No video signal/ Frozen boot splash screen!

[Ihave2zs]

https://imgur.com/a/BznQbfl

 

I had a compact Acer desktop that had a few things that I gutted it for. Namely the half size pci wifi card(which itself was a half height msata to pci adapter) 12gb ddr3 ram and a little SSD.

My brother had a spare 3570k and a zotac 660ti that he gave me, along with a PSU not meant for a MINI itx case haha.

The two components I bought were the case and a really funky motherboard! AsRock's H61m-vg3. It's a mini....atx format motherboard. 170 x 191mm instead of 170mm square. It fit thank the lord, with a hair's breadth of free space so the video pci express  riser can get through. 

 

~But! It hangs during the black screen with spinning dots, I guess the boot splash screen. Or nothing shows up at all, like as if I didn't turn on the computer at all.

When it provides the signal the PC runs fine. But when it doesn't I have to go through that troubleshooting blue screen windows provides. My TV doesn't go blank, it explains there's not even a signal getting to it. I'm not using the igpu, so I'm plugged into the card.~

 

Having spent so little on it and this being the only issue I can handle putting up with until I receive that sweet, sweet remedy.

Thanks guys!

[Ihave2zs]

So far I've tried attempting BIOS tweaks such as disabling igpu(don't have the option), reinstalling video car drivers, clean windows install, drive repair through windows recovery... I notice that having only hdmi plugged and disconnecting everything else helps it start up....most of the time haha

 

I want to disconect the extra 4 pin power to the mobo, or swap video cards soon.