Okay so, an update on my previous scenario. Got my 1080 in the mail a couple days ago, took out my old 970 and put in the new 1080; only difference is that the 970 had 2 6pin power cords, and the 1080 has 2 8pin power cords. But, the two 6pin cords I was using each come with an additional +2 pin adapter, so I just plugged both in, started up my PC, got a "No signal" blank screen, even though a couple LED's lit up on the PC, none of the fans started, and I couldn't hear my HDD doing anything..So I tried removing the 1080 from my rig, hooked up a DVI cord straight to my mobo's onboard video port, and started again.
this time, the screen brought up the initial Gigabyte splash screen it usually flashes for a second, then continues t boot up However, the screen just sat their on that splash page, keyboard and mouse inputs doing nothing. What I found especially peculiar was nothing else was booted up/running, i.e. all system fans HDD, etc}, in addition the fan on my 750w Corsair PSU was doing absolutely nothing. So I was a bit confused at this point, but determined that the PSU must be to blame, so I went out to a nearby computer chain store and bought a Thermaltake 850w PSU to see if that would fix the issue. Additionally, i tried a paper clip test with the older corsair PSU with a single case fan plugged into it, and it gave the exact same results; nothing turning on except LEDs in pc, and the PSU fan never once span up or twitched.
So I hook up the 850w thermaltake PSU, using the preexisting PSU's wiring so that I didn't have to reconnect everything. This time when boots up, it initally looks like it's going to boot properly, however about 10 sec into turning my PC on, my HDD started sparking and caught fire slightly. So after blowing the fire out and immediately unplugging the power/data files to my HDD, I try booting my just my SSD that has windows 7 installed
However when I boot it up, Gigbyte's CMOS tells me there is no device capable of booting up with even though my SSD is still hooked up. At this point I become both frustrated and concerned, not only because my HDD caught fire briefly and is very likely dead, But now I'm sort of stuck in a position of, I don't really know what device is malfunctioning, or how to find out which device is malfunctioning. I'm kinda leaning towards the mobo, since it is unable to recognize 2 SSD's, one brand new, the other with Windows 7
TLDR, I need setsul second opinion please before I shell out hundreds to fix this issue
Also forgot to mention, my buiild is:
Intel Core i7-4790K @4.6GHz
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Gigabyte GA-Z97X-GAMING 7 LGA 1150
Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" SSD
HITACHI 0F10452 2.0TB SATA 3.0Gb/s 7200 RPM 32MB
EVGA 04G-2974-KR GeForce GTX 970 Superclocked 4GB -> upgrading to EVGA GTX 1080 Superclocked
NZXT Technologies PHANTOM 530 BLACK Computer Cabinet
CORSAIR RM Series RM750 750W ->swapped out for Thermaltake 850w PSU
Asus Xonar DX Sound Card
LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer
LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Ultimate SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)