motherboard. About a week ago I bought a new motherboard and plugged everything in. I turned the system on and everything turns on. Hard drives spin up Dan's turn on etc. But there was no display. I took out the cpu to see if there was any differences when I turned it on and there wasn't. Could I have ruined my processor when the original motherboard shorted? My specs are
Gigabyte GA-78LMT
amd fx 6300
16gb hyper x ddr3 ram
2 1tb Western digital hard drives

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Re: no display
by Forum moderator Nov 13, 2018 7:29AM PST

If there is no BIOS display, and no display if you boot from a bootable optical disk or USB stick (any free Linux, or the recovery drive you made for Windows), it's a hardware issue.

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Re: No display
by jmancrafter5 Nov 13, 2018 8:06AM PST

i knew it was a hardware issue but im trying to detect if its my processor or not

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To test the CPU
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 13, 2018 8:37AM PST

You have to try it in a good PC. I worry here. I've seen such shorts wipe out the entire PC. RAM, drives, boards, CPU. You might want to shop for some new or refurb machine since you may be looking at spending a lot to figure out what all died.

https://www.groupon.com/deals/gs-hp-compaq-8000-desktop-pc-core-2-duo-windows-10-20-inch-monitor-bundle is just 150USD with the monitor.

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core2-Duo-E7500-vs-AMD-FX-6300/m987vs1555 shows it's a step down but it gets us the idea that sometimes we have to cut bait.

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Display
by Nov 13, 2018 8:45AM PST

Make sure you have the monitor plugged into the gpu.
You don't need a disk or disc connected so unplug those.
One stick of ram only.

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