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mnyf2009
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I'm going to assume you mean your wireless card. Check to make sure that your wireless card is in right. If it is in your pci lanes make sure it is plugged in all the way, and if it is onboard make sure there arent any unplugged cables. Some cases come with weird mounting for the wireless antennas.

This is my opinion, it doesn't mean I'm right and is liable to change at any time. I may offend of which I apologize in advance.


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Did you take enough antistatic precautions when transferring the parts to the new case?

PC Specs: 

    • CPU
      Intel Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz
    • Motherboard
      Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI
    • RAM
      Corsair Vengeance 16GB 4x4GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz
    • GPU
      EVGA GeForce GTX 760 Superclocked ACX
    • Case
      Corsair Graphite 230T Red Windowed
    • Storage
      Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 7200RPM
    • PSU
      Antec HCG-620M
    • Display(s)
      Dell S2409W 1920x1080, HP vs19 1280x1024
    • Cooling
      Stock Coolers
    • Keyboard
      Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
    • Mouse
      Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse - Limited Edition Artist Series - Oh Joy
    • Sound
      Altec Lansing FX4021
    • Operating System
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a good option would be to find the driver  for that wifi card before that though is first go to your device manager and check if the wifi device is there if it isnt then you have an issue if there is an X or a yellow triangle get the driver reboot and there you go it should be working again 

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Well it's not a 100% indication that your PC is shot, but from the wifi card not working to plugging something in that results in the PC not starting, it could be static damage. I don't know much more than that though. Might want to ask some of the other guys on the forum about if your PC is static damaged and what to do. Good luck!

PC Specs: 

    • CPU
      Intel Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz
    • Motherboard
      Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI
    • RAM
      Corsair Vengeance 16GB 4x4GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz
    • GPU
      EVGA GeForce GTX 760 Superclocked ACX
    • Case
      Corsair Graphite 230T Red Windowed
    • Storage
      Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 7200RPM
    • PSU
      Antec HCG-620M
    • Display(s)
      Dell S2409W 1920x1080, HP vs19 1280x1024
    • Cooling
      Stock Coolers
    • Keyboard
      Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
    • Mouse
      Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse - Limited Edition Artist Series - Oh Joy
    • Sound
      Altec Lansing FX4021
    • Operating System
      Windows 10 Technical Preview
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Well it's not a 100% indication that your PC is shot, but from the wifi card not working to plugging something in that results in the PC not starting, it could be static damage. I don't know much more than that though. Might want to ask some of the other guys on the forum about if your PC is static damaged and what to do. Good luck!

Static damage could be a possibility. One thing I would check though, is to make sure that your PSU (Power Supply) carries enough watts to run all of that hardware. If I understand the original post correctly, you've stuck a R9-270X inside of an existing HP 500 series. The PSUs for those are usually 300W. That may not be enough to drive all the hardware with the new graphics card installed. Check your PSU wattage then see how much the card requires.

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Well it's not a 100% indication that your PC is shot, but from the wifi card not working to plugging something in that results in the PC not starting, it could be static damage. I don't know much more than that though. Might want to ask some of the other guys on the forum about if your PC is static damaged and what to do. Good luck!

don't get ahead of yourself i've worked on carpet even had my mobo on it and nothing happened its a chance but not a for sure thing it might be slim but its good for him to check in device manager and go get the driver

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Static damage could be a possibility. One thing I would check though, is to make sure that your PSU (Power Supply) carries enough watts to run all of that hardware. If I understand the original post correctly, you've stuck a R9-270X inside of an existing HP 500 series. The PSUs for those are usually 300W. That may not be enough to drive all the hardware with the new graphics card installed. Check your PSU wattage then see how much the card requires.

yeah forgot to mention i have a 600 watt power supply

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Static damage could be a possibility. One thing I would check though, is to make sure that your PSU (Power Supply) carries enough watts to run all of that hardware. If I understand the original post correctly, you've stuck a R9-270X inside of an existing HP 500 series. The PSUs for those are usually 300W. That may not be enough to drive all the hardware with the new graphics card installed. Check your PSU wattage then see how much the card requires.

i was actually going to suggest that next lol but first i need to check if the software reads it if not then it would be more of a hardware issue  :(

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yeah forgot to mention i have a 600 watt power supply

 

Have you checked under device manager ? have you re-seated the card sometimes its just not put in correctly silly thing but it can happen and take anti static precautions when working inside the machine it definitely decreases your chance of esd

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nah i have 8.1, also i checked tons of times if the network card was under my devices and it is.

on the wifi card does it show any led indicators can't really tell from hp website if it does if they're on then it wouldn't be a power issue unless its an incorrect color

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Have you checked under device manager ? have you re-seated the card sometimes its just not put in correctly silly thing but it can happen and take anti static precautions when working inside the machine it definitely decreases your chance of esd

He said it was builtin I think...

PC Specs: 

    • CPU
      Intel Pentium G3258 @ 4.0GHz
    • Motherboard
      Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI
    • RAM
      Corsair Vengeance 16GB 4x4GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz
    • GPU
      EVGA GeForce GTX 760 Superclocked ACX
    • Case
      Corsair Graphite 230T Red Windowed
    • Storage
      Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 7200RPM
    • PSU
      Antec HCG-620M
    • Display(s)
      Dell S2409W 1920x1080, HP vs19 1280x1024
    • Cooling
      Stock Coolers
    • Keyboard
      Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
    • Mouse
      Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse - Limited Edition Artist Series - Oh Joy
    • Sound
      Altec Lansing FX4021
    • Operating System
      Windows 10 Technical Preview
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anyone that is looking at this here is his system specifications video card and psu has been swapped out though for an r9 270x and a 600 W psu 

 

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c04293928&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=6888071#N730

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Have you checked under device manager ? have you re-seated the card sometimes its just not put in correctly silly thing but it can happen and take anti static precautions when working inside the machine it definitely decreases your chance of esd

 

it isn't built in i just checked on the manufacture website and it is a card separated from the mobo and in the pci express slot  

guess not, i just assume it was. so wat do i do now?

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alright good luck i'll try to look for other solutions if that one doesn't work have yourself a goodnight

hey so i tried to install the new drivers but i dont think it worked.......my front USBs dont work either could that mean something isn't plugged in right?

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