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#1 Davidhye
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OK, switched PSUs and it worked... so yea, my PSU was faulty, it seems! mow I gotta RMA it

One question though... My old PSU has one 4-pin connector... my new one doesn't and I noticed that there is one 4 pin on the motherboard next to the CPU that says (ATX 12V)... maybe that's the one responsible for the video? If yes, I can't really connect anything to it because my new PSU has 6 and 8 pin connectors but not a single 4-pin one.

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That 4-pin connector powers the CPU. If it was not connected with your new PSU, that is why it wasn't working.

but I don't have anything to connect it with!!!

the big one that goes to power the motherboard has a little 4 pin extension that goes to the same one but my PSU doesn't have anoterh 4 pin connector.

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#2 Davidhye
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OK, switched PSUs and it worked... so yea, my PSU was faulty, it seems! mow I gotta RMA it

One question though... My old PSU has one 4-pin connector... my new one doesn't and I noticed that there is one 4 pin on the motherboard next to the CPU that says (ATX 12V)... maybe that's the one responsible for the video? If yes, I can't really connect anything to it because my new PSU has 6 and 8 pin connectors but not a single 4-pin one.

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#3 Davidhye
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So it could be a faulty motherboard now? .... i have a 450W PSU on my old AGP system (from which I am typing now), so i can try connecting it and see if it's an issue of the PSU... it would be a pain in the ass to do though - disconnecting, connecting , disconnecting and reconnecting.
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#4 Davidhye
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OK, so I guess my motherboard is discriminating against video because the onboard one doesn't work either.
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#5 Davidhye
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well, i don't have the jumper that's why I wanted to take out the battery instead.

i took it out. waiting for a bit

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#6 Davidhye
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Not really... the manual shows only 2 also. anyways, i used the screwdriver... and a key and no results from teh onboard video card.
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#7 Davidhye
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There are only 2 pins :?
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#8 Davidhye
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OK, I feel real dumb here... on my old comp , removing a battery was fairly easy but I can't do it here and the manual is no help. How the hell do I remove this thing - nothing to press... etc Also I googled clearing the CMOS - and you need some sort of a jumper or something... in the manual, it says I could touch those pins with a screwdriver and that would do it but didn't work.
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#9 Davidhye
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Update. I took out the video card and connected VGA cable to mobo and nothing again. On the Phase LED, the last light is orange/red,. while the other three are yellow - dunno if that helps.
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#10 Davidhye
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No, not that I know of :( What if I just remove the video card and see if the onboard card works? That probably won't solve anything right - cuz I wouldn't know if it's the PSU or GPU.