Mobo doesnt post

[rajohns08]

i just put together my first build and cant get any output to a monitor. i noticed my mobo doesnt beep when i power up. what does this mean usually?

 

[loosley]

More details on your hardware please. Mobo, CPU, video card, monitor, etc.

Maybe a silly question, but do you have a PC speaker hooked up to the motherboard? I know none of the cases that I have bought in the past few years come with a speaker.

Do you have a discrete PCI-E video card? Or are you using onboard video? If you are using a discrete (add-on) video card, do you have the monitor plugged into the output for the video card, and not the built in video output of the motherboard?

 

[rajohns08]

MB ASROCK M3A770DE 770+SB710 RT

CPU AMD|ATH II X3 450 3.2G AM3 RT

GPU HIS|H577FK1GD HD5770 RT

PSU FSP|SAGA+ 450R 450W RTL

monitor is 32" sony bravia lcd tv

my psu to mobo has a 20+4 pin connector and another 4 pin connector connected to an 8 pin mobo outlet. is this normal?

 

[rajohns08]

i don't think its my gfx card since i tried booting without it in (and without ram) and still didn't get a beep from mobo. any ideas?

 

[rajohns08]

local gigaparts store diagnosed it as bent pins on cpu and fixed for no additional charge. on computer now