Just built a PC; monitor won't get signal

[imported_TylerD]

Halfway through building the PC, I turned it on and made sure the MOBO was working and everything. It read my processor wrong, but supposedly that's a common problem and the BIOS just needs updated. Well, now everything's in the case and hooked up, and I'm not getting any signal to the monitor. Everything comes on, everything works. But I'm not getting a signal.

The monitor is connected securely and the videocard is on (the fan on the card spins). I'm thinking the problem has to do with the videocard not sitting in the slot properly. It did this on my last PC as well; it just doesn't want to sit quite right as far as how it looks from the back of the PC. The actual 'gold' parts sit in the slot perfectly fine.

Are there any ideas as to what else the problem could be or if it must be something with the videocard not sitting right?

 

[nanaki333]

well, do you have your PC Speaker jumper plugged in properly? if not, it's probably giving you a beep code that'll tell you what its issue is. it may not be your video card, it may be your ram. try reseating both your video card and your ram.

 

[waitman]

Originally posted by: TylerD
Halfway through building the PC, I turned it on and made sure the MOBO was working and everything. It read my processor wrong, but supposedly that's a common problem and the BIOS just needs updated. Well, now everything's in the case and hooked up, and I'm not getting any signal to the monitor. Everything comes on, everything works. But I'm not getting a signal.

The monitor is connected securely and the videocard is on (the fan on the card spins). I'm thinking the problem has to do with the videocard not sitting in the slot properly. It did this on my last PC as well; it just doesn't want to sit quite right as far as how it looks from the back of the PC. The actual 'gold' parts sit in the slot perfectly fine.

Are there any ideas as to what else the problem could be or if it must be something with the videocard not sitting right?Text

What are the system specs? Sounds like it could also be a power supply problem, Got an extra high quality/name brand, like enermax or antec, you could try in it to eliminate that possiblity? Is the agp enabled in the bios? Post back with all specs and i'm sure someone here will be able to help you

 

[imported_TylerD]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&threadid=1322012&highlight_key=y

There's the specs for the PC I'm building. But like I said, it worked when I did a test partway through building it. I can't see what the problem is.