OK, my build:
AMD A6-6400K APU processor (CPU + GPU for people like me who didn't know that)
ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+ motherboard (no embedded GPU)
GSKILL 8GB memory
Pico PSU
SSD
Anyway, I've plugged everything in, I plug in my PSU, I plug in my monitor, I turn it on, and nothing shows up. The PSU lights up, so I know it has juice, and the CPU fan turns on, so I know the motherboard is getting juice. So I'm trying to figure out what the problem is.
Also, please note: I am a beginner at this.I have built only 1 computer before, and it was a few years ago. Adding into that, the box for my processor got thrown away, and I don't THINK there should have been something in there ( a CD for drivers or something? That doesn't make sense. But I don't know) but maybe there is and I have forgotten. So it is entirely possible I've omitted a crucial step here, but I don't think I have.
(Is it possible to install a CPU wrong? I've toggled everything else in and out except that, but I don't want to toggle it because then I'd have to go buy more thermal putty)
Now on my last computers (and most computers even though I don't have experience) there are integrated graphics on the motherboard, so even if everything else is dead, you should be able to still get SOMETHING from plugging in a monitor and turning it on (I think). But this one doesn't have integrated graphics at ALL in the mobo, they're all in the APU. Maybe that means something? I have to do something differently? I tried plugging in a graphics card but nothing came out of it, either.
AMD A6-6400K APU processor (CPU + GPU for people like me who didn't know that)
ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+ motherboard (no embedded GPU)
GSKILL 8GB memory
Pico PSU
SSD
Anyway, I've plugged everything in, I plug in my PSU, I plug in my monitor, I turn it on, and nothing shows up. The PSU lights up, so I know it has juice, and the CPU fan turns on, so I know the motherboard is getting juice. So I'm trying to figure out what the problem is.
Also, please note: I am a beginner at this.I have built only 1 computer before, and it was a few years ago. Adding into that, the box for my processor got thrown away, and I don't THINK there should have been something in there ( a CD for drivers or something? That doesn't make sense. But I don't know) but maybe there is and I have forgotten. So it is entirely possible I've omitted a crucial step here, but I don't think I have.
(Is it possible to install a CPU wrong? I've toggled everything else in and out except that, but I don't want to toggle it because then I'd have to go buy more thermal putty)
Now on my last computers (and most computers even though I don't have experience) there are integrated graphics on the motherboard, so even if everything else is dead, you should be able to still get SOMETHING from plugging in a monitor and turning it on (I think). But this one doesn't have integrated graphics at ALL in the mobo, they're all in the APU. Maybe that means something? I have to do something differently? I tried plugging in a graphics card but nothing came out of it, either.