PC Losing video signal after an upgrade to higher powered CPU.
UPDATE:
Motherboard socket bit it :/ There were bent pins on the bottom right that were hard to see at first, but it was quite obvious after... which is a good thing, considering that I was about to blame the CPU.
Thanks for the suggestions, everyone! Legends indeed :)
Cheers!
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Hi there!
PC specs:
-Ryzen 9 9950X3D
-GPU: PNY 5080 16gb
-RAM: 128GB 5600MT
-MoBo: B650 Aorus Pro AX
-PSU: Aorus 1200w
Issue:
Three days ago, I updated both my CPU and my GPU. I had a Ryzen 7 9900X and a Founders Edition 4080.
After I updated my CPU, I started having video signal being lost issues. They started when I'd play Control, getting crash errors that said "lost connection to <object>", then my computer would lose video signal on the desktop and holding down the power button would not turn off the computer... I would need to turn off the PSU to cut the power.
Then, after updating mobo bios, cpu chipsets, video card drivers, all from a clean install, the problem would seem to be okay for a couple of hrs but inevitably it would return.
After a day or so, the problem got worse and the video signal would be lost no matter what a couple of minutes into booting my system.
Thinking that I'd fried my GPU somehow, I went and got an upgrade to the PNY 5080, but the problem persists.
I moved all of the hardware to a different case, re pasted the new CPU, re seated the RAM, installed the new GPU, made sure all my connections were good, but the issue is still happening
I've done enough troubleshooting on PCs that I feel confident I've tried everything I could think of, short of changing the motherboard... I wonder if it is possible that when troubleshooting my video card, I ended up fucking up the PCIe port where the GPU sits?
Before I go drop more cash on a new mobo, any suggestions from you legends here?
Discourse is very much appreciated it!
Cheers!