So, I just installed my ssd on my PC after migrating over to it. But when I tried to boot up the computer, none of my video outputs are working, so I can't get into the bios. I unplugged the sata connection and tried a reboot, but same thing. The only thing I did after mounting the ssd was plug in the sata connection and power to the ssd.
Layman's terms please. I knew I would be screwed if any sort of problems came up on this, but thought I could do just a plug and play by going word for word by the instructions.
If I take this right you have tried hooking up a monitor/TV to all your ports and get no video from anything including BIOS post. Did you leave the computer plugged in when you were working on it? I ask b/c during the winter our bodies accrue static charge at a higher rate then warmer weather and by leaving the pc plugged in you ground the chassis and when you touch it you ground yourself.
With SSD's they are all SATA and 90% of all sata drives do not have a jumper to set master and slave you set that option in BIOS. If you have no video coming through I would try taking the video card out and reseating it or taking it out completely and hooking to the motherboards video interface.
Also are you hooking to the video cards HDMI or DVI interface? Some video cards will not display BIOS Post messages/boot process through the HDMI connection.
Yes, unplugged all power while working on it. By migrated, I mean I went through the provided software for data migration, basically cloning my old hard drive onto the ssd. I haven't been able to get on to format the old drive yet. I have tried both dvi and hdmi outputs, and no signal on either. Will try taking the video card out and reseating it.
If you had it unplugged they you may have fried the motherboard. Always Always Always leave the power plugged in when working on the inside of a desktop (and keep touching the frame to discharge static from yourself) and find a way to ground yourself when working on a laptop. I did that myself like 20 years ago on a 386 computer I had. Had the power unplugged and fried the motherboard with static discharge.
Unplug all the hard drives and cd-roms and power it on see you you can get any kind of screen. If you can then plug stuff back in one at a time to find out the one buggered up.
And that program you used did it restart the computer to clone the hard drive or did it do it in windows? I have yet to see a program that can ghost a hard drive from within windows as it can not access protected files. It may have just copied your personal files over and not the OS may have to install windows on it.
Ok, so crisis averted. I am in business again. What happened was one of the power cords for the graphics card was loose in the slot. So even though the fan was working, the card itself was not. The clone on the hard drive did not go through, but everything is back the way it was. I will be on tonight, and trying my luck with the ssd over the weekend. Thanks for the help guys
Laurana replied
591 weeks ago