What To Do If Your Gaming PC WONT BOOT! 😭

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  • What do you do if you PC wont turn on or boot? Black screen? No Display? Here's how to fix the problems, clear CMOS, update the BIOS and more! Join PC Centric for this gaming PC build fix guide!⭐ Buy The OMEN 25L! bit.ly/37wctVe - AD
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    0:00 Intro
    1:08 Why Your PC Isn't Working
    1:33 PC Doesn't Power On
    2:20 No Display (Black Screen)
    2:56 Power Button Doesn't Do Anything
    3:46 DRAM Issues
    6:03 Clear CMOS
    7:16 Update BIOS To Fix CPU or RAM Issues
    8:01 PCIE Riser Problems (ITX PC)
    9:36 VGA Issues
    10:23 CPU Errors
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  • @kraz2883
    @kraz2883 Před 9 měsíci +47

    3:15. Those "tiny little cables" messed me up because I didn't have them connected correctly. Went back into the manual and read harder. Found out I needed to switch them around. New build fired up and ran like a champ. Thanks for the help!!!

  • @WeissGotWise6
    @WeissGotWise6 Před 2 lety +1203

    Spent hours trying to figure this out just to find out this whole time my RAM wasn’t all the way in 🤦🏽‍♂️

    • @relveil.
      @relveil. Před rokem +84

      i put my ram all the way in and it still says no signal :(

    • @GETTHATMONEYLIKEME
      @GETTHATMONEYLIKEME Před rokem +9

      @@relveil. right

    • @GETTHATMONEYLIKEME
      @GETTHATMONEYLIKEME Před rokem +6

      @@relveil. I even took em out

    • @WeissGotWise6
      @WeissGotWise6 Před rokem +5

      @@relveil. Damn bro, double check everything else to be safe. good luck

    • @chardmelon
      @chardmelon Před rokem +16

      This comment just saved me a lot time thank you 😂😂

  • @khelichuvak5067
    @khelichuvak5067 Před 8 měsíci +46

    I am relatively new to putting PC’s together, though I’m a quick learner. I had the problem with the Power, reset, LED- & LED+ cable, I hadn’t plugged them in properly. I was afraid I had broken something, gettin quite stressed troubleshooting EVERYTHING I could think of. This video was a literal life saver. Thank you

  • @tejas4039
    @tejas4039 Před 3 měsíci +7

    BIG thanks! Didn’t switch the PSU button on and was contemplating my life decision to invest so much in a PC that I couldn’t build, cannot explain the relief after watching you mention the PSU switch.

    • @LeCaleb
      @LeCaleb Před 3 dny

      I’m literally in your boat right now. I’m contemplating life rn because something went wrong. I’m hoping it was the ram that wasn’t in properly… but I’m praying

  • @TonkaTT
    @TonkaTT Před 2 lety +7

    Oh man thank you so much! I was all worried that i did something wrong, but i was just using the wrong hdmi port. Really appreciate it!

  • @cynbbofhsmkeakdd
    @cynbbofhsmkeakdd Před 2 lety +51

    I'm looking into building one in the future so this is actually really helpful 😊

  • @lennonharrison536
    @lennonharrison536 Před rokem

    You are a life saver I built my first pc this month and I could never seem to get it started until I seen your video

  • @Mulato1369
    @Mulato1369 Před rokem +1

    After hours of beating my head against the wall while trying to boot up my first PC build, I found this lovely video which led me to diagnosing the problem. I had plugged the HDMI cable into the motherboard instead of the GPU... Thanks PC Centric!!!

  • @mattbrown817
    @mattbrown817 Před rokem +5

    Thank you for making this. My Alienware Aurora would not turn on and I have brought it to a repair shop nearby, this video helped me understand the why and how. I hate being separated from PC.

  • @morgan3373
    @morgan3373 Před 2 lety +6

    Thank you for this video! I had just gotten my new pc and was super bummed it wasnt working because I had spent alot on it but this video helped a lot !

  • @Thatwasianboii
    @Thatwasianboii Před 11 měsíci +17

    Completely new to PCs and your video helped me recognize the meaning behind the motherboard lights. I had assumed that they LOOKED important, but looking closely, the CPU light was red! Very interesting. I just made sure all my connections were solid, and it booted back up again. Furthermore, the display was def plugged into the actual motherboard rather than the graphics card, so I just made a quick switch. Would not have guessed those two to be issues without watching your video...thank you!!!

