hey...little help

[theprophect]

well, as i just finished buliding my computer, my excitement turned to dismay as i realize i;m not getting any picture on my monitor, nothin is showing when my computer boots up, yet every thing is fully functional. Can some1 plz tell me what 2 do, my computer consist of:
Abit kn9 sli mobo
Am2 4200+X2
EVGA 7950GX2
Crosair ram 2Gb pc800 timing 4-4-4-12
3 hard drives
Thanks

 

[Mondoman]

What brand/model power supply do you have? What brand/model monitor, and how is it connected to your video card? In these kinds of situations, it's often useful to "bench test" your system by taking the MB out of the case and attaching only the PS, along with RAM and video card.

 

[godman]

and to add to that are all the cables plugged in properly (not loose)
and i guess you bought a 24 pin psu right (as i guess your motherboard has 24 pin not the old spec 20 pin)... oh yeah it wouldnt work if you hadnt :lol:

oh but one thing is the 4 pin pcie power plug connected to the 7950gx2? 8O

 

[theprophect]

yea, everything is connected, and its a rosewill 600W, and a sony brand monitor, and alsoed tried my dads monitor

 

[godman]

could be the graphics card then thats faulty wait for someone to confirm it though ... o is the graphics card fan spinning?

 

[blue68f100]

May want to check your BIOS settings.....

 

[theprophect]

video card is fine, its spinning, but i cant check the bios, cuz i cant see anything, nothing comes up on the screen, i need some major help here

 

[blue68f100]

Is you monitor connected through the analog or digital?
I think they default to anollog.

Do you have another video card you can test with?

 

[theprophect]

tried a different vid card didnt work, think the cpu is fried??

 

[blue68f100]

Try boot with all drives disconnected and 1 stick of ram.

You should get a beep code if no ram is installed.

 

[Zaekeon]

The extra power plug in on the video card is in correct?

 

[theprophect]

ok, i think im missing something, cuz i took out all the ram, and i got no beep code, and i took out all the drives

 

[blue68f100]

If you got no beep code with no ram, you either have a bad CPU or MB. Provided the MB is powered up with the 24 pin connector.

 

[theprophect]

mb is powered with 24 pin connector, and does it help that a sata port accidently go ripped out during this process, i hope not, cuz im gonna be pissed if thats the problem

 

[blue68f100]

With these multi-layer boards, who knows.

I would suspect just a bad SATA port.

 

[theprophect]

so the sata port got ripped out, so that could be it, go figure, im going to try to put it back in

 

[theprophect]

ok, put put it back in andno go. the comp still doesnt work, any more suggestions

 

[theprophect]

so, ppl what am i supposed to do

 

[godman]

send back the motherboard and cpu like Blue68F100 said they could be faulty... try the beep thing again tho before you do anything you never know it just might work *hope* :lol:

 

[0zzy]

mb is powered with 24 pin connector, and does it help that a sata port accidently go ripped out during this process, i hope not, cuz im gonna be pissed if thats the problem

SATA port getting ripped could have damaged the mobo. I reckon u will need a new mobo for sure. Not sure about CPU.

 

[Mondoman]

so the sata port got ripped out, so that could be it, go figure, im going to try to put it back in

Do you mean the actual connector (not the cable) got ripped out of the motherboard?!? If so, time for a new MB, I would think.

 

[theprophect]

the actucal port, but the pins were still there, and i put it back it

 

[Raeven_Zero]

Have you tried changing the PCI-E slot you are using? Maybe you have it in a slot other than default and your cmos battery is dying.

 

[theprophect]

the cmos battery isnt dead, unless it came like that, cuz its a new mobo...and as for the pci slot, it isnt that, because i used a different vid card in a pci(regular) slot, and still, its a no go, but everything is lit up and responding as in the sense of the fans spinning, and the cd-rom booting up

 

[Raeven_Zero]

Not to try to insult your intelligence or anything, but you did remember to install the stand-offs in your case, right? If you did.....I'd say RMA the mobo.