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Motherboards - Lights are on but nobody is home :( posted in the Hardware forums; It's not the monitor - so it's the computer - therefore it's the graphic card itself or the motherboard. You've described the computer as homebuilt so next step it get ...

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It's not the monitor - so it's the computer - therefore it's the graphic card itself or the motherboard.

You've described the computer as homebuilt so next step it get another graphic card of any sort & see if it works.

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i tried a different GFX card and same result
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Sorry - motherboard!


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ouch!
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Just thought maybe the slot for the card is malfunctioning.

Different card/slot


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only have one slot sadly
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