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Red light under VGA

I got a pc and there is a tiny red light under VGA
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Hello, thank you for using Howly. I’ll be happy to help you out! May I ask your name?

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*****

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Nice to meet you, *****!

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Likewise

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A red light near the VGA indicator means the graphics card is not detected or seated correctly.
Are you able to remove the graphics card and reinsert it?

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Trying right now
give me a moment

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Sure
Keep me updated

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Im not sure if its in the correct spot. It feels a bit lose

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Can you send me a picture, please?

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Sure

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Im not sure if this helps. But i realized that it has these 2 Cables. Are they supposed to go somewhere? I looked around and didnt find any reachable spot

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Thank you for the info

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As far as I see, you've connected additional power to your Graphics card, so you don't have to connect those 2 additional cables
*****, could you please try to unplug the cable, that goes into your graphics card, near those two additional cables

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I see. I was about to let you know that when i connected one cable, the small one, the light turned off but the fans turned on.
Sure give me a second.

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Of course, take your time :)

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I disconnected them. The fans are on but no lights. Nothing appears on my monitor either

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Could you be more specific about what you disconnected?

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When i disconnect these 2, the fans are spinning loudly. When i connect cable B, the lights turn on and the fans seem to spin more calmly. The red light still shows and nothing appears on the monitor
Everything seemed fine when i first turned on the PC up until i connected the HDMI and noticed that nothing appears on the monitor and that red light was there.

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Now, please, power off your computer, align your "A" cable with your "B" cable with a key on an "A" cable pointing to a "B" cable

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Okay i think i got it

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You've connected this cable to your graphics card, right?

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Yes

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Just to clarify, your computer is off, right?

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Yes

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And could you check if your graphics card is plugged all the way into its slot on the motherboard?

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Its connected fine

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Got it, now, please try to turn it on and tell me if the VGA light is still red

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Still red.

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Could you tell me the model of your motherboard please?

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Sure. Give me one second

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Of course, take your time :)

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Im not 100% Sure. In the site it says Motherboard Model Number B660 and its from GIGABYTE. Ill send a picture.

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That would be great

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The red line is where i connected the graphics card.

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Got it
Just to clarify, is the graphics card plugged?
As of right now

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I turned off the computer and took it out for the picture so no

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Got it, could you tell me the model of the CPU you're using? We might try to launch if without a graphics card just to check

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i7-12700F

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Oh, it's the F version, so it doesn't have an integrated GPU. Could you try to power it on without a GPU, your VGA light should still light be on?

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Yup VGA light still on

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Now, please, power off your computer and plug your graphics card back in

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Alright

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Tell me when you're ready :)

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Does the slot i put it in matter?

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It really doesn't, but I'd recommend putting it in a second slot, just to check

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Alright

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It works! It shows on the monitor and no more VGA light

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That's great!
Just to clarify, you're using an HDMI cable, right?

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Yes

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Got it, thanks for clarifying that

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All good

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Im sorry for the bother. This is my first PC so i sort of panicked.

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Oh, don't worry about that, you're a lovely person to help :)

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Thank you for your help

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Don't forget to screw your graphics card to your case :)

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Right! Thanks for the reminder

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Thank you again. Have a nice day/night.

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