Building a computer for the first time, it turns on but will not connect to my monitor

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Another thing to try as well, your manual should mention that your have a clear cmos jumper on that board. Check that and clear the cmos by moving the jumper over for a few seconds, then back, and attempt to reboot.

Also if you bought through Newegg, it may be faster if you are in the return period with them. I have the micro version of that board and they are good once you get going. Sorry to hear of your issues.
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You have a mobo that includes its own graphics chip for video output. Plus you have your own graphics card. I presume the graphics card is installed, and you are connecting your monitor to that card's output.

Many mobos like yours arrive with a default setting to output video using the mobo's chip, and that goes out the video connectors on the mobo's BACK PANEL, and NOT from the connectors on your video card.

First, change your connection. Plug your monitor into the video output on the mobo's back panel, then boot the machine. You should see a display that way. If you do, you're ready to use that to change its setup.

Find your mobo's manual, and look through it for two things. The first is how to get into BIOS Setup. Once you get there. Look for where you set how video output is configured. Go there and set it to use the video card you have added into a PCIe slot. After making your change, remember to use the SAVE and EXIT process to save your new setting. The machine will reboot, but you will NOT see anything on your monitor. Now, move the monitor cable back to the output connector on your video card, and you should see the display there now.
 
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Sorry I took so long to respond, I had a lot to do today. So I took out the graphics card out from the mobo and plugged in my hdmi and vga cables to the back of the mobo but I still don't see any display. (If I didn't do what you said to do right I'm sorry, I am really bad at this lol)
 
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OK, what you did ought to give you a display. One more thing to check. Most monitors have some way to select which input is being displayed (assuming it has more that one input connection). Check the monitor's manual and use the appropriate control button to cycle through the possible inputs and see if one shows the display coming from your computer.
 
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So I went through all of the inputs and all it says is "No signal" I am going to try to contact the people who gave it to me. Thank you so much for all your help
 
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The Ryzen chips don't have a GPU built into them, unless you are using an apu, I don't think those ports are active. Did you check that the video card was seated properly, and did you plug in power to the video card?

Were you plugging your monitor at first into the graphics card instead of the onboard ports?

A lot of questions I know. Also, did you check all power connections? Did you plug the cpu power in at the top left on the motherboard? That's a rookie mistake I've done myself a time or so.
 
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Okay so, the video card is seated properly, I checked many times. And I plugged in the 6 pins to the video card. I checked all of the power connections including the top left cpu. I am just confused by this at this point. I think I am just going to have the company send another mobo.
 
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Another thing to try as well, your manual should mention that your have a clear cmos jumper on that board. Check that and clear the cmos by moving the jumper over for a few seconds, then back, and attempt to reboot.

Also if you bought through Newegg, it may be faster if you are in the return period with them. I have the micro version of that board and they are good once you get going. Sorry to hear of your issues.
 
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