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No signal, first build

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August 24, 2014 7:47:06 AM

I've been trying to solve this issue for about 4 weeks. I've tried to hook the tower to a tv monitor and there wasn't a signal either. I had a problem with the power supply and ram but replaced them. The fans on the GPU is acting kinda weird though. One of the stops and starts and the other one spins slowly. I've tried plugging the monitor cable in the GPU and the motherboard separately and together. Doesn't work. I haven't tried removing the GPU and just plugging into the motherboard since replacing the power supply and ram though. Specs are :

1. Corsair CX750 Builder Series ATX 80 PLUS Bronze Certified Power Supply
2. ASUS XONAR DG Headphone Amp & PCI 5.1 Audio Card
3. Acer S220HQL Abd 21.5-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor
4. Logitech Wireless Combo MK270 with Keyboard and Mouse
5. Rosewill Dual Fans MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case FBM-01
6. Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2GB GDDR5 DVI-I/DVI-D/HDMI/DP Dual-X with Boost and OC Version PCI-Express Graphics Cards 11220-00-20G
7. Seagate Barracuda 500 GB HDD SATA 6 Gb/s NCQ 16MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive ST500DM002
8. ASUS M5A78L-M LX PLUS AM3+ AMD 760G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
9. AMD FX 4-Core Black Edition FX-4300, FD4300WMHKBOX
10.Samsung Electronics SATA 1.5 Gb-s Optical Drive, Black SH-224DB/BEBE
11.1 x CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model TW3X4G1333C9A G

I had a ALTIS instructor come in and see what was wrong but he said everything looked like it was correct and recommended just disassembling and reassembling to see if any wires or something was messed up.

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August 24, 2014 7:53:27 AM

I would think a bad MOBO, especially if you've replaced some parts and it still won't work and your GPU fan's are running like that. Is it booting up and you just can't get visuals or nothing boots? Do you have all the correct drivers for your MOBO, GPU, and hard drives?
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August 25, 2014 6:43:28 AM

jdcranke07 said:
I would think a bad MOBO, especially if you've replaced some parts and it still won't work and your GPU fan's are running like that. Is it booting up and you just can't get visuals or nothing boots? Do you have all the correct drivers for your MOBO, GPU, and hard drives?


I don't have any drivers installed since everything is new, so I don't think it boots at all.
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August 25, 2014 8:40:42 AM

You would first need to load the driver disk for your MOBO and install those drivers and then do likewise with your HDD if need be. Then once you install your OS load the rest of the driver CDs or download your drivers from the net and you should be fine.
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August 25, 2014 10:45:18 AM

jdcranke07 said:
You would first need to load the driver disk for your MOBO and install those drivers and then do likewise with your HDD if need be. Then once you install your OS load the rest of the driver CDs or download your drivers from the net and you should be fine.


I don't think it came with a driver disk.
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August 25, 2014 1:27:04 PM

ThreeDonkeys said:
jdcranke07 said:
You would first need to load the driver disk for your MOBO and install those drivers and then do likewise with your HDD if need be. Then once you install your OS load the rest of the driver CDs or download your drivers from the net and you should be fine.


I don't think it came with a driver disk.


I'm pretty sure all motherboards come with some type of driver disk, that is unless the product says its preinstalled which I have never seen. If you don't have a disk then you would have to get a USB drive (thumb or HDD) and download the drivers from Asus' website. If you can't find the files then contact Asus support. But, you have to have those drivers installed for your motherboard to work. After that everything else is way easier.
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August 26, 2014 7:22:32 AM

jdcranke07 said:
ThreeDonkeys said:
jdcranke07 said:
You would first need to load the driver disk for your MOBO and install those drivers and then do likewise with your HDD if need be. Then once you install your OS load the rest of the driver CDs or download your drivers from the net and you should be fine.


I don't think it came with a driver disk.


I'm pretty sure all motherboards come with some type of driver disk, that is unless the product says its preinstalled which I have never seen. If you don't have a disk then you would have to get a USB drive (thumb or HDD) and download the drivers from Asus' website. If you can't find the files then contact Asus support. But, you have to have those drivers installed for your motherboard to work. After that everything else is way easier.


Alright, I think I found the disk. What else?
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August 26, 2014 7:49:21 AM

Install the drivers to the MOBO. Once those are installed, install your operating system. Once that is installed update your OS and then install any other drivers that your equipment needs. Usually those will be on disks as well, if you can't find those disks then go to the manufacturer websites and download them.
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August 27, 2014 2:24:01 AM



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August 27, 2014 2:29:07 AM

jdcranke07 said:
Install the drivers to the MOBO. Once those are installed, install your operating system. Once that is installed update your OS and then install any other drivers that your equipment needs. Usually those will be on disks as well, if you can't find those disks then go to the manufacturer websites and download them.

And installing the driver for the mobo should fix the no signal issue? Also, I forgot to mention that the keyboard doesn't seem to be getting any power.
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August 27, 2014 4:50:38 AM

ThreeDonkeys said:
jdcranke07 said:
Install the drivers to the MOBO. Once those are installed, install your operating system. Once that is installed update your OS and then install any other drivers that your equipment needs. Usually those will be on disks as well, if you can't find those disks then go to the manufacturer websites and download them.

And installing the driver for the mobo should fix the no signal issue? Also, I forgot to mention that the keyboard doesn't seem to be getting any power.