    • @jaybee8862
      @jaybee8862 Před měsícem

      Omfg... my board was flashing red but I didn't really know what it meant lmao
      Unplugged everything and left it for the night

    • @pinklightninggacha
      @pinklightninggacha Před měsícem

      power is green hdd is red cpu doesn't have a light

  • @samsiegel378
    @samsiegel378 Před rokem +12

    Hello PC Centric, I wanted to say thanks for making this video. One of the tips in this video was exactly what I needed to hear to get my PC to start up. I had finally assembled all my parts together to build my first PC. After finally plugging it in, nothing came up on the monitor. While troubleshooting I came across your video. I made the 2nd most common mistake, plugging my HDMI into the wrong port. After I corrected that the bios came on screen. Thanks for the help! You have earned yourself a sub my friend!

  • @Tianablue1
    @Tianablue1 Před 2 lety +157

    Really enjoying the videos! Love to see more videos on best CPU/ Graphics cards for video editing. I was looking at a 5600X and a 3060Ti but not sure if the 5600X will have decent render times in Premiere Pro or if I should go for the 5900X but then worried that 3060Ti will be bottleneck with this CPU?

    • @PcCentric
      @PcCentric  Před 2 lety +13

      For editing, a 5900x and 3060ti would be great

    • @Tianablue1
      @Tianablue1 Před 2 lety +4

      @@PcCentric Just found and watched your Perfect editing PC build video with this exact spec! 🤦‍♂️ Thanks for replying! 👍🏻

    • @techinhd3993
      @techinhd3993 Před 2 lety +1

      @@PcCentric is. Ryzen 7 ,5800x good for editing?

    • @casedistorted
      @casedistorted Před 2 lety

      @@techinhd3993 yes it is

    • @juarezdeoliveirajunior8936
      @juarezdeoliveirajunior8936 Před 7 měsíci

      😊a

  • @dennissmith1435
    @dennissmith1435 Před 2 lety +49

    Omen 30L; "no parts knowledge or build experience required" until you have to swap out partw or upgrade to deal with it's shortcomings.

    • @unds85
      @unds85 Před 2 lety

      I just bought a 5600g Omen 30L Hopefully it will last for me

    • @ibrokemyownheart4953
      @ibrokemyownheart4953 Před 2 lety

      Doesnt it also have a heating problem too?

    • @unds85
      @unds85 Před 2 lety +1

      @@ibrokemyownheart4953 Mine as never thermal throttled... my highest temps was 82c on cpu 80c on gpu while on high demand gaming... I did however install a Noctua top exhaust fan and it helped 2c-3c cooler.

    • @juanpena9789
      @juanpena9789 Před 2 lety

      @@unds85 hey man. I just got my omen 30L yesterday. I left it on at night So It could still be downlosding games and rn when I woke up the PC was working like it was with the fans on and led lights, but the screen was not detecting anything, I tried "turning it off" but nothing would happen after pushing the buttong, I had to unplugged the pc on order to get the image in my tv, did you happen to have the same problem at sime point ?

    • @unds85
      @unds85 Před 2 lety +1

      @@juanpena9789 Sorry Juan.... I did not.

  • @michaelhare3615
    @michaelhare3615 Před měsícem

    Thank you!!! I moved our pc to a different room and it just stopped working. I’ve been trying for 24 hours (checking connections, trying new cords, different monitor), then watched this. I prayed, switched the cord, and it worked!!!

  • @passarinho9796
    @passarinho9796 Před rokem +8

    This video put an end to months of missing my laptop lol. I've actually tested my ram sticks individually multiple times... But it turns out I never tested the slots! One of them wasn't working and keeping my PC from booting, and it was the only one I was testing the sticks individually. Thanks a lot, really

    • @tenseipr203
      @tenseipr203 Před 4 dny

      I know it’s a year later but could you Describe your situation a little more

  • @macky453
    @macky453 Před rokem +13

    2:27. Wow. I had literally just completed my first build and was so upset it didn’t boot up. Silly me had it connected to the motherboard and not the GPU. You are a lifesaver!

  • @ThatZidaneGuy
    @ThatZidaneGuy Před 2 lety +31

    Awesome tips right here! Sometimes the best fix is a simple one.

  • @ivyhvghes
    @ivyhvghes Před 5 měsíci

    YOU ROCK, DUDE. THANK YOU. Total, absolute newbie here. Reading website after website was making me feel hopeless. This solved my problem. THANK YOU.

  • @crippa7144
    @crippa7144 Před 8 měsíci

    Thanks for the help. Cleared cmos and now comp working. Yay👍

  • @beautyinaframe2864
    @beautyinaframe2864 Před 2 lety +13

    Thank you so much for making this video mate! Really helped me out, thank you one million times!😁

  • @siggylloyd3566
    @siggylloyd3566 Před 2 lety +9

    Legend! For me, it was RAM that had come unseated from its slot. Thank you for recommending checking the motherboard for LED indicators as to the problem--that solved it!

