So I just built my first PC. Installed all the hardware, plugged in all the cables, went to turn it on, and... I got no video. Tried both the onboard port and the GPU port. Note that my monitor doesn't come in for a few days so I'm using a TV via HDMI.
My CPU fan and case fans were all running, my motherboard flashed through a quick series of codes, and the light on my keyboard lit up. Turned it off, waited a bit, turned it on, and got nothing again. Tore it down to just the motherboard, it started working, so I built it up one by one and every time it worked.
FYI, here is my setup:
Intel i7-3770
ASRock Z77 Extreme4
MSI GTX 770 Twin Frozr
Samsung 840 Evo SSD
1TB Seagate HDD
After a while a realized that if I turn it on after it's been off a while I get no signal, but if I hit the restart button or turn it on quickly I get better luck... especially if I hit F11 for the boot menu while it starts up.
Anyway, same thing happened today but I restarted so I could get video signal. Started installing my OS and I didn't even think about what would happen when it reboots. First reboot or two everything was fine but after one of them, I lost TV signal. So now I'm in the middle of my OS installation and I'm blind.
So I guess what I'm wondering is, is the best option just to wait for my monitor to come in? Or has anyone else encountered this--could it be more than just the TV?
Thanks for any help.
My CPU fan and case fans were all running, my motherboard flashed through a quick series of codes, and the light on my keyboard lit up. Turned it off, waited a bit, turned it on, and got nothing again. Tore it down to just the motherboard, it started working, so I built it up one by one and every time it worked.
FYI, here is my setup:
Intel i7-3770
ASRock Z77 Extreme4
MSI GTX 770 Twin Frozr
Samsung 840 Evo SSD
1TB Seagate HDD
After a while a realized that if I turn it on after it's been off a while I get no signal, but if I hit the restart button or turn it on quickly I get better luck... especially if I hit F11 for the boot menu while it starts up.
Anyway, same thing happened today but I restarted so I could get video signal. Started installing my OS and I didn't even think about what would happen when it reboots. First reboot or two everything was fine but after one of them, I lost TV signal. So now I'm in the middle of my OS installation and I'm blind.
So I guess what I'm wondering is, is the best option just to wait for my monitor to come in? Or has anyone else encountered this--could it be more than just the TV?
Thanks for any help.
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