What's broken?

Hello there Tom's hardware.

I've recently purchased a variety of computer parts, and through assembling them last night, i came across a problem.

My specs are:

Asus Gtx 550 ti Graphics card
Asus M5a97 (Pro) motherboard
Coolermaster 650w Power Supply
AMD fx 4-Core Processer
2 x Corsair 4Gb Ram
Seagate 500gb Hardrive

and a really old cd drive

I would like to know what the solution is to the problem;

No Signal received through any ports from the Graphics card.

1) I know it's not the Monitor, i've tested it with a laptop and my friends laptop AND his computer, not the monitor.

2) I've tried every possible combination of putting the RAM in the holders, 1 at a time, 2 at a time, 1 on every holder, other 1 on every holder, 2 on each holder.. and continued, no success.

3) all the cables are defiantly plugged in. I've tripled checked, and no result, I also tried a 450w Q-tec power supply just to check working order of computer, everything was working fine, all LEDs on, All fan's running - GPU CPU and external. No result.


After doing research into the problem, i found out about BIOS beeps? I can't find the speaker on my motherboard, so I have no idea to check for any beeps. BUT i have found at the bottom right of the motherboard, next to the power button pins, a group of 4 tiny pins in a line, is that what i need to do to test the motherboard? by a speaker and plug it in there? i'm a noob sorry

4) While writing this post, i just decided to check my CPU, i didn't bend any of the pins, and the thermal paste is perfectly spread in a circle, with a thin layer.

I Have done pretty much everything i can, and i went through a list of like 15-16 steps on a website last night, but i can't remember what it is.

Pleaseee help This is my first computer i've ever bought myself and it's annoying and upsetting that it's not working

Thanks Luke.

Have you tried moving the video card into the other PCI slot?

Your motherboard should have come with a speaker that you can plug it into. If you're lucky, you could borrow the speaker from your friend's computer and plug it into yours, assuming the pin positions are correct.

The ASUS 550 ti is powerful enough that it has power connectors to be connected to your powersupply. As SuddenlySlow said, did you connect the power cord to it? If you did, when you turn it on, do you feel air coming out of the vent in the back of it?

Could there be a problem, that maybe something isn't updated properly?

All parts are brand new and so I don't know if any need updates to make each one work in unison

Any tech-maniacs know if this could be a possible solution?