Problem with newly delivered Gladiator Warrior H20

[RachelM]

Hi everyone,

Received my Gladiator Warrior H20 an few hrs ago and I'm having problems getting it to work!

Power kicks in, all lights glow and fans start running but it won't send any display signal via either mini hdmi on 560Ti OC graphics card & via vga by the motherboard graphics plus it won't send any power to my USB mouse & keyboard so even if it was sending signal to my screen I wouldn't be able to control it!

Any ideas? Not sure if I'm being dumb coz I only had 3 hrs sleep last night or whether I have a faulty motherboard? Any help would be appreciated.

Compter spec:

• CPU professionally Overclocked up to 4.60GHz*
• Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
• Corsair H60 Water-Cooling CPU Cooler
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560Ti OC 1024MB GDDR5 DirectX 11 PCI-Express Graphics Card
• 8GB Mushkin Blackline #996995 (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz 9-9-9-24
• Crucial m4 64GB 2.5" SATA-III Solid State Hard Drive
• 1TB Seagate Barracuda Green ST1000DL002 3.5" SATA II Hard Drive
• ASUS P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (REV B3) Socket 1155 DDR3 PCI-Express Motherboard
• 750W Corsair TX750 V2 ATX2.3 SLI/Crossfire Compliant Power Supply
• Corsair Carbide Series 400R Midi Tower Chassis
• Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE DVD ReWriter

[aspdend]

Is it not a mini display port on the card rather than mini hdmi, so you need the adaptor for an HDMI output? either way the motherboard graphics should be disabled to allow the GPU to operate - have you tried the DVI output from the card to see if they work at all?

[RachelM]

I'm using the adaptor.

I tried the motherboard graphics after taking the graphics card out.

DVI isn't an option as my screen doesn't have the input and I don't have a cable.

[IanS]

Sounds more like a failed overclock. Try resetting the BIOS by clearing the CMOS using the jumper/button or removing the battery for a couple of minutes.
Your overclock profile should still be saved in the BIOS for later use.

[RachelM]

Just tried this, no luck I'm afraid!

[El Wayneo]

Yeah take the RAM and GPU out and reset CMOS, then put one stick of RAM back in????

any beeps???

[Spaceboy]

Removal of GPU might not enable the on-board graphics if this has been set in the BIOS to use the GPU specifically.

However, if you've since reset the CMOS this should set the graphics to on-board. Have you tried on-board vga out since resetting CMOS ?

Also, I assume you've checked for loose cables (24pin, 8pin cpu) and loose cooler ?

[RachelM]

Yeah take the RAM and GPU out and reset CMOS, then put one stick of RAM back in????

any beeps???Just tried, no beeps. And now the comp restarts itself a few seconds after attempting to boot.


Removal of GPU might not enable the on-board graphics if this has been set in the BIOS to use the GPU specifically.

However, if you've since reset the CMOS this should set the graphics to on-board. Have you tried on-board vga out since resetting CMOS ?Yep, nothing. No USB either.


Also, I assume you've checked for loose cables (24pin, 8pin cpu) and loose cooler ?Tried everything and it all seems secured, tight etc.

[RachelM]

Well...I've emailed aria regarding this.

Hopefully receive a fast response :)

[Spaceboy]

Sorry, I'm out of ideas tbh if all cables are plugged in and a cmos reset has done nothing :(

Only things that remain after that are to reseat everything and Aria might prefer to take it back for warranty's sake.

Hope you get it sorted quick :)

[RachelM]

As I was (and still am - haven't been to bed!) so tired I failed to notice that the RAM error light was on. Seems one of the 4GB sticks is faulty. Removed one of them and mangaged to install windows.

Now I am having other problems - the 1TB drive is failing to show in Windows 7. It's a little odd as it fails to show up in two parts of the bios but appears in another. See the following photos:

Not present:

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/3513/img0655hz.th.jpg (http://img40.imageshack.us/i/img0655hz.jpg/)

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2672/img0654rg.th.jpg (http://img189.imageshack.us/i/img0654rg.jpg/)

Present:

http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/7605/img0656f.th.jpg (http://img803.imageshack.us/i/img0656f.jpg/)

Also having problems getting a virgin wireless adapter to work, works fine on other PCs :(

Not having much luck!

ARIA: SHOULD I RETURN ONE OF THE 4GB RAM STICKS FOR A REPLACEMENT?

[aspdend]

Don't return a single stick of RAM, they should be in matched pairs - if they are bought in pairs, replace them in pairs...

[Glent]

If the HD is showing in the bios and not windows that's not a bad sign. It probably has not been formatted yet and windows does not acknowledged it. Run disk management

Right click My computer> manage> then choose disk management > if you see the drive listed , right click and format it.

Make sure you format the 1tb though !

[gbh4]

Sounds like the whole PC wants to go back if you are having this many issues from the start?