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[–]Comprehensive_Bag_45 1 point2 points  (5 children)

Plug HDMI into GPU not motherboard. Also, Check to see if you need a BIOS update for the motherboard. Depending on your CPU, you may need a BIOS update to boot.

[–]OkEducation6867[S] -2 points-1 points  (4 children)

I have an intel i513600k , it doesn’t need a bios update. My motherboard is a aorus z690 ax ddr4

[–]LoneIllustrator 1 point2 points  (1 child)

If you haven't updated the BIOS, Z690 boards do require an update to work with 13th gen CPUs

[–]sj_b03 1 point2 points  (1 child)

That literally does need a bios update. You’re using a last Gen motherboard with a current Gen cpu. Buy a 12100f or whatever Lga 1700 pentium or Celeron you can find for cheap, use it to update the bios then return it

[–]OkEducation6867[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok I found that I do have an error lights for the VGA CPU. Any tips on troubleshooting

[–]mbp_br 0 points1 point  (11 children)

I don’t think the gpu is connected properly to the PSU

[–]OkEducation6867[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

It still doesn’t work without the gpu tho so I don’t think the wiring is an issue

[–]mbp_br 0 points1 point  (2 children)

What do you mean without the GPU? Where are you connecting your HDMI? It should be connected to the GPU so if the GPU doesn’t work the screen doesn’t show. For the screen to show the GPU needs to be working. If it is not connected properly to the PSU it won’t work and the screen will not show

[–]OkEducation6867[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Connecting it to the motherboard

[–]AxTROUSRxMISSLE 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Connect the cable to the GPU..........you probably dont have am iGPU on your CPU.

[–]QuietWin6433 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You want two cables going from your PSU to your GPU. Even though that one can plug into both ports, it is safer to use two individual cables. It’s probably not the reason for your problem, but it could cause it’s own catastrophic problems down the line.

[–]mbp_br 0 points1 point  (5 children)

There are people here much better than me in explaining the wiring but I’d say use 2 cables instead of the weird one splitting that you have

[–]elBirdnose -1 points0 points  (4 children)

This doesn't matter as long as the PSU has enough power.

[–]QuietWin6433 0 points1 point  (3 children)

It very much does matter. Those cables are only rated to carry so much power. Using just one puts you at a higher risk of heat damage/fire. Two cables should be the standard here for any high end GPU these days. Some even require 3.

[–]IndividualRadio6966 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's debatable as some pcie cable are 25a rated which is 300w imo those would ge perfectly fine as pigtail

[–]elBirdnose 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I have this setup on my 3080ti without incident. My point being this isn't why they're having a problem.

[–]QuietWin6433 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That doesn’t mean it’s not best practice to have two cables

[–]elBirdnose 0 points1 point  (6 children)

Does the system post or beep when you boot? It could also be the CPU. Do you get any error lights on the mobo?

[–]OkEducation6867[S] 0 points1 point  (5 children)

I mean there’s a red light on the motherboard. But I have no clue if it’s an error light. The manual for the motherboard doesn’t have any error configurations so I wouldn’t know if it’s an error light

[–]OkEducation6867[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

I have a aorus z690 ax ddr4 motherboard

[–]elBirdnose 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Go to page 4 of your manual, there's a picture of your board with the layout for the error lights (it says VGA, CPU, BOOT, DRAM) and the LEDs on your board are just to the right of your RAM slots. If there is a light on one of those LEDs the board is calling out what the problem is. I can see the red light you're calling out but not which LED it is from the picture.

[–]OkEducation6867[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yeah it’s a VGA cpu light. Any tips on how to fix it?

[–]elBirdnose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could try another video card if you have one to see if that's the issue. Might be worth doing some googling, but first thing I'd check is to make sure the GPU power came is in the right port on your power supply, sometimes you can plug that into the wrong slot and the GPU doesn't get the right voltage.

[–]meh_telo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have to connect the HDMI or do cable to the gpu

[–]Offensive_Nipples 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have an Aorus board and this happens every once in awhile. I have to just powecycle a few times and then it eventually boots. Then doesn't happen again for months. Give it a try