Need Help With Serious Virus/Spyware Problem

[Major_A]

You running a DVI or RGB cable from the monitor to your video card? If you are running a RGB cable you might be able to hit the Auto Adjust button and straighten it out. Otherwise it won't help with a DVI cable. Grab a spare monitor cable if you have one and try it on that PC. The cable may be bad.

[soccermiles77]

My video card has 2 ports and they're both DVI. I've tried plugging it in and starting it up from both ports, no luck.

I find it strange that the monitor cable would just crap out on me so instantaneously though

[soccermiles77]

Just tried the RGB cable using an RGB to DVI adapter, and it still doesn't work.

[Major_A]

At this point I'm almost willing to guess...
A) The video card is bad.
B) The motherboard is bad.

Do you have another video card you can test in that PC? Here's the fun part replacing things until you find the culprit.

[soccermiles77]

Could flashing the BIOS really ruin a mobo or video card? Keep in mind it was running fine before I made the stupid mistake of trying to flash the BIOS without knowing what I was doing.

[soccermiles77]

Okay, I fear it is a problem with the mobo because when i turn on the computer i just realized htat my keyboard lights arent turning on either. This sucks because if it is my mobo, then hte video card and other components will likely have to be replaced because htey wont be compatible with newer mobos.

I could really use a win in that computer drawing that's coming up

[xstayxtruex]

how long do you wait before you realize that the lights on the keyboard aren't working? does your computer make beeps? do your keyboard lights flash at all?

[Major_A]

Sounds like a bad BIOS flash. Have you tried turning the PC on with the minimal essentials plugged into the motherboard? 1 stick of RAM, no drives connected and a video card? Does MSI have a recovery system with their BIOS subsystem like Gigabyte?

[soccermiles77]

i have absolutely no idea about the recovery system. where could i find that? and yes I would assume that its a bad BIOS flash, as all of this happened just after i flashed it

[Major_A]

At this point I'm out of ideas. Can you buy a cheap motherboard to test with an possibly keep in the event that is the problem? Maybe there is a local mom and pop shop by your house that has the ability to test motherboards. Other than that if it's under warranty send it back, if not buy a new one.

[xstayxtruex]

take out the CMOS battery, turn on your computer, turn your computer off

remove your video card, reset your CMOS jumper with your monitor plugged in the on board VGA port on the back panel of your computer, turn your computer back on

update when finished.

[Major_A]

There is no onboard video with his motherboard. Another thing to try is pull the power plug out of the PSU and hold down the power button for 10 seconds to drain the capacitors. Sometimes this helps when the power suddenly goes out.

[xstayxtruex]

I took that the VGA port was there for a reason, I've looked more into the motherboard and apparently its not. lol.

[Major_A]

Same thing here. I thought all newer AMD chipsets had onboard video. Apparently they do not.

[soccermiles77]

I need to try starting it up with just the bare minimums plugged in, and I'm really hoping that my motherboard didn't just crap out after a bad BIOS flash. I can't really even see how thats possible?

[Major_A]

The BIOS controls the motherboard. If the file was somehow corrupt then it renders the motherboard useless. Try what I mentioned in the here first...

Another thing to try is pull the power plug out of the PSU and hold down the power button for 10 seconds to drain the capacitors. Sometimes this helps when the power suddenly goes out.

[Major_A]

Uh... not to be rude here but I just saw your post over at the Post Your Rig discussion. You have listed that you own a 8600 GT. From what I can tell you have it stuffed in a PCI slot. Are you 100% sure the card you have isn't PCIe and that's why the monitor isn't coming on? If so you may have damaged the card and possibly the motherboard putting it in the wrong slot if it is in fact a PCIe card.

[xstayxtruex]

that motherboard supports XFire and SLI, he just has it in the lower PCIe slot

[Major_A]

If it's an AMD chipset it doesn't support SLI. I see the pic of the motherboard on the 3rd page now. Does the video not post in either of the PCIe slots?

[xstayxtruex]

i meant to say OR. i wasn't aware of the chipset being used.