If nothing works, then you might have DOA products. More than likely its a DOA MOBO
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August 28, 2014 3:40:15 AM

jdcranke07 said:
ThreeDonkeys said:
jdcranke07 said:
Install the drivers to the MOBO. Once those are installed, install your operating system. Once that is installed update your OS and then install any other drivers that your equipment needs. Usually those will be on disks as well, if you can't find those disks then go to the manufacturer websites and download them.

And installing the driver for the mobo should fix the no signal issue? Also, I forgot to mention that the keyboard doesn't seem to be getting any power.


If nothing works, then you might have DOA products. More than likely its a DOA MOBO


Tested keyboard and mouse on someones laptop and it worked. Other then that, thank you
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August 28, 2014 7:23:03 AM

ThreeDonkeys said:
jdcranke07 said:
ThreeDonkeys said:
jdcranke07 said:
Install the drivers to the MOBO. Once those are installed, install your operating system. Once that is installed update your OS and then install any other drivers that your equipment needs. Usually those will be on disks as well, if you can't find those disks then go to the manufacturer websites and download them.

And installing the driver for the mobo should fix the no signal issue? Also, I forgot to mention that the keyboard doesn't seem to be getting any power.


If nothing works, then you might have DOA products. More than likely its a DOA MOBO


Tested keyboard and mouse on someones laptop and it worked. Other then that, thank you


No problem, just for future reference too. Not saying this is the reason you might DOA at all, but make sure to not turn on the PSU to the MOBO unless you have everything in it to function properly and if you can test the PSU before you hook it to anything. This may reduce chances of stuff frying or seeming to come to you as DOA. Again, not saying that you caused anything, just another way to reduce the possibility of having to RMA stuff. Cause I know how much of a headache that is at times.
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August 28, 2014 9:07:20 PM

jdcranke07 said:
ThreeDonkeys said:
jdcranke07 said:
ThreeDonkeys said:
jdcranke07 said:
Install the drivers to the MOBO. Once those are installed, install your operating system. Once that is installed update your OS and then install any other drivers that your equipment needs. Usually those will be on disks as well, if you can't find those disks then go to the manufacturer websites and download them.

And installing the driver for the mobo should fix the no signal issue? Also, I forgot to mention that the keyboard doesn't seem to be getting any power.


If nothing works, then you might have DOA products. More than likely its a DOA MOBO


Tested keyboard and mouse on someones laptop and it worked. Other then that, thank you


No problem, just for future reference too. Not saying this is the reason you might DOA at all, but make sure to not turn on the PSU to the MOBO unless you have everything in it to function properly and if you can test the PSU before you hook it to anything. This may reduce chances of stuff frying or seeming to come to you as DOA. Again, not saying that you caused anything, just another way to reduce the possibility of having to RMA stuff. Cause I know how much of a headache that is at times.


How do I test the PSU beforehand? Also, reassembled everything, still no signal, should I just return the mobo?
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August 29, 2014 7:28:52 AM

You can put a paperclip that connects the green and the black wires together and then hook some fans up to it with molex connectors. Now double check with your specific PSU in the manual or on google to make sure that its the green and black since sometimes manufacturers sleeve the wires so you can't tell. If you have a test button on the PSU the manual should mention something about that as well.
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August 29, 2014 11:55:35 AM

jdcranke07 said:
You can put a paperclip that connects the green and the black wires together and then hook some fans up to it with molex connectors. Now double check with your specific PSU in the manual or on google to make sure that its the green and black since sometimes manufacturers sleeve the wires so you can't tell. If you have a test button on the PSU the manual should mention something about that as well.


Ok, thank you, I'll be sure to try this in the future. For now, I'm just going to return the MOBO.
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August 29, 2014 2:36:20 PM

jdcranke07 said:
ThreeDonkeys said:
jdcranke07 said:
Install the drivers to the MOBO. Once those are installed, install your operating system. Once that is installed update your OS and then install any other drivers that your equipment needs. Usually those will be on disks as well, if you can't find those disks then go to the manufacturer websites and download them.

And installing the driver for the mobo should fix the no signal issue? Also, I forgot to mention that the keyboard doesn't seem to be getting any power.


If nothing works, then you might have DOA products. More than likely its a DOA MOBO

Wait, does a DOA MOBO mean it doesn't work at all or it's just defective in some way? There is a green light on the MOBO that comes on that I'm guessing, signals that it is "working"

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August 30, 2014 6:49:08 AM

ThreeDonkeys said:
jdcranke07 said:
ThreeDonkeys said:
jdcranke07 said:
Install the drivers to the MOBO. Once those are installed, install your operating system. Once that is installed update your OS and then install any other drivers that your equipment needs. Usually those will be on disks as well, if you can't find those disks then go to the manufacturer websites and download them.

And installing the driver for the mobo should fix the no signal issue? Also, I forgot to mention that the keyboard doesn't seem to be getting any power.


If nothing works, then you might have DOA products. More than likely its a DOA MOBO

Wait, does a DOA MOBO mean it doesn't work at all or it's just defective in some way? There is a green light on the MOBO that comes on that I'm guessing, signals that it is "working"



Sorry, my brother's board did the same thing. That's why I never thought it was the issue and then we took it in and found out that power was going to the board (the green light turned on). But the board wasn't sending that power to anything else except the fan headers.

DOA means Dead On Arrival btw. Means that something wasn't working before it got to you. Now if it grounded out while you were working with it then you can possibly RMA, but it's easier to say it was DOA especially since you never were able to get signal in the first place.
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