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Solved Help with screen display issues

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#22
Did you check your temps and voltages at all when running the test, the hotter the better without it causing an issue would suggest a bad video card.

Btw, any new video card should definitely be accompanied by an appropriate quality and output new PSU.
 
#23
No, forgot to check the temps and voltages, might have a look at doing that tomorrow. Would like to make sure that I replace anything that is either damaged or failing if possible so I don't end up replacing things that don't need it lol

Yeah will definitely be getting a new PSU and depending on price a video card with it :)
 
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Markh510 said:
Would you advise having a PSU that is way more than you need so doesn't need replacing for a while?
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Doesn't work like that I`m afraid Mark, when purchasing a new PSU you should go for the best quality that you can for your budget and make sure that any potential purchase has enough power output for all of your hardware and enough amps on the +12V rail for any add on video card etc.

An imaginary scenario may explain this slightly better, you need to purchase a new video card and the one that you like requires a 550W PSU that has a minimum of 37 amps on the +12V rail, you see a bronze efficiency Antec PSU that meets that criteria, it costs £76.99 and has a five year warranty, next to the Antec PSU is a 650W Gold efficiency rated EVGA PSU that costs £10 more but has a seven year warranty which to me makes spending the extra £10 for an additional two years of warranty worth the extra cost, don`t need the extra 100W and 17 amps but the extra cover would be money well spent imo.
 
#26
Okay that does make sense...
Though I think I may need to look into one sooner rather than later as now my pc won't turn on at all lol

Will have a look around and post on here my thoughts on replacements just in case I am missing anything alarming... again lol cheers for the help :)

Edit: is there anywhere that will give me values on the voltages etc?
 
#29
A good source of info is the game debate website, example, type into Google, GTX 1060 MSI Gaming X 6G Edition game debate and you should be offered a link to here you will find amongst the information there that the card requires a PSU with a minimum output of 400W, 27 amps on the +12V rail and 1x 8-pin pci-e connector from the PSU, you would then use this info as your guide to help you choose an appropriate PSU and before making any purchase ask for someone here to give you a second opinion.

NB: Please note that PSU recommendations for add on video cards are the minimum requirements suggested by the card manufacturers, often seen as overkill but the guidance is best adhered to as knowingly using an underpowered PSU voids the warranty for any add on video card should it happen to fail because of this, and yes they can tell the cause apparently.
 
#30
Cheers :) I have opened a new thread to hopefully grab a few more people as it's clear what we're talking about :)
Will have a go and look at the link etc and see what I can find although I had found one I thought looked good but we'll see if that's just me soon I suppose lol
 
#33
The following is perfectly safe if you follow the steps accordingly;


Disconnect the power cord from the wall socket.

Press the case power on button.

Disconnect all of the PSU connections to the MB, any HDDs and optical drives etc, put the 24 pin ATX power connection to one side then secure the others away from the inside of the case, straighten out a paperclip then bend it into a U shape, place the two ends of the paperclip into pins 15 and 16 as shown in my attachment, connect and then turn on the power to the PSU, let us know if the PSU fan activates.


An example video here
 

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Sorry for the delay on this...

Have done the test and the fan starts up so unfortunately I imagine that this means it's more likely to be something on the motherboard :(
 
#35
Could be the case switch, to check this see my canned info and the attachment below;

Reconnect the PSU to only the 24-pin EATX power connector and the 8-pin ATX 12V power connector on the MB.
Disconnect the chassis power on connection from the header on the MB.
As your MB doesn`t have a power test switch you will need to short out the 2 power on pins on the MB header to get the PSU to activate, you can use a small flat bladed screwdriver or a paper clip bent into a U shape, this is perfectly safe if you do not touch anything else.

If the PSU does not activate using this method then the MB may well be bad.
 

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Markh510 said:
Okay not sure about this news lol the fan doesn't turn however the light on the MB does turn on when connected :/
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If the above happened after following the steps suggested in my reply #35 two possible causes come to mind, the MB is not sending the "power good signal" to the PSU or the PSU is bad, swapping in a known good PSU for testing and having the present PSU professionally tested are the only two safe suggestions I can make to be honest.

Some info for you, as a PSU puts out various voltages +3.3V, +5V and +12V it may appear that the PSU is working correctly but it is not, any significant drop of any output can prevent the system from booting up, the other scenario is a significant increase in the output which can be worse as it can fry one or more major components such as the MB, CPU, RAM and add on video card etc.
 
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Yeah I only have one PSU that is known to be workig but I don't think the owner will be happy for me to take it regardless of my assurances haha
As for testing it seems a lot of effort to go through for something I will want to replace soon anyway so I think I may just cut my losses and look at just buying new... I have a few components and the RAM I can transfer so will help at least a little lol
 
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