No Picture On Boot, Custom Built PC

purpy · Dec 25, 2014

So I built my PC and when finished I booted it up. Only when it turned on there was no picture and also no beep as well. So after hours of tampering I figured out that my mobo was still functional because it beeped when I took the RAM out. I tried putting the RAM in various slots and even tried booting up with only one stick of RAM. I am now at a loss, if anyone has any ideas on what might be the problem please reply.

alexoiu · Dec 25, 2014

What are the components?

purpy · Dec 25, 2014

alexoiu :

AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor

Mushkin Stealth 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2GB Dual-X Video Card

NZXT Phantom 410 (Red) ATX Mid Tower Case

Thunder V2 735w 80+ Certified Fully Modular Power Supply

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)

alexoiu · Dec 26, 2014

And what motherboard?
What beeps are you getting when starting the board with no RAMs?

purpy · Dec 26, 2014

alexoiu :

mobo is Asrock FM2A88M-HD+

sorry i thought i put the mobo in

i get three beeps indicating that I have a memory error (obviously because there is no RAM in the slots) but dosent the three beeps also tell me that my mother board is working fine? I assume this because it is able to tell me an error, and if this is the case then I assume that it is my PSU causing my troubles, but before i go and buy another PSU i would like to see if people agree that my PSU is my problem.

alexoiu · Dec 26, 2014

And if inserting a RAM module and starting the board, what are the beeps?

purpy · Dec 26, 2014

alexoiu :

there are none, i put in the beep part of the story to explain that i know that the problem is not my motherboard......I my be mistaken on this but if I had a garbage mobo then it would not beep at all if RAM was removed (but i am quite new at this) so i think the part causing this problem is my PSU.... Would you agree?

alexoiu · Dec 26, 2014

Not sure. I tend to believe that it's a RAM issue.
Try with single RAM module in each slot. See if getting beeps.

purpy · Dec 26, 2014

alexoiu :

Tried it every way it would work...it only beeps when there is no RAM in the machine.

alexoiu · Dec 26, 2014

OK. With single RAM module, connect the graphics card, DVD drive, keyboard, mouse. monitor to the graphics card -NOT onboard (DVI to DVI preferable), start the board and see if any signal.

purpy · Dec 26, 2014

alexoiu :

No signal (used DVI) not sure what to do now....... I might just buy a new PSU and or mobo and hope for the best

alexoiu · Dec 26, 2014

Try though borrowing a RAM for a friend and test.

purpy · Dec 26, 2014

alexoiu :

ill try and get back to you....might be a day or two....Thanks for trying to help btw

alexoiu · Dec 26, 2014

No problem. Hopefully it will work.

purpy · Dec 26, 2014

alexoiu :

So I just tried my PSU in another system and there was no display on that either.... Now (again) I am leaning towards the PSU as the problem.

alexoiu · Dec 26, 2014

RMA the PSU then, or borrow one, if possible.

purpy · Dec 26, 2014

alexoiu :

returned the PSU we will see what happens within next week...again thanks

alexoiu · Dec 27, 2014

No problem. Post back the result.

purpy · Dec 30, 2014

alexoiu :

So the new PSU did not work and I also tried one of my friends RAM with no luck. Am I correct in assuming that this is a problem with my mobo?

alexoiu · Dec 30, 2014

Not sure if I've asked you. What's the board;s BIOS version? Check the sticker on the BIOS chip if P2.60 or later.

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