no monitor/video signal!

[thecolorifix]

so I'm building a cheap ass computer with an amd xp cpu and a winfast k7s741mg motherboard (it was like 60 dollars)

but i can't get a signal to the monitor at ALL, not even the bios, nothing

any Ideas?

help is greatly appriciated

 

[D1gger]

Are you using the onboard video, or do you have a video card?

Does anything happen when you power up? Any beeps? Fans spinning? Do you know the monitor works?

 

[thecolorifix]

sorry, onboard video, no beeps, drives spin up, processor fan spins, monitor works fine on my main computer

thanks

 

[PezRadar]

Curious.. Whats your PSU? Have you tried clearing the CMOS before booting?

 

[jackschmittusa]

Some onboard video requires ram in in memory slot 1 to work.

 

[ironique]

Check your RAM. If there are no beeps at startup, your ram could be faulty. Try using a different dimm. If you have more than one dimm on the system, try booting with one dimm at a time, one of them might be bad.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: thecolorifix
sorry, onboard video, no beeps, drives spin up, processor fan spins, monitor works fine on my main computer

thanks

Hi... sometimes this symptom is a sign of a bad motherboard too. Hopefully it is one of a zillion other things!