possible hardware problem?

So everytime I turn on my computer the screen remains black. Ive had this problem before but last time I was able to hear windows boot. Somehow it jist fixed itself. Theres no boot sound this time and ive tried unplugging and plugging back the cords but nothings working. Anyone have any ideas or test I could run to figure out whats wrong?

Here are my specs



System Configuration:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master 942 HAF X
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 3820 3.6GHz (Turbo Mode up to 3.8GHz) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 (Intel X79 Chipset) (Features USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s)
System Memory: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 800W Corsair GS (Dual SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (180GB Solid State (By: Corsair) (Model: Force GT Series CSSD-F180GBGT-BK) (SATA 6Gbps)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (Model: Black Edition)
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: Blu-Ray & DVD Writer/Reader (Burn + Play Blu-Ray & DVDs) (12x BD-R)
Optical Drive 2: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x)
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card(s): 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2GB (Includes PhysX)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Digital Storm Vortex 240mm Radiator Liquid CPU Cooler (Extreme-Performance Edition)
H20 Tube Color: - Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Red)
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
CPU Boost: Stage 1: Overclock CPU 4.0GHz to 4.4GHz <b></b>
Graphics Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Memory Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
OS Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Game: - No Thanks
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: Razer Lycosa Mirror Special Edition (Gaming Keyboard)
Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: - No Thanks

Monitor- Samsung syncmaster sa550

Fans and lights turn on. Ill try another monitor and plugging direct into the wall.

Are there any indications at which I should worry its the graphics card or motherboard or something like that?

Card fan is spinning. Have yet to try reseating.

Im worried it may be both the monitor and the pc. Conmected the monitor to both my ps4 and a friends ps3. Didnt work. Boughta new monitor assuming that was the issue. This monitor works on my ps4 but not the computer.

Ill probably try calling ds tomorrow
is their call center a 9-5 thing? Tried calling but it didn't go through. Not sure if its cause I called late or didn't dial the right number cause im calling from Canada.

Lol damnit. Gotta rush home from work. 3 hour diff right?

I think I narrowed it down to the card or the mobo. I pulled out the ssd drive amd turned it on. New monitor detects no signal. Chances are its the card tho right? O.o but in any case if I were to get a new card or mobo can I get any card or mobo thats the same model or newer?

Did you have to send your dead one first before they ship the new one?

Alright that sounds good. The sooner the better. Thanks for the help. Ill email support once I get to work

Reseating the card commonly does fix issues like you had.   I wouldn't think it's the mobo, just the card needing a better seat into the mobo.

For the audio, right click the audio/speaker icon on bottom right of task bar and check what Playback Device is seen.   Sounds, no pun intended, like the Realtech device/drivers got scrambled.   You might have to unplug your speakers, reboot and then plug that back in, checking Playback for the right device and green checks and volume control.

Good luck.

My pleasure.  

If its only the front speaker/headphone jack not working then you are probably right, you knocked loose a cable to the mobo.  There is a cable that goes from the front panel to the mobo to feed it audio. 

Go to your mobo manual and usually chapter 2 will have a motherboard layout picture.   For the X79 Sabertooth, I believe on the lower left of you mobo is the Front Panel Audio connector.   They are small wires easily pumped and loosened.   You might get lucky. 

So, the rear and front don't work?       Yeah, anytime you open the rig and touch things there's the chance of blowing something.    I tend to believe that your Realtek control panel needs a look see.  

Right click the speaker icon in Taskbar, go to Playback Device and see if your speakers are shown and a green check is there.  Right click the speakers if they;re shown and  hit Properties.   See if the port is highlighted green.  Also, go to Level tab and make sure the sound isn't muted or turned way down.   You might have to play around in there a bit.  

You can also right click the empty space in Playback window and check Show disabled devices.  That might lead you somewhere.

You can go into Device manager, dbl click sound, right click your realtek driver and uninstall.  Reboot, hard boot not soft Restart, and see if Windows reinstalls a working driver.  This can wok great or cause headaches, but you have nothing to lose. 

After all this, you got me.       

So I did a few things when I got home today. What was odd though, ever since I got my monitor to work I'd get this "there was a problem starting C:/user/administrator blah blah backgroundcontainer.dll access is denied" error. Looking it up it seems to be malware. DL'ed malwarebytes, removed it and off and on audio icons would flicker on and off.

I.e the "you just plugged/unplugged a device from the audio jack would alternate popping up non-stop. When I unplugged all the speaker jacks and restarted the computer it stopped then it started happening in the sound devices window. That stopped after a restart. I opened up the computer to check and make sure the audio connections weren't lose and then the "you just plugged/unplugged" popup thing happened again.

Also the speakers seems to crackle a bit (or pop feedback noise?) when booting up. So at this point I still can't tell if its a mobo issue, driver issue, or loose connection. I feel like its most likely a mobo issue though =(

Ok. So I finally called and got in contact with DS and came to the conclusion that the integrated audio is fried/dead. I have a choice between a new mobo or a separate sound card. I'm opting for the separate sound card for now.

I do have one concern that I didnt get to address since I didnt think of it until now. But anyways I asked how my front audio jack would work if I got a sound card and he said that the "HD audio wire" (which I was told to unplug when trying to fix my sound) would connect to the new sound card. Are all sound cards supposed to have a jack/slot for this or just certain ones? Because when I looked at some pics of sounds cards I didnt seem to notice any slots for it.

Is it called something else? Cause the sound cards Im looking at don't seem to mention anything about an HD sound slot/plug.

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=40&item_id=028753

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=40&item_id=047993

And this is the one you were referring to right?

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=40&item_id=055058

I'm assuming it's called something else cause I dont see anything about HD audio there either :/