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Thread ID: 115168	2011-01-05 20:47:00	Built My First Computer But No Signal :(	icow (15313)	Press F1

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1167357	2011-01-05 20:47:00	Hi, Today I built my first (and not last :)) new computer. Every thing turns on fine except my monitor says no signal :(. I'm using the onbaord gfx not a card. Rest of specs see sig. Any ideas?	icow (15313)
1167358	2011-01-05 20:50:00	Tried another monitor or another cable?	gary67 (56)
1167359	2011-01-05 20:54:00	hmm, tricky as most suggestions I had require you to see the display output. Does the monitor have more than one input type? and if so can you manually select them from the monitors inbuilt menu ? normally this happens automagically but not always. Also if you have the option try a different monitor, or switch from DVI - VGA etc. Also if you are using a DVI-VGA adapter bear in mind many onboard graphics cards don't support this.	dugimodo (138)
1167360	2011-01-05 20:54:00	new monitor and cable tried. Still no signal. :( I know both monitors work.	icow (