  • @salpocalypse1859
    @salpocalypse1859 Před rokem

    Thank you very much for this information. I just got my first gaming PC and I didn’t know what was wrong with it watching your video really helped. Thanks.

  • @dannyboy1688
    @dannyboy1688 Před 3 měsíci

    Helped me diagnose my first corrupted ram stick. Thanks for the quality video!

  • @tareskisloki8579
    @tareskisloki8579 Před rokem +41

    Great information here, just completed my fourth build and experienced my first boot failure. I was using the RAM, drives and PSU from the previous build, where they worked well. I have to wait till tomorrow to try these steps, but will update this if I can fix it. EDIT: ok, so it's fixed, here's how I got there. I checked over all connections and fired it up again, the EZ debug showed 26 which was confusing because it isn't a listed code, but the time it took to look that up was long enough to realise it was showing the temperature, had it booted and I just couldn't see? Turns out, yes. Out of curiosity I did the opposite of instructions and took my HDMI out of the GPU and put it in the MB, and suddenly there was my bios. I loaded optimised defaults and restarted, couldn't see again, so I moved the HDMI back to the GPU and it showed up, so that was good, but I still couldn't get past bios, it kept going to a blue page saying my PC needed repairing. I then cleared CMOS, and that fixed it, windows started and it was just a case of dealing with apps that didn't like the hardware change. It still has the occasional issue after a restart that the screen is black at the start of windows, but removing and reinserting the HDMI cable fixes this every time, bad cable maybe?

    • @yCyanx
      @yCyanx Před rokem

      Why would you not clear the SSD beforehand. It is not recommended as you changed to a very different platform so obviously there would be bugs.

    • @tareskisloki8579
      @tareskisloki8579 Před rokem

      @@yCyanx honestly, because it worked without issue the first two times. Considering it worked this time once CMOS was cleared, I'll probably do it again (so much easier when you don't have to reinstall everything). The HDMI issue was just a bad cable too, so that is unrelated.

    • @adamconkey2771
      @adamconkey2771 Před rokem

      Your comment led me in the right direction... the HDMI cable to my monitor wasn't fully connected

  • @pepino3full
    @pepino3full Před 2 lety +4

    I was about to cry after spending all day building my first pc, months of searching for components and It just didn't boot. AND IT WAS THE HDMI ON THE MOTHER, OMG YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW HAPPY YOU MADE ME

  • @VincentJohnValentine
    @VincentJohnValentine Před měsícem

    Im 100% newbie. Pieced it all together and was psyched but hit a wall of rgb working, half the system working and no BOOT. So, all put together and shiny, she sat on my desk for months until I decided to troubleshoot and I didnt even know about the cycle lights! Thank you! I literally just didnt have the ram seated all the way!

  • @lpsrocksgirl
    @lpsrocksgirl Před 2 měsíci +5

    I watched 3 other videos before yours trying to figure out where the disconnect was and you were the first person to suggest that the HDMI was plugged into the motherboard and not where it needs be. Thank you for the fix! 😅

  • @Trivium813
    @Trivium813 Před 2 lety +25

    What a coincidence seeing this video after having some trouble with my first build 😅 keep up the great content 😁

  • @tenko4759
    @tenko4759 Před 2 lety +7

    All im going to say is i spent hours trying to figure this out & guy walked me through it all & told me what the other 400 youtube videos didn’t (motherboard LED constant red on dram). Great video…thank you.

  • @musicpet
    @musicpet Před 8 měsíci +6

    Love your energy and knowledge, man! Keep up the good work!

  • @josephzappia8733
    @josephzappia8733 Před rokem

    Thanks for the help , I never even new about the little LED signals on the kotherboard that says what’s wrong. I appreciate it thanks again! 😊

  • @King3Hydra
    @King3Hydra Před 2 lety +18

    The moment I plugged the HDMI into the graphics card. All of my rage just left. 😂 thank you for the simple troubleshooting. I had no idea why I had the black screen of death

    • @jamesconsole6531
      @jamesconsole6531 Před 2 lety +2

      I got the problem fixed by that once, but when i plugged out and in once it doesnt work no more... And the pc is like 2hours old lmao

    • @zukye4063
      @zukye4063 Před 2 lety +3

      I plugged it into to my graphic card but it still did it work can one of you help me

    • @jamesconsole6531
      @jamesconsole6531 Před 2 lety +2

      @@zukye4063 in my case i had to take the ram out and put it in again cause it was installed wrong

    • @King3Hydra
      @King3Hydra Před 2 lety +1

      @@zukye4063 check the ram, and make sure the board is powered on properly,

  • @ozmo1x173
    @ozmo1x173 Před 2 lety +5

    Thank you so much for the help I was about to literally break down

  • @joshnass1125
    @joshnass1125 Před měsícem

    Thank you so much, I just built my first pc but it wasn’t working and this video helped so much. I found out that one of the parts I forgot to plug in completely and an EPS cable wasn’t plugged in.

