Nothing is showing on my PC moniter from my PC?

persona

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hello, i have just built my new gaming rig but for some reason i'm not getting a signal when i plug my HDMI chord in the tv, i used the vga chord but my GPU only supports DVI so i put the VGA chord into the motherboard VGA socket and still nothing, i did the same thing with the HDMI cable but i still didn't get a signal. everything is seems to be working, including the GPU but i still can't get a signal. Could someone please help me ? my specs are
5 2500
8 gb g skill ripjaws 1333 Mhz
corsair enthusiast 750W psu
XFX amd radeon hd 6950 2gb
coolermaster hyper 212 plus
plextor dvd drive/burner
crucial m4 64 gb SSD
seagate barracuda 1TB HD
coolermaster storm enforcer
asrock extreme3 gen3 motherboard
 

persona

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i did put my HDMI cable into the card but nothing happened. i don't have a DVI chord and that's really the last thing left to do. also my card didn't come with a DVI chord, will a dvi vga adpater work ?
 

eqwoody

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It should work with HDMI. You did plug in the PCI-E power cables to your 6950 right?
 

persona

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yes i did, and nothing happened. on the corsair enthusiast 750W psu has an extra 2 pin connector left after when i plug both of them but there isn't a place to plug them in so i guess they aren't needed.
 

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Yeah generally they give you 2x 6+2 PCI-E. Meaning you can use 6 or 8.

Try taking the video card out and just using the motherboard and see if you get any response.
 

eqwoody

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ALL your cables are plugged in? 24pin, 8 pin cpu? all your Sata devices, video card, Wall power plug?

Ram seated correctly? Try using one stick of ram and move it from slot to slot to see if that works.

 
Hi, On your TV is there an INPUT SELECT that you need to set to select HDMI input?

Do you have another TV / Monitor you can use to test the system?

If you pull the hd 6950 and attache the HDMI cable to the MB does the TV show the BIOS splash panel? If no then the TV is not set up correctly or the cable is bad.
 

eqwoody

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4 or 8 pin, it needs to be plugged in. Without it your computer doesn't work. Plain and simple.
 

eqwoody

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No, there is a seperate cable for that.

Your PCI-E cable will have a 6pin+2 separate ones. The 12v will have a 4+4. That's the one you need to use.
 

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persona

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sorry it took so long to reply, i put the 12v connector into the mobo and it worked, i spent the whole time installing windows and now all i have to do is install the drivers for my mobo and GPU. and thanks for all the help, i really appreciate it.