HELP! No display on new build

Ryan Kirby

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I have completely put together this build im doing for a friend, everything on it turns on fine, all fans going, motherboard light on, etc. But nothing comes up on the monitor on either DVI or HDMI.

Here is what else I've tried:

Switching power supplies
Switching sata cable spots
Taking out one stick of ram at a time
Checked for bends on APU pins, didnt find any.
Took our battery to reset EMOS

What could it be?

SPECS:

AMD A10 7850k Kaveri 3.7ghz
16gb Team Vulcan 2133mhz RAM
Asus A55BM-A FM2+ Motherboard
Coolmax 450w PSU
1TB Western Digital 7200rpm HDD
 
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Copying from another post I had made, below is how I would explain how to do Asus EZ Flash. In a nutshell, you can update the BIOS by putting a BIOS update file on a USB, plugging it into the right USB port on the mobo, and pressing a button on the mobo, without ever having to turn the comp on, access BIOS, etc. So the guide:

(iv) Using Asus EZ Flash to update BIOS was really easy, but surprisingly difficult to get a clear...

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You might need a BIOS update for the motherboard. Have you used Asus EZ Flash before? You can do it with just standby power from the PSU, and getting the right file onto a USB to plug into the mobo.
 

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I've never used that, how does it work? I've always used MSI and Gigabyte boards in the past

 
Have you made sure the monitor is set for the correct input? I know that my monitors by default where set for VGA and it took me a minute to find out that I needed to change the input from VGA to what I was using. Just something to check. I know most but not all auto select the correct input.
 

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Yeah I double checked to make sure it was on the right one. Still nothing.

 

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Copying from another post I had made, below is how I would explain how to do Asus EZ Flash. In a nutshell, you can update the BIOS by putting a BIOS update file on a USB, plugging it into the right USB port on the mobo, and pressing a button on the mobo, without ever having to turn the comp on, access BIOS, etc. So the guide:

(iv) Using Asus EZ Flash to update BIOS was really easy, but surprisingly difficult to get a clear how-to guide either via the mobo manual or forums posts. Here's my stab at it:

(1) Download the correct zip folder from the Asus website. The operating system Asus makes you select before presenting you with a file is completely irrelevant for BIOS. For example, I used a Vista 64-bit comp to download the file for a system that would ultimately be Windows 8.1 64-bit. Also, just choose the newest version. If you somehow know you have the third oldest BIOS version, you don't need to update to the second oldest before updating to the current one, etc.

(2) Take the actual file out of the zip folder and rename it according to whatever naming convention Asus tells you. So far, it looks like Asus has always asked you to drop any spaces or underscores or anything other then the mobo model type from the name. So my file became P9X79LE.cap . Also, if you research this you will come across a lot of stuff about converting a .rom file to .cap . As far as I can tell, .rom no longer exists for new Asus motherboards (no idea if its used by other mobo manufactures or if they ever used it or if they even have something like EZ Flash). So what I'm trying to say is is that the file is already .cap and new mobos appear to be configured for .cap , so you can ignore the .rom conversion stuff.

(3) Reformat a USB drive to FAT or FAT32, or ensure that it is already formatted as such. I don't know if USBs are already formatted as FAT or FAT32 (probably are), or whether you need a blank USB (or can just place the .cap file at the top most layer of the USB a.k.a. the root), but I did this just to be safe. Reformatting erases all data on the USB drive, be careful. Reformatting is easy, in a nut shell, you right-click the icon of the drive and select format and simply follow the steps, really only making sure it will be formatted as FAT or FAT32 and leaving the other settings to whatever they were. A comprehensive guide is here.

(4) Ensure your motherboard is connected to the PSU, and the PSU is plugged to the wall, and the PSU switch is turned to on. You need standby power (that is, it just needs to be plugged in) for the mobo to do this. You can tell the motherboard is receiving power because after a few seconds of being plugged in, a green light turns on on the board and stays on.

(5) Copy your renamed .cap file into the USB and plug the USB into the specific USB slot on the motherboard that is meant to be used for EZ Flash.

(6) Hold down the EZ Flash button on the motherboard for about 3 seconds, until the LED next to it starts flashing.

(7) Once the light goes out, you are done, and have updated Asus BIOS via EZ Flash.

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This is the Asus support page for the A55BM-A motherboard.
 
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Ryan Kirby

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Alright, it worked through VGA, then i had to remove one of the sticks of RAM just to get it to install Windows. So I am assuming one of my sticks may be bad, ill do a check on it once its all done installing to make sure. Sucks if I have to RMA the RAM