  • @TerminaterX24
    @TerminaterX24 Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you for the video! I just got a 4080 Super and didn’t realize there is a difference between PCIe and CPU cables. Took 3 hours to figure that part out 😅

  • @zpxyne
    @zpxyne Před 2 lety +16

    Love seeing an upload from Marcus

  • @lamp00n
    @lamp00n Před 2 lety +5

    Great informative job ! I had a GPU and a ram stick go bad.

  • @skfjhsdjklfhsdjlfhsd
    @skfjhsdjklfhsdjlfhsd Před rokem +32

    Enormous thank you for explaining the led issue, I had never imagined that looking at it closely would tell me where the problem came from. In case someone has the "red light" issue on BOOT with a blank screen, try plugging a HDMI cable instead of a Display port. For me that was the trick. I don't know why yet, but at least for now I have entered the BIOS.

    • @jak2161
      @jak2161 Před 11 měsíci +1

      I heard you weren’t even supposed to use a display cable until you actually go enable it in bios

    • @skfjhsdjklfhsdjlfhsd
      @skfjhsdjklfhsdjlfhsd Před 11 měsíci

      @@jak2161 : maybe, now that you mention it I think I've been having issues with screens not turning on when they should because of these HDMI/DP things at boot. I never considered looking at the issue through that angle, thanks.

    • @jak2161
      @jak2161 Před 11 měsíci

      @@skfjhsdjklfhsdjlfhsd Yes of course! That happened to my computer after I turned it on and apparantly it is an issue lol

  • @wayyytoomuch
    @wayyytoomuch Před rokem +1

    finally a video fixing my exact situation. earned my like for sure

  • @aldaluin3581
    @aldaluin3581 Před rokem +37

    You saved me. Thank you. I love you. I struggled 3 hours and then 2 minutes and 49 seconds in your video everything was solved. I've subscribed, I've liked, I've saved. And now I have commented. Bless you, your family and your loved ones.

    • @Walterwhitebeoch
      @Walterwhitebeoch Před 4 měsíci +1

      I cant get into the bios because motherboard wont recognize the keyboard

  • @arrowrod
    @arrowrod Před 2 lety +3

    Start somewhere. It really doesn't matter. You can screw up, over and over. If you don't quit. You will win. I usually start by making sure the outlet is "hot". Helps to have a multimeter and the mother board manual.

  • @m97x51
    @m97x51 Před rokem

    Thank you so much for the video my dude, found out that my ram died in s middle of a game, to me a full two hours of stress eating before I started doing what you suggested. Great video, good explanation, very helpful. :)

  • @evildumdum7
    @evildumdum7 Před 5 měsíci

    Thank you, a well earned like. We had plugged the monitor into the mother board, not the graphics card. Saved us a lot of heartache.

  • @dandyremix2360
    @dandyremix2360 Před rokem +4

    Absolute legend. Man I have been searching the web for days only to get to dead ends. Having all possible issues laid out and going through them one by one help me fix this issue. For me it was the BIOS after I did as you said and unplugged the GPU it turns out that the BOIS needed to be rest. so I put the updated version of the BIOS in a flash drive and rest the BIOS thanks for the video man I really appreciate it.

  • @lilk8987
    @lilk8987 Před 2 lety +3

    This helped a lot, thanks! The problem was that by memory card was out a bit.

  • @lLauriix
    @lLauriix Před 9 měsíci

    Oh my god. You were the ONLY one on the internet mentioning that MAYBE its not an error itself but just that the ram goes faster than the motherboard. THANKS

  • @JackTheGiantOne
    @JackTheGiantOne Před rokem

    Thank you 🙏🏼 I had a ram stick out of socket that prevented the boot AND my peripherals weren’t turning on so I thought my usb connections were broken as well. Amazing that a ram stick prevented graphics from connecting.

  • @Maltodextreen
    @Maltodextreen Před rokem +3

    This was so helpful, I've been trying to get my new build to boot for so long and now it is. Thank you so much!!!

