New Build: All Case Items Power Up, but No Video

Michael Smith Jr

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May 21, 2014
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Hello all, I have just built my first computer, but I am having trouble getting everything to come on. When I power it up, nothing displays on the screen and there are no POST beeps(no MB speaker so not a big deal).

Before putting anything together, I read over the manuals, as well as watching a couple internet videos about how to put everything together. When I first started, I put it together outside of the case with just the PSU(In the case), GPU, RAM, and CPU connected to the Motherboard, however I did not get any video signal. At this point, I decided that it was a bad monitor since I was using an old one, so I proceeded with putting everything in the case so that I could take it downstairs and try the monitor downstairs that I know works, but once again, nothing displayed on the screen. When I start the computer up, all of the case fans, processor fan and PSU fan will kick on, however the PSU fan will kick off a couple seconds after starting. The power LED on the front of the case comes on, and so does the num lock light on the keyboard, as well as the DVD drive light. I have read this thread http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems but have still had no luck. All parts were bought from either BestBuy or Newegg.com Note, I am using both CPU_FAN1 and CPU_FAN2, not sure if this makes a difference or not.

Specs:
Antec Three Hundred Illusion Case
AsRock Z75 Pro3 Motherboard
Intel I5-3470 Ivy Bridge 3.2 GHZ Quad Core Processor
Asus DVD Drive
Gskill Ripjaws Gaming Series 1600 Ram (2x4Gb)
Western Digital Black Caviar Hard Drive
XFX Radeon R7770 Graphics Card 1GB GDDR5 PCI 3 x16
Corsair GS800 800 Watt PSU

I have tried:
1. Reseeding the RAM
2. Booting with only one stick of RAM
3. Reseeding the processor several times
4. Checked all connections, including the 24-pin connector and the 8-pin CPU power connector
5. Inspected processor slot for bent pins
6. Booting outside of case
7. A different monitor
8. Using the onboard video port instead of the GPU video card
9. Searched the internet for other solutions.
10. Checked motherboard standoffs

Thank you in advance for your help. I am at my wits end and don't know what else to do beside having a repair shop look at it.
 

Michael Smith Jr

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I have the CPU fan plugged into CPU_FAN1(4-pin) and a case fan plugged into CPU_FAN2(3-pin). I plugged a case fan into CPU_FAN2 because the Mobo only had three fan connectors, but my case came with 4 pre-installed, so I wanted to try and make use of all 4 fans, by using the extra CPU_FAN connector to power the last case fan.

 

Michael Smith Jr

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That worked! Thank you so much. It was the extra fan on the CPU_FAN2 connector. I put the graphics card back in and it still worked, so I am very happy. I am glad that it was something simple and that I didn't screw anything up too bad.
 

Michael Smith Jr

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That is probably what I will end up doing. Now that Windows is installed, everything is good to go! Once again, thank you for your help. I really appreciate it.