no display with new rig - x850xt

Check your mobo manual to find the Clear CMOS. It may be detecting video priority AGP/PCI. Is your video card PCI-E or AGP? Are you getting any beeps from the speaker? Check your monitor cable pins are all OK. Dont know if your mem are matched pair. Try one at a time (confirm with your manual first for slot 0 and 1). If you have a volt meter, you should get from you PSU +12V DC, -12V, +5V and -5V. If removing any parts, remember to ground yourself. (Touch your PSU case, while powered off, but plugged in). Worst case, take it back to your vendor.

im gonna try the clear CMOS thing. im just afraid of the battery thing. i heard you shouldnt take it out. but i will try.

i have a pci-e x16 ati radeon x850xt 256mb

im not hearing anything out of the speakers, no beeps, nothing. i plugged in the tiny cables for that already though. there IS a green light on the motherboard near the bottom.

my lcd samsung 15" monitor isnt the problem because it works fine on my other computer.

i bought the two sticks of 512 ram together, as in (512 x 2) = 1GB on newegg.com

everything else runs quite fine, so i think the 12v 4 pin connector is okay.

Try another card in your rig, and try your card in someone elses rig if possible.

Why did you buy a video card that's two generations old to go with your new system?

Well at least no beep codes (during POST) is OK. I would expect at least one short beep during POST. If faulty memory would give beeps. Green LED on mobo, (power to mobo from supply is good, the mobo is getting voltage). As other member stated about skepticle compatibility. Can you email Asus from another PC and ask if PSU is compatible? With the battery on mobo, if it is the dime-sized one, you can take it out for a minute or so. If you unplug your power and battery, reconnecting both to "factory default settings". I wish there was a way to test your video card. Do you have a friend close by that has a PCI-E slot on their PC?Remember to ground yourself and avoid touching the fingers of the video card. If you can confirm every component works, maybe on another known good system, you should be fine, unless there is an unknown compatibility issue. I find it confusing that all components are new, besides your monitor. After that, im at a loss.

actually:

http://www.antec.com/us/support_ro [...] 1&FAQno=22

hehe.

i bought the 2 sticks of ram new last week!!

alright. i'll ask my friend for his ram and try it out

oh word. but question: the DIMM B1 blue slot? or the primary slot.

plus my zalman fans kinda in the way. the first stick of ram is stuck between the mobo and my zalman. lol.

imgonna try it tmrw =) thanks man.

i was gonna try resetting the cmos and stuff. pulling out the battery and whatnot.

so what do i do now? i got bios to run, but what about my regular ram?