  • @cjfarlow7108
    @cjfarlow7108 Před rokem +3

    Yo thank you for this video! Great troubleshooting techniques

  • @audreyallen2493
    @audreyallen2493 Před rokem +17

    I love how you covered so many different trouble shooting tips in this video!! You’ve given me a list of things I can do to try and save my pc 🥲 yesterday I installed a new CPU and SSD into my pc, and the pc would boot up, but nothing would come on the display. We even tried the motherboard hdmi port and nothing. So today we will be testing the different ram ports and individual sticks (something I didn’t realize you could do) and if that doesn’t work, we will be resetting the cmos and bios. My DRAM light is red but will occasionally flash to the CPU light, which tells me the new cpu is fine but maybe the ram is the problem. Fingers crossed, and will update later after we try to do some more trouble shooting! 😁

    • @iwwakaa
      @iwwakaa Před rokem +1

      Did it work

    • @raaja4443
      @raaja4443 Před rokem +4

      F for our brother 🤝

    • @janlukegabriel
      @janlukegabriel Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@trinitylovesyou6868lmao 💀

    • @pogy3374
      @pogy3374 Před 19 dny

      hey i know im a year late but i literally have the exact same problem do you know how you fixed that?

  • @stitch4772
    @stitch4772 Před rokem

    Hey appreciate this video! I found out by going through your steps I had purchased bad RAM. Replaced the memory sticks and she booted right up!

  • @redx4real
    @redx4real Před 2 lety +996

    oh man, I was at this stage at one point, I figured out what I needed to do, but seeing this video just reminded me of what to do if it happened again. Also, I'm lovin the jokes Marcus LOL

    • @PcCentric
      @PcCentric  Před 2 lety +53

      Good stuff =D

    • @redx4real
      @redx4real Před 2 lety +13

      @@PcCentric Yep :)

    • @TTVlupin
      @TTVlupin Před 2 lety +4

      I’m having issues where it won’t load up games, or will load it up but will freeze on the game menu. Even tho I have updated the drivers etc

    • @redx4real
      @redx4real Před 2 lety +4

      @Jcad Try deleting the games then downloading them again, sometimes apps are just slow and need a manual reboot.

    • @tonyonyt46
      @tonyonyt46 Před 2 lety +4

      Hey man do you know how I could fix no signal on monitor

  • @mixiich
    @mixiich Před 2 lety +8

    Thank you so much, super clear and helpful!!!

  • @monkeyboy8085
    @monkeyboy8085 Před 16 dny

    Goated 🙌🏾 Literally saved me from going crazy 🙏🏾

  • @roverrichu
    @roverrichu Před 2 měsíci

    After 2-3 hrs of try I got the solution through your video, thanks much! The satisfaction of self troubleshooting is bliss!

  • @Claymoresmash
    @Claymoresmash Před rokem +6

    Had a problem with the computer not booting up at all, or just flashing power until it stopped. If you have the time or need to make your things work, look into how to set up your motherboard as a "test bench", or just the motherboard on top of a box (typically your motherboard box) and slowly adding components and testing them. Anyways, everything came back fine, but screwing the motherboard into the case caused this to happen again. After some more diagnostics, it turns out one of my screws was shorting out the board.

    • @alexschwatz1068
      @alexschwatz1068 Před rokem +1

      Did your motherboard work properly after you got new screws?

    • @Claymoresmash
      @Claymoresmash Před rokem

      @@alexschwatz1068 yup! Still works today.

    • @alexschwatz1068
      @alexschwatz1068 Před rokem +1

      @@Claymoresmash literally just happened to me, i removed the mobo from the case and didnt mount it with the screws i was using, it actually started up 👍👍

  • @ImaginedInside
    @ImaginedInside Před rokem +9

    You helped me get my pc back up and running. Turns out I had a ram stick go out. You sir are a lifesaver

  • @bullit199
    @bullit199 Před 6 měsíci

    Great video! Just seeing the motherboard 1:56 reminded me that I forgot to plug in the 8 pin into the motherboard. I fixed it and viola, I boot to the BIOS! Thanks.

  • @GroundShock-sy5fh
    @GroundShock-sy5fh Před rokem

    Thank you so much man you really helped me so much I didn’t realise I had to plug it into the gpu

  • @Cotswolds1913
    @Cotswolds1913 Před 2 lety +152

    When it’s a hardware problem, get a Beep Speaker, plug it in, and diagnose which part according to how many beeps you hear. Take your GPU and memory out, leaving the other parts in. If it beeps three times, your CPU and motherboard are good. Next put in one of the RAM sticks, should beep 5 times. Put the other Ram stick, then put the GPU.

    • @balthasargelt4098
      @balthasargelt4098 Před 2 lety +4

      What if there are no beeps? Even no beep that usually happens when you boot up your pc :(. My parts are like a year old and I got problems already, F

    • @balthasargelt4098
      @balthasargelt4098 Před 2 lety +4

      @@maybealexa5216 nevermind I was a monke, right after this realised I took out the wrong ram, turns out one of them was causing the problem. Checked that first but took out 3 of them and the 1st one again, skipping 4th

    • @stevehinton5300
      @stevehinton5300 Před 2 lety

      What if I get the 2 beeps, but nothing when I put RAM that are good from another computer in..??

