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Blank Screen on Startup

Wh1t3h34d
By Wh1t3h34d
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When I turn my (few week old) system on, I get the single motherboard beep, to show everything is fine, but then the screen it just blank. I cannot log in, or enter the bios, it is just blank with no text. I had been troubleshooting this for a day or so, and no luck - then, for some reason, I came back to it the next day, turned it on (one last try) before taking it to a PC repair shop, and it booted into windows. All the hardware was working, everything was recognised, as if nothing had happened. I then turned it off for an hour or so after using it, came back to it later, and it started not booting, again.

 

I have no idea why it would work, then not work, then work, then stop working. Could this be down to a faulty part, because I don't understand how it could just start working again? Any help at all would be amazing, things I am considering are clearing the CMOS and perhaps testing RAM sticks and the GPU.

 

*Please note, if the system does manage to boot into windows, it is as if nothing is wrong, there is no sign of error, or any hardware disfunctioning.

 

PC SPECS:
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Motherboard: MSI 760GMA-P34(FX) Micro ATX AM3+
RAM: Kingston Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB
Case: Cooler Master N200
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium

---Jacob Whitehead---


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Clearing the CMOS is a good place to start. Sometimes the system just need to be reset. Other then that, I would recommend making sure all the power cables are in securely.

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Clearing the CMOS is a good place to start. Sometimes the system just need to be reset. Other then that, I would recommend making sure all the power cables are in securely.

thanks for the advice, i think there must be a loose cable or something.

---Jacob Whitehead---


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Ah, ive had this problem. lemme find my topic... it turned on itself after a few more tries.. but what do i know, my pc is an old coot. is shouldve been burried now

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