Help - New Build - No Video

[PEH]

Thursday I assembled all of the parts for a new computer, a first for me. Alas all is not well. The components are as follows:

Mobo-Asus P5N32-E-SLI
CPU-e6600
Memory-Corsair CM2x1024-6400C4D
Psu-Corsair HX620
HDD-Seagate 320Gb 7200.10 SATA
DVD R/W-LG GSA H10
Video-EVGA 8800GTS

After all was assembled the system was powered up without any beep codes. The problem is that I get no video on the monitor to view POST and go into bios. I have verified that the monitor works by connecting it to the DVI out on my laptop. Please help this noob.

 

[AMDThunder]

I had a similar issue the other night. I started pulling non-essential parts (2nd HDD, sound card, etc.). Then started disconnecting the rest of it. Think I started out with memory, disconnected power to vid. Then things started happening. At least I was getting error codes then. It gave me a starting point, and now I'm up and running.

May work for you too. Give it a shot.

 

[PEH]

Actually I went out last night and bought a different vga card (PNY 7600GS) and installed it this morning. Everything worked fine. The 8800gts was apparently DOA.

 

[zjohnr]

Actually I went out last night and bought a different vga card (PNY 7600GS) and installed it this morning. Everything worked fine. The 8800gts was apparently DOA.

Sorry to hear that, PEH. It's what I was afraid of but I could not think of any way ... other than what you did ... to test it out. (It's one of the reasons I continue to hold on to some old, totally outdated PCI video cards. In a pinch, I've got something I can use to test with).

I assume you're going to go through the RMA process now with the 8800GTS. But what are you planning to do with the PNY 7600GS?

-john, the redundant legacy dinosaur

 

[PEH]

I assume you're going to go through the RMA process now with the 8800GTS. But what are you planning to do with the PNY 7600GS?

-john, the redundant legacy dinosaur[/quote]

The 8800 has already been returned to NewEgg for replacement. I will, with some reluctance, return the 7600GS. Thanks for your post on this thread and the previous, which apparently got edited.

 

[zjohnr]

Thanks for your post on this thread and the previous, which apparently got edited.

Not edited. I think the links to the data just got lost when the SQL database for this message board crashed. There was nothing intentional about what happened, it was all just a bad software and/or hardware failure.
-john