  • @CynnaMonkey
    @CynnaMonkey Před rokem +4

    Great video! For me I unplugged the tower and then carefully removed the battery from the motherboard. Pressed power a few times to discharge anything residual and waited about 5 minutes. I replaced the battery and it booted up allowing me to look at the core menus including the bios.

  • @lastdragon820
    @lastdragon820 Před 11 měsíci

    Thank you so much, other videos had me replacing the graphics card, checking the ram, buying a new computer, you fixed my issue in 2 min...plug usb into graphic card not motherboard....Thanks again.

  • @Random-pi8gt
    @Random-pi8gt Před 2 měsíci

    The funniest part about this is that I took a picture beforehand of where all the wires go. I still ended up plugging the monitor into the motherboard. Thanks for the help!

  • @Nixon_dixon3451
    @Nixon_dixon3451 Před rokem +4

    Not plugging it in the gpu saved me from tearing it apart and my mini heart attack! Thank you so much!!

  • @mncdssctn9110
    @mncdssctn9110 Před 2 lety +6

    I can understand if people who buy pre-built systems can make the mistake of plugging in the monitor into the motherboard displayport/hdmi, but someone who knows enough about computers to build it themselves should know that the cable goes in to the graphicscard.

    • @jailo28
      @jailo28 Před rokem

      I’ve seen some tutorials that don’t go over that at all. They just build it and show how to get to the bios. So it could happen but rarely bc like you said, someone who knows how to build a pc should know where to plug it in

  • @Mr_Ayider
    @Mr_Ayider Před 5 měsíci

    Your a legend, when I first made my pc years ago you help me figure out why it wasn’t displaying and when I changed my ssd I was struggling to find how to fix it then I remembered you video went on it and found out there was a problem with dram so thank a lot

  • @TanjaTrades
    @TanjaTrades Před 10 měsíci

    thanks so much this solved my issue. i put my RAM in and it would click but still wouldnt turn on -- this is the only video that showed me that the clasps on the top need to lock themselves and i just had to push the RAM in even more. thanks a lot

  • @DylanZ1201
    @DylanZ1201 Před rokem +382

    Tip for newbies, if your PC won’t switch on after tinkering from the manual power button on your tower, there is a good chance you probably unplugged the two wires that connect to the actual button itself.
    This just happened to me while replacing some front fans, and I accidentally pulled on the cable when threading through the old cables from the fans and didn’t notice at the time.
    Figured it out straight away, but definitely makes your heart race when your PC won’t start up 😂

    • @magnol1a_
      @magnol1a_ Před rokem +11

      Any idea why my pc doesn't turn on, but then sometimes turns on for 10 seconds before rebooting over and over?

    • @Godofthunder793
      @Godofthunder793 Před rokem +14

      In my case the motherboard led light is lighong up but nothing is happening,the cpu fan does not start ,and nothing happens the fan of psu too didn't start
      No display as well as

    • @jacariwalker2484
      @jacariwalker2484 Před rokem

      @@Godofthunder793 same

    • @Godofthunder793
      @Godofthunder793 Před rokem +2

      @@jacariwalker2484 i tried to sort at home but I was not able to to sort the problem and my system was very old about 12 years
      So I ordered new part and currently I am Rocking with those

    • @zoekaraminas171
      @zoekaraminas171 Před rokem

      Same issue here but with new parts for new build.

  • @kinluke
    @kinluke Před 2 lety +36

    Dude your jokes and information delivery are getting better with each video. Keep doing what you're doing man!

  • @JB57_Speed
    @JB57_Speed Před 6 měsíci

    Thanks so much pc Centric. I was becoming worried that i would have to buy a new cpu or mobo. But, thanks to this video, I learned that it was just the ram!

  • @chiangkai-shrek1575
    @chiangkai-shrek1575 Před 5 měsíci

    Thanks for the guide. In my case, I had to do a CMOS refresh.

  • @MirceaKitsune
    @MirceaKitsune Před 2 lety +60

    Let me contribute by adding one thing not mentioned here: With the latest version of some BIOS-es, graphics cards may no longer detect the monitor properly when CSM is enabled. If you have an EFI OS go into the Boot settings of your BIOS and disable CSM first thing. Also make sure your DisplayPort cable has pin 20 disconnected by design otherwise the monitor and graphics card will short-circuit one another, I may have burnt my old graphics card before just finding out about this last week and getting a new cable.

