Monitor Stays Dark

[MoeBackus]

I posted this in the motherboard forum here, but found out about this forum after..

I recently purchased a DFI Lanparty Ultra-D NF4. I installed it into my new case and installed the ram, hard drive, dvd drive, floppy drive, and video card. I plugged all of the cables into the right place and checked them again. Then, when I go to boot up everything seems fine, except for that the monitor won't turn on when the computer turns on. I thought this was strange, so I tried a different monitor, it also had the same outcome. I can see that the LEDs on the board are turned on and everything, although, there is a red LED near the bottom left of the motherboard if the computer is standing up. There is also an orange one up near the top. I even swapped video cards with a friend to see if that was the problem, but my video card worked fine in his computer, but his, didn't. Seeing that both of the video cards do not work on my computer, I think that there is something wrong with the motherboard? I've tried putting a video card in both of the PCI-E x16 slots, but no luck at all. I also saw that when I pulled the motherboard out of the box, the EZ Touch Switches were out of their places and loosely jumbling around inside of the bag. Does this have anything to do with it? Do you have any suggestions on what I should do to fix this? Or do I just have to return it for a new one?

Thanks guys,

Moe

 

[meltdown75]

Hi Moe

Well the first thing you should try to do is reset the CMOS, which can be done by powering down & unplugging, removing the CMOS battery and (depending on your mobo) switching your CMOS jumper from 1-2 to 2-3 momentarily, switching it back, replacing the battery and reboot.

If this doesn't work, there is a good possibity you should try another board. I've seen both boards that a) won't post at all or b) will only post when they feel like it. Either way you *might* be on the path to RMAing it but try the CMOS reset first.

As a last ditch effort, ensure you don't have any screws shorting out yout mobo. List your PSU also. good luck!

 

[MoeBackus]

My psu is the Antec Neopower 480 and the screws I used were the philip headed ones. Like these, http://img216.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img216&image=copy1ofpicture25kb.jpg]

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SOrry for bad picture, I took it with my camera phone.

 

[MoeBackus]

Meltdown, I took the battery out and switched the jumper to 2-3 and turned the comp on for a few seconds, then I turned the comp off put the battery back and the jumper back to 1-2 and tried to see if it would work. No luck. Are those the right screws that I am supposed to use to screw the mobo into the standoffs? thats what my manual said, but Im not quite sure. My other comp uses the ones like that except, they have a little washer like circle below the notches.

 

[mechBgon]

Your computer should be unplugged from the wall when you clear the CMOS. If a proper CMOS-clearing doesn't help, then it might be good to post full specs in detail.

 

[MoeBackus]

Yeah, I also did that. Here are my specs:

DFI Lanparty Ultra-D NF4
BFG 6800GT PCI-E
Antec Neopower 480
Corsair Value Select 512mb PC3200 (400)
80gig WD HDD
Antec Super LanBoy

 

[mechBgon]

If the WD drive is on a data cable by itself, make sure its jumper is set for Single Drive and not for Master, Slave, or Cable Select. They're picky :Q

 

[MoeBackus]

That still wouldn't matter(would it?), my monitor doesn't even turn from standby(orange) to on (green light) when turned on.

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: MoeBackus
That still wouldn't matter(would it?), my monitor doesn't even turn from standby(orange) to on (green light) when turned on.

C'mon, humor me I'll give you a tip: a recent-model WD is set to Single Drive when there is no jumper cap on the pins whatsoever. So if there's a jumper, pull it off the pins and leave it off.

Another simple one that'll keep some mobos from POSTing: keyboard in the mouse port. Keyboard = purple, mouse = green.

 

[MoeBackus]

It should at least go to bios even when the memory, floppy, hard drive, etc. arn't installed and just the video card and motherboard?

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: MoeBackus
It should at least go to bios even when the memory, floppy, hard drive, etc. arn't installed and just the video card and motherboard?

You only need CPU, memory, video card and all power cables for POST, correct. You might get some more troubleshooting ideas from my list of no-run/no-POST situations here (first link at the top there).

 

[Gentle]

Don't yell at me for asking this...

But I don't see you ever list a processor in the components.

Do you have a processor installed on your motherboard?

Gentle

 

[montag451]

Hi Gentle - if there is no cpu in the slot, there wouldn't be anything happening at all i tink.

 

[MoeBackus]

lol, its ok gentle.. It is installed by the way.

 

[lavaheadache]

Originally posted by: MoeBackus
lol, its ok gentle.. It is installed by the way.

If the board is under warranty I think you should just rma it. Im in the middle of an Rma with Dfi for the same problem. I almost bought a new video card until I tested it in another system.