Black Screen

[lofty smelt]

I am trying to run off of a usb and when i try to start my gpu it loses signal and its fans turn all the way up to max rpm and then nothing happens, i have tried all settings that i can find and multiple different versions of mint but nothing changes

[twilit kindle]

i would disable 'secure boot' and 'fast boot' in the uefi bios. if you have a nvidia gpu i would try nouveau and proprietary driver versions.

[lofty smelt]

i tried booting with secure boot on and off and ive used nouveau but i dont know how to do anything else other than that

those didnt change anything though

i dont have an option to enable or disable fast boot in my bios

[twilit kindle]

do you have an integrated gpu in the cpu and monitor outputs on the mainboard? so you could switch the monitor cable to that mainboard monitor plug?

[lofty smelt]

i dont have a integrated gpu

im running a rtx 5070 though

[twilit kindle]

then i don't understand what you mean with "trying start my gpu". are you able to boot from your usb stick blindly (better: blindfolded?) ?

[lofty smelt]

when i try to boot i get nothing but a a black screen and then i completely lose gpu signal

i cant tell if it is actually booting or not

[twilit kindle]

a lot of things could cause that: mainboard (inclusive cpu, uefi/bios), graphics card, maybe power supply. could you insert an old graphics card? linux has drivers for old nvidia and amd is "never" an issue anyway.

[lofty smelt]

i dont have an older gpu on me but try and see if i can get one soon

[twilit kindle]

last resort: do you have diagnose leds on the mainboard? or even digits?

[lofty smelt]

i have lights but they are not turning on

i saw someone have the same issue and they also had a msi motherboard but apparently they were having usb issues but ive used multiple different usbs and they all do the same thing

[twilit kindle]

what model or type is your msi mainboard?

[lofty smelt]

msi mpg B550I Gaming Edge

[twilit kindle]

at least the mainboard got integrated graphics - but your cpu doesn't support it, right? what is the model/type?

[lofty smelt]

my cpu is a ryzen 7 5700

[twilit kindle]

this one is without graphics, right. And i got the same model 🙂

[lofty smelt]

yeah base 5700

[lofty smelt]

i forgot to mention my pc freezes up when i try to boot

[twilit kindle]

how can you tell if your gpu doesn't work?

[lofty smelt]

the power button needs to be geld down fir it to turn off

[twilit kindle]

ah, right! this way 😬

if you like to tinker you could pull out all RAM modules (if the machine is off) - but watch out for electrostatic discharge (ESD) hazards! one of the diagnostic leds should light up when you power up the machine.

[lofty smelt]

I'll try this when i get home

[twilit kindle]

okay if you got the graphics card then i would first try exchanging the gpu. If it doesn't work, i would secondly pull out the DDR4 modules.