    • @mariusgage5471
      @mariusgage5471 Před 2 lety +1

      I'm stuck on boot light right now, no display,
      12400f, gigabyte gaming x b660, 3600 corsair vengance 2x 16g

    • @paulnevil6070
      @paulnevil6070 Před rokem +1

      @@mariusgage5471 any luck, I'm in the same boat

    • @emoiont
      @emoiont Před rokem

      @@mariusgage5471 bro thats exactly what happened to me right now 😭,
      is there any progres so far?

    • @mariusgage5471
      @mariusgage5471 Před rokem

      @@emoiont hey guys, yea I fixed it by putting old pc back together making a USB boot drive and doing it that way, fixed it up no problem, I neded up formatting the drive I picked for my os

    • @antsyt167
      @antsyt167 Před rokem

      I also was having trouble booting, but my csm was disabled so I enabled it and it booted right up. Idk if that is good or bad

  • @prajwalkk
    @prajwalkk Před 2 lety +12

    I literally had plugged my display port to my motherboard yesterday and almost panicked as I was a newbie. Saw a forum post and connected to graphics card. So I really vibe with this video!!

  • @Rylus571
    @Rylus571 Před 7 měsíci

    Omg, thank you. I completely overlooked the dedicated header for CPU power.

  • @Akira915
    @Akira915 Před rokem

    DRAM light was on. I didn't even push them in properly. This video save a big headache! Thank you!

  • @cameronrook3273
    @cameronrook3273 Před 2 lety +69

    Got my first PC today and couldn't figure out why the display wasn't shoeing... you are the only person to say that the HDMI needs to be plugged into the Graphics card and not the Motherboard and my problem is solved... Thank you so much

    • @kyleday5026
      @kyleday5026 Před 2 lety +2

      I have a problem with my PC when turning on it says no signal but after turning on and of after a while it finds the TV signal what do u think it could be its not the power supply I changed that and still doing it could it be the graphics card. Its plugged in by HDMI or could it be the cable.

    • @kyleday5026
      @kyleday5026 Před 2 lety +3

      @Boonever18 no what do u think it could be

    • @ethanvera1031
      @ethanvera1031 Před 2 lety

      @@kyleday5026 maybe try a different hdmi cable

    • @shadowro9985
      @shadowro9985 Před 2 lety +1

      Did you had an onboard grapchis or CPU with integrated graphics?

    • @ejimenez365
      @ejimenez365 Před 2 lety

      @@shadowro9985 I don't have a gpu and have the same problem.

  • @benjaminjames3703
    @benjaminjames3703 Před rokem +25

    You just earned a sub dude. Five hours of troubleshooting the PC I built my dad and this video finally solved it. First time I’d vertically mounted a GPU and didn’t realize I had to change the PCIE interface with the riser cable 😅… you’d think vert mount kits would come with some kind of disclaimer!!

  • @tj3004
    @tj3004 Před 6 měsíci

    This helped a lot man thank you so much🙏🏾

  • @peterkucera7670
    @peterkucera7670 Před 5 měsíci

    Thanks for the DRAM issue,it has helped me ! thanx a lot

  • @TheJoker-bz2uz
    @TheJoker-bz2uz Před 8 měsíci +3

    Thank you so much for this video. I forgot to plug in the front panel that controls the physical power switch and thought I destroyed my CPU while adding a new CPU cooler. Started unplugging and replugging everything in and noticed in minutes. A thousand thanks man!

  • @DaRealKorkey
    @DaRealKorkey Před 2 lety +21

    Dude, thank you! My HDMI cable was actually plugged into the motherboard and not the graphics card lol. I accidentally unplugged my PC beforehand and thought I busted it, but this video really helped me out. 😁👍

    • @joshyy9189
      @joshyy9189 Před rokem

      My pc doesn’t have a gpu because the gpu is built into the cpu so where do I plug in the hdmi

    • @beeboothbb
      @beeboothbb Před rokem +1

      @@joshyy9189 I'd assume to the motherboards hdmi port if you never went and got a better GPU to put in it.

    • @eggrollsoup
      @eggrollsoup Před rokem

      @@joshyy9189 motherboard

  • @CuriousOlive.
    @CuriousOlive. Před 11 měsíci

    Thank you so much. I was losing my mind. Very helpful. Keep it up.😊

  • @Raystar7868
    @Raystar7868 Před 2 dny

    Tysm this really helped I found out my issue was with the ram

  • @TheUndefeatedMeat
    @TheUndefeatedMeat Před rokem +3

    Thank you!!!! I had to plug the hdmi into my graphics card! I was so pissed trying to figure out why i had no displays! You just helped me sooo much!!!!

