Help, new system, no video.

[Gustaf]

I just put together a new system for my mom, and am having some issues.
I have everything together, I power it up, and a message comes up on the monitor saying that there is no input signal.

The new parts are Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600XT Video Card, Asus P4P800se mobo, and Sony SDM-S74 LCD.

I have taken the new video card and put it into my system and used my monitor ? doesn?t work. I have put my video card into the new system ? doesn?t work. I have tried my monitor on the new system ? doesn?t work. I have tried both dvi and vga, I have tried an old crt ? doesn?t work.

I start up and I can hear the post beeps, HD spin up and everything.
I haven?t put a system together for some time, is there something I am overlooking? Or could the video card and the AGP slot both be bad?

Thanks!

 

[Kaiser__Sose]

if you have tried the vid card in your system and still doesn't work it's probably a bad vid card.. did you plug in any extra power cables needed??

 

[Gustaf]

Originally posted by: Kaiser__Sose
if you have tried the vid card in your system and still doesn't work it's probably a bad vid card.. did you plug in any extra power cables needed??

There arnt any extrea connectors on the vid card, so it looks like bad vid card, but that doesnt explain why it wont work with a card that I know works.

 

[nitesbane]

Originally posted by: Kaiser__Sose
if you have tried the vid card in your system and still doesn't work it's probably a bad vid card.. did you plug in any extra power cables needed??

I would agree with Kaiser. I would exchange the vid card. Another thing I would do is make sure your BIOS is up to date being flashed. Try that first.

-Nitesbane

 

[mechBgon]

Complete system specs would be helpful here. The :evil:'s in the details sometimes. I do have a list of no-POST issues you can wade around in, top hyperlink on this page.

 

[Gustaf]

NEC 1.44MB
ATI Radeon 9600XT Video Card
Asus P4P800se mobo
Sony SDM-S74 LCD
Lite-On 52X32X52 Internal EIDE CD-RW
Microsoft BLACK Multimedia Keyboard
Lite-On Black 16X DVD-ROM
ZALMAN CNPS7000A-Cu
Seagate 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
Intel Pentium 4/ 2.8C GHz 800MHz FSB, 512K Cache, Hyper Threading
Kingston ValueRAM Dual Kits 184 Pin 512MB(256MBx2) DDR PC-3200
Antec Sonata
Klipsch ProMedia 2.1

 

[mechBgon]

That helps. No need to worry about trashy PSUs, Prescott support or beige keyboards At the risk of insulting your intelligence real bad, did you

• check that your ATX12V cable is plugged in
• reset the CMOS
• ream the video card down into both layers of contacts in the AGP slot (new slots can be pretty stiff sometimes) photos showing halfway/all-the-way
• use the blue memory slots
• confirm that the PSU is set for the right input voltage (115 or 230 volts depending where you live)
• install the motherboard on standoffs (sorry, yeah I know )

Hope it's nothing major

 

[Gustaf]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
That helps. No need to worry about trashy PSUs, Prescott support or beige keyboards At the risk of insulting your intelligence real bad, did you

• check that your ATX12V cable is plugged in
• reset the CMOS
• ream the video card down into both layers of contacts in the AGP slot (new slots can be pretty stiff sometimes) photos showing halfway/all-the-way
• use the blue memory slots
• confirm that the PSU is set for the right input voltage (115 or 230 volts depending where you live)
• install the motherboard on standoffs (sorry, yeah I know )

Hope it's nothing major

Yeah, I just have a text file here of all the parts so I just copied it real quick.
12v is plugged in
I Rest the CMOS as stated in manual.
I Have made sure the vid card is in there reallllllly good.
Am using blue slots.
voltage is correctly configured
Standoffs installed