jake Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Im over at my fiends house and he had just ordered parts to build our own computer so we were putting it all together and realize it will power up, the lights come on and the fans spin up but their is no display out put to the monitor, this msi sli p6n plat. motherboard does not have onboard video we i have just the core 2 duo cpu, navidea graphic card and the motherboard hooked up, took out all the HDs and SD drives, ne idea why it wont give me a display? -jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Check the bios? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted October 10, 2008 Author Share Posted October 10, 2008 with no display i cant get to the bios....i did put the lil buton inside to reset cmos, but the board is bran new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 with no display i cant get to the bios....i did put the lil buton inside to reset cmos, but the board is bran new Sounds like the GPU is either not seated correctly, does not have power (If a newer one like PCI Express cards, they require additional power not just form the PCI slot. make sure you hooked up power to the card) or the GPU is not working all together and you might want to try another card to test it. ex: http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/...b/CS-012073.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted October 10, 2008 Author Share Posted October 10, 2008 ive tried 2 diff but cards, nether worked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted October 10, 2008 Author Share Posted October 10, 2008 were using a msi sli p6n plat. MB and a nvidia geforce 8600 gt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shido Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 [usually i get alot of this problem i check the following,cpu seated correctly, graphic card seated correctly, monitor plugged in and on, and last but very important is the ram is working i usually check it in another pc and i make sure its seated correctly when i put it back. I know you may argue but a computer beeps when there is no ram i know but sometimes the sound doesnt come up either because of failed speaker or not connected correctly so double check ram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 all good ideas im trying the ram now,, keep more ideas comming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Power supply strong enough for the system? http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/276989.aspx Seems a lot of people with similar issue, and the mobo being either dead or not enough power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 should be, its a 680 watt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shido Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Power supply strong enough for the system? http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/276989.aspx Seems a lot of people with similar issue, and the mobo being either dead or not enough power. True!! Id suggest to keep all unplugged such as CD/DVD roms and all other expansion cards. From there power on the pc with only the necessities. If that still doesnt work then i think you should try an alternative monitor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 wait... i lied the MAX power output is only 550w and only 460w as the normal output Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shido Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 If all else fails look for the manual hehe lol just kiding ok im tired its 2:12 am here and im still up i gta get some sleep if you still got trouble ill be on tomorow to help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 i tried a different computer on the monitor and the monitor is ok, as far as unpluging things, i only have the cpu/fan, 1 2GB ram chip and the 8600gt graphic card, bcaz the board does not have onboard video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Dose the motherboard offer any function by which it will display 'codes' to indicate what it is doing? Some motherboards have LEDs where a particular display configuration means it's doing different things. Some display hex values on a small display. The CROSSHAIR motherboard from Asus has a LCD panel that tells you in English what it is doing at boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 the md as a few leds but none of them power on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 we're starting to think that the MB may b defective , tomarro we r gonna try a spare one i have laying around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 k , ho u gt t wrk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 k , ho u gt t wrk. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 ? My point exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xarf Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 My point exactly. Legendary. Btw... does it POST? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shido Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 the md as a few leds but none of them power on Did you mean the MB has...? coz if you did you should have told us this earlier, then the most likely prolem is a faulty power supply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tactix Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 does the board have a speaker or connection for one so you can check the post process beeps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 yes the mother board has leds but they dont turn on, we dont get a post caz their is no display at all, and the power supply works fine (it was tested in another machine) and this one still powers up (all the fans and case lights come on) their is just no display out put, almost like the monitor was not plugged in, but it is....so.... ya, ill get some pictures wen i get down their Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xarf Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Again.... Does it POST? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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