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26th May 2009, 22:23
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Just got the new PC today and I'm trying to boot it up, but the monitor keeps telling me "no signal". The monitor and cable work fine (tried it with another computer). The fans turn on (PSU, motherboard, video card), and the keyboard lights up, but nothing comes through to the screen. I have no OS yet, but in my limited experience I believe that I should still see a POST screen - plus, I have my XP CD in the drive and that doesn't help either. I've taken out each stick of RAM and tried them one by one. The motherboard does not beep, but who knows if it would beep anyway (never booted this rig up before). I have a red light on the motherboard when it's powered down, and when it turns on, I have the red and also a blue light on. USB mouse does not light up in any USB ports.
Specs for the computer are: PSU - 650W CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Motherboard - MSI nForce 750i SLI RAM - 4G (2 x 2GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel VGA - eVGA Geforce GTX 260 Superclocked Edition: 896MB ? - Non-SLI/CrossFireX Mode Supports Multiple Monitors HDD - 500GB SATA-II ? - Standard Setting : Non-RAID Optical - 20x Dual-Format/Dual-Layer DVDRW Driver Other - 12-in-1 Flash Media Reader / Writer The ones marked '?' scare me a little because I don't know what they really mean. If anyone thinks I have settings that are incompatible, that would really help - although they say they test everything before it ships. Can anyone help me? I can't call tech support for the company who built this for me for 3 days and I want to use the PC before then! Thanks in advance for any help you can give me. |
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27th May 2009, 03:09
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This is actually noting to do with your monitor, basically the base unit is not putting out a signal. Could be for many reasons so check everything. RAM, CPU, power supply all connected right etc.
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27th May 2009, 05:48
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If it's still not even reaching POST after checking the connections, from experience it'll most likely be RAM.
Anything else, and it would usually give the appropriate beep during POST. I had this with my build because I put ECC ram in a Non-ECC mobo. Maybe check that out? 
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27th May 2009, 06:54
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>PSU - 650W
This isn't enough information for what is likely the point of failure.
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27th May 2009, 08:10
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I had this issue when i first booted up my build.....make sure your vid card is connected correctly to any cables it may require...also check for any other cables that may not be connected to the MB....i had 1 that wasnt connected and that fixed the problem.
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