ascarygrunt

My PC recently died. Randomly, It would lock up, just completely freeze and the audio would get stuck in a loop, sometimes a 5 second loop or sometimes just a rapid buzz. I'd flip the switch on the PSU and let it sit for an hour or so, and it started up just fine. Then one day after work I turned it on and I got no output to either of my screens. Tried using the motherboard HDMI and still didn't get anything. I tried swapping the GPU from my old PC in and still got nothing. The PSU definitely works, everything powers up and lights up like it should. I've reseated my RAM and swapped in RAM from my old PC and still had no effect. At this point, I would say I've got a bad processor or motherboard. Is there any way to test them to see what may be the problem before I drop the money on a new processor or motherboard?

I was watching youtube when out of nowhere, my entire PC completely locked up. I gave it 15mins before I unplugged it from the wall. Once I restarted, I had no output on either of my monitors. Tried another restart and nothing. I took out the R9 390 that was in and swapped in my old GTX 950 and after a driver install everything works right. I reinstalled the R9 and it still didn't output. I'm pretty sure it is sending some sort of signal though because both monitors remain black, and if I unplug the them both from the card they say no signal and go to their sleep modes. I guess I'm just curious as to if the card is best used as a paperweight or if something got turned around on the software side.