New build monitor receives no signal, please help

nicolaszu

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Hey, I just finished my first build and everything seems to be working fine( as far as I can tell) except for the monitor signal. When i press the power button, everything works perfectly fine ( case fans work, gpu works, cpu fan works, usb ports work, LED work, etc) but my monitor does not receive a signal. I'm connecting the HDMI cable from my GPU to the monitor.

My monitor is LG 23EA63V

Motherboard is Asus z87K

Graphics card is ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II TOP 3GB

Please let me know if i need to provide more information. I'm kind off panicking but i'm hoping it's just a small mistake i made, thanks in advance.

PS:

I've tried the following things:

.Power pc without GPU
.Remove 1 stick of ram ( done it with both)
.Change ram slot
.Change GPU slot
That's about it, Please help!
 
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I feel really bad for you but i can't see anything wrong in the pictures and i don't think i can help anymore without being able to look at it and test it.:(
I very much doubt you live close or i would come and look at it for you.
I really think you will have to take it to a shop.
Do you have a local shop you could take it to for them to test it?

nicolaszu

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Ok i'll follow all those steps, hopefully it'll work! In the meantime my system specifications:

Monitor: LG 23EA63V
Asus Z87-K USB3.0 Motherboard
Graphics card is ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II TOP 3GB
PSU: Corsair CX600M
CPU: Intel I5 4670K
HDD:Western Digital 1TB internal Hard Drive
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB
RAM:G-Skill 8GB Ripjaws X DDR3
Case: NZXT Phantom 410
I also have pictures, would that help a bit?
 

jay2577

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Follow the steps in the link i sent then maybe if it doesn't work post the pictures. I'm in the UK so i'm now going to bed but i will check in the morning for a reply.

The steps in the link sorts covers most issues:)
 

nicolaszu

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Well, I removed the cpu and some of my motherboard pins ( where the cpu goes) are bent. Do you think this is causing the problem? Hopefully not! this is my first build and i'm really panicking now...is there any way to fix it if that's causing the problem?
 

jay2577

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I still can't make out the bent pins, sorry:(

The only problem with these forums is that unlike i can't actually get my hands on the components to look at them or test them myself.
Without being able to see properly i don't know if i can help.
If one of the pins is bent you can try and straighten it but it's a very delicate operation.
If you are unsure i suggest you take it to a local computer shop and get them to look at it.

Do all the pins line up the same with the same space between them?
If not and you have a bent pin you can use this guide AT YOUR OWN RISK and try and straighten it if you want.
http://www.overclock.net/t/336090/howto-fix-bent-lga-socket-pins

If the socket looks like this picture everything is okay and something else is causing the problem.
Intel_Socket_1155.jpeg
 

nicolaszu

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No i didn't work! Here are some extra pics I just took. I took off the video card and tested it but still not signal...
Here are some extra pics of what i'm doing right now. I am doing something wrong? I took the mobo out of the case, unbent the pins, put the ram in slot A2 and B2 but still no signal
 

jay2577

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I feel really bad for you but i can't see anything wrong in the pictures and i don't think i can help anymore without being able to look at it and test it.:(
I very much doubt you live close or i would come and look at it for you.
I really think you will have to take it to a shop.
Do you have a local shop you could take it to for them to test it?
 
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jay2577

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The most likely component is the motherboard or graphics card. I would just take it to a local computer shop.
Do you have any near you?
Do you have any friends with computers? You could always try the graphics card in one of their machines