Reseated ram, cleared Cmos via battery take out, don't know what else to do. My MOBO must have fried or the on/off switch is busted on the case. Dr Debug ( an Asrock mobo feature) = the LED by the Cmos does not even light up. So, I guess I will order a new MOBO and new arctic silver compound for reseating the CPU on the new MOBO. Really irritating!!! Maybe will get a new case that will fit the 290 in easier as well just in case the problem is the case switch.
Update: OK I got Dr Debug to work by clearing cmos again via jumpers. I got code 60 , then code 56. Code 60 = fix= clear cmos= HUH?? I just did that. 56 is a CPU code- which is one of the things I originally thought about - i unseated the CPU when putting in the new GPU. So, will find some silver compound locally and try reseating the CPU as next step. I will also put a Dremel tool to use to make it easy to put the GPU in - if I ever get that far.
Update: OK I got Dr Debug to work by clearing cmos again via jumpers. I got code 60 , then code 56. Code 60 = fix= clear cmos= HUH?? I just did that. 56 is a CPU code- which is one of the things I originally thought about - i unseated the CPU when putting in the new GPU. So, will find some silver compound locally and try reseating the CPU as next step. I will also put a Dremel tool to use to make it easy to put the GPU in - if I ever get that far.
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