I'm assuming you're using the correct power connectors on the vid card... right?
You're not using Y cables or any crap like that... right?


You need to use a separate cable for the 8 pin and for the 6 pin. All the way to the power supply... separate cables.

This post was edited by Ghot on Dec 6 2019 11:16pm

The old PSU had the same connections as my new one did. 24 pin + 8 pin.

I did try one stick of ram. It’s possible that I got two bad MOBO.. my buddy said that too and he works for AMD.

You don’t think there’s a chance that I just got a bad processor??

In terms of the DDU instructions; if my old GPU didn’t change anything... why would doing those instructions make a difference?

Edit: yes, I am wiring the GPU correctly

This post was edited by dwarf1579 on Dec 7 2019 08:50am

When people switch vid cards over time, crap driver parts collect and eventually cause issues. DDU remove that leftover crap.
I can't see as how that would cause the VGA light to come on though.

I'm thinking you might have two problems. Gummed up drivers which caused the intermittent issue at first....and a hardware issue that is probably the cause of the VGA light. Motherboard I'm guessing.

So you think that I was just so unlucky that I got two shitty mobos?

But if it’s a driver thing.. why wouldn’t my comp start when I used my newly exchanged motherboard with my old RTX 970

The VGA light means there's a hardware problem. That I blame the motherboard for.


The OP where you said "Randomly lose my display and the VGA light shines white on the motherboard." sounds like BOTH a hardware and software issue.
Cleaning up the driver leftovers is just a quick easy way to make sure there are no driver leftover problems.

Yeah, I'm thinking it's the motherboard. You pretty much swapped everything else with a KNOWN working part. The only thing we don't really KNOW was working was the motherboards.
The wierd thing about not being able to get into the BIOS... is either, you didn't know how, or the CMOS battery, or the motherboard.

I assume if there was a BIOS password you would have told us.

What’s the likelihood of the CPU being faulty and for whatever reason; only worked for ~ 7 hours?

Also; If I used my new PSU on my old comp; and let’s say it works.
Could there still be a possibility that it’s the PSU and maybe my old comp just takes less power?

Because I only used my old PSU with the new hardware, never the other way around

Unless you got thermal compound on the pins or in the pin sockets...slim to none. CPUs hardly ever die, unless you seriously crank up the voltage.
Even if you did get thermal compound on the CPU pins or in the socket, the CPU would still probably survive.

Remember, you have no way of knowing if that 2nd mobo was working. The really weird part is the same problem on two motherboards. That's rare, unless there was some factory defect.

I would just take the mobo, CPU, RAM and vid card to Best Buy and let them troubleshoot it. they have the equipment to do that.
Personally, I don't like AMD vid cards... never have. But you said you eliminated that possibility.

From what you claim to have done...nothing can be the problem. So take it to best buy. Whatever is the problem...the comp is so new that you can just get a free replacement or at worst an RMA.

I prob will take it somewhere to get trouble shooted after Tuesday when my replacement CPU comes in...

I never cranked or overclocked anything... And you're right, theres no way to know if the 2nd mobo was working... but I just find it incredibly unlucky that BOTH of my MOBO were defective.

The worst problem is that I got my parts from like 4 different retailers to try to save the most money possible... completely regret that at this point...

Take a picture of the setup so we can see how you wired everything. Also a picture of how you connected the modular psu plugs.

According to some people with similar issues after a google search, people were booting fine using the displayport instead of HDMI despite the white led.

If that's the case... then how come when I used my RTX 970... It still didn't boot?


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This post was edited by dwarf1579 on Dec 8 2019 01:11am