  • @debbies9770
    @debbies9770 Před 2 lety +7

    My 15 yr old son had been struggling with the display port not connecting to his desktop for a couple months and I came across your video and boom mama fixed it, with your help of course! Lol

  • @lingofearth2786
    @lingofearth2786 Před 5 měsíci

    New sub. You’re my hero. I just needed to push my ram in all the way.. I was scared

  • @kishi_koku1633
    @kishi_koku1633 Před rokem

    thank you so much fr I didn’t even know what those red lights meant until today. My pc IS ALIVEEE

  • @FlowingBento
    @FlowingBento Před 2 lety +13

    Wow, I just bought my first gaming PC and thought it was broke, saw this video and fixed it right away! Thank you!!!!

    • @Uraq1
      @Uraq1 Před 2 lety +4

      What was your issue?

    • @FlowingBento
      @FlowingBento Před 2 lety +5

      @@Uraq1 I didn’t plug my dpi and another cable ”can’t remember the name” into the gpu port

    • @vkaneki4080
      @vkaneki4080 Před rokem

      Capper

  • @UKTeslaPicker
    @UKTeslaPicker Před 2 lety +54

    What an incredibly timely video - The universe has spoken lol
    Earlier today I just completed my first build in over a decade (before RGB was really a thing). Plugged in, PSU switch on.... RAM lit up, but absolutely nothing else... Waited for 30 seconds and then shed a tear. Unplugged.
    Then, literally within minutes I got a notification for this video - no joke. Watched it and realised that I hadn't pressed the case power button loooooool - All fixed and we are golden :D

  • @Digmen1
    @Digmen1 Před 8 měsíci

    Dude that was brilliant.
    I did not know about those debug lights
    I'll see if my board has them

  • @braylinsalyer682
    @braylinsalyer682 Před 2 měsíci

    I described exactly what I needed help with thank you I don't know if it will work but ideas are better than nothing

  • @ravipeiris4388
    @ravipeiris4388 Před 2 lety +5

    More follow up videos like these would be greatly appreciated.

  • @loose167
    @loose167 Před 2 lety +109

    “…unless you’re vegan …and then it’ll save the whole pig”. 00:25 seconds, I’m in. 😂😂😂

    • @BossLifeCouple
      @BossLifeCouple Před 2 lety +2

      Not gonna lie this was probably his best joke to date 😂😂😂😂😂 I legit lol’ed

    • @Moonchilddbk
      @Moonchilddbk Před 2 lety

      @@BossLifeCouple a

    • @feverishnine8551
      @feverishnine8551 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Guess I'll have another pig to add to the collection

  • @RJCO_
    @RJCO_ Před 7 měsíci

    Wow!!! Was freaking out until you pointed out how monitor cb plugged into motherboard instead of graphics card! Phew! All fixed!!!! Thank you Thank you!!

  • @supersaiyanjay1651
    @supersaiyanjay1651 Před rokem

    Thx man I just liked subscribed with notifications and you helped me about connecting it to the motherboard instead on the graphics card

  • @Flayrr872
    @Flayrr872 Před 2 lety +412

    Really reassuring advice for people considering a D.I.Y. build. For me, knowing everything that COULD go wrong gives a lot of confidence when I might have an issue and can gradually develop a diagnosis without having an immediate panic attack. (Snazzy jokes btw 👍)

    • @PcCentric
      @PcCentric  Před 2 lety +31

      That's exactly what I was going for!

    • @bra1nsnack
      @bra1nsnack Před 2 lety +6

      bro it doesnt matter your gonna end up spending hundreds maybe thousands on repairs. i can replace every fucking part, do every fucking solution and my shit still wont display

    • @idedinsid3771
      @idedinsid3771 Před rokem +1

      @@PcCentric i get vga light and cpu and the dram like barely lights up then turns off

    • @flowergirl9642
      @flowergirl9642 Před rokem

      Lovw you

    • @tobythethird5694
      @tobythethird5694 Před rokem

      Blue screen.

  • @Underpantswher
    @Underpantswher Před rokem +6

    My cousins new pc he just built wasnt turning on, and while trying to help him troubleshoot it, i noticed an odd mess of daisy chained cables in the pics he sent and asked him about it. Turns out he had all four case fans connected to the same header. I told him to connect them all to different headers and it booted right up with no problems after that lmao. Just happy it wasnt a more serious issue.

  • @blipbloup7168
    @blipbloup7168 Před 3 dny

    I've been stressing since 5 hour and it's now 1am and I finally made it with this vid ty so much

  • @jakefairburn1896
    @jakefairburn1896 Před 2 měsíci

    I know this video is two years old but hopefully u see this. Ur brilliant and helped me watched the video tried everything one at a time and it happened to be the ram was loose and I would never have thought to check that. Thanks so much hoping my pc can last 10 years doing great so far.