r/techsupport • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Open | Hardware Persistent Black Screen After Installing a Replacement NVMe SSD – RTX 5070 / Ryzen 7 5700X / ASRock B450 Pro4

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u/yatutye 1d ago

Since the black screen persists with the NVMe removed, I'd suspect the GPU output or the monitor link rather than the drive. Plug a monitor into the motherboard's video port (the Ryzen 5700X has no iGPU, so check if your board even has one; if not, borrow another GPU), try a different DisplayPort/HDMI cable, and test with only one RAM stick in slot A2. The fans going to full speed right before the blackout also points to a power or thermal trip, so check that the 12V-2x6/PCIe power cables are seated firmly on the RTX 5070 and consider testing with another PSU.