New computer won't boot... no display

[Silvel2edge]

I just put together all my brand new parts and I have a problem that I can't figure out. I turn the computer on and I don't get any video! I have the Intel "Bad Axe" DXBX975 with E6600 along with Patriot 1GBx2 memory and a 7950GX2 video card installed. I doublechecked time and time again that all the power cables are plugged in. I have the OCZ 600-watt power supply. I have a 6-pin PCI-E power connector plugged into the 7950GX2, I have tried moveing the video from the primary slot to the other two PCI-E slots and no luck. I have tried two different monitors, using both DVI and trying the regular VGA adapter as well. The weird thing is is I get no beeps if I pull the video card out or have it in. I tested with the memory and pulled the memory out, and sure enough, i get 3 short beeps.

I was wondering if anyone has experienced an issue like this... do you think it's my motherboard? My video card? I wish I had another motherboard with PCI-E to test in, and my other computer has an AGP card... doh!


Do you think it could be the processor possibly? Also, when I have my monitor unplugged it says no signal, I plug it in and that goes away, but no video. So I'm thinking the card is grounded. Also, the video card's fan spins and the video card starts to get a bit warm after awhile, so I definately think it's got power.

The other thing is, according to the manual I don't see any beep codes except for the memory beep codes. Is it possible there would be no other beep codes to give warnings? The only codes it says is a Thermal warning and a Memory beep.


Also, when I turn the system on, the keyboard and mouse lights come on, and I can turn off and on caps lock and numlock fine.

 

[dfuze]

Does your motherboard support the new processor right out of the box? It might need a BIOS update to see it (which would probably require an older CPU that it does recognize and boot with). I've seen a lot of threads like this (haven't read many of them as I don't have an Intel chip) so you are not alone.

 

[Pardus]

Standard Original POST Error Codes
1 short beep Normal POST - system is ok
2 short beeps POST Error - error code shown on screen
No beep Power supply or system board problem
Continuous beep Power supply, system board, or keyboard problem
Repeating short beeps Power supply or system board problem
1 long, 1 short beep System board problem
1 long, 2 short beeps Display adapter problem (MDA, CGA)
1 long, 3 short beeps Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA)
3 long beeps 3270 keyboard card

if you have two sicks of ram in that pc, try 1, and try bootup with just mb, ps, vga card, kb. mouse and nothing else attached.