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Hello everyone,

I recently just put together my new computer, but I can't seem to get any signal to my monitor... Here's all my parts:

Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811119068

Motherboard: ASUS P5N-D
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131232

Processor: Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115037

Memory: CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145034

Video Card: GeForce 9600 GT 512MB PCI Express 2.0 x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814133239

Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139004

Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822148288

DVD Drive: ASUS [insert a lot of media types here]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827135156

I'm pretty sure I have everything set up correctly, but I'm not getting anything... Not even beeps or anything like that. I've taken out my video card and tried booting it up and didn't get any beeps. Same thing for RAM, nothing? I'm going to go to a friend's house soon to try out the video card and RAM on his system, but any suggestions as to what I might've done wrong?

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Does the MB light come on? Do the fans spin? Did you connect the 24, and 4 pin board connectors and the 6 pin graphics card connector?

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Do a search. We answered this question atleast 15 times this week.

If you are to lazy to search, read your motherboard manual, you will see what you forgot.

Message edited by roadrunner197069 on 09-12-2008 at 01:31:35 AM

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I can't believe I forgot the 4pin connector... That was it... lol Everything is fine now, thank you for the double checking

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Sorry roadrunner, I was trying to do searching for it and was reading through the manual, of course, distressed! I can't believe I missed something so obvious, but alls well that ends well, sorry!

Reply to Kooper

Yea don't forget the 4 pin power.........

Message edited by techguy911 on 09-12-2008 at 01:40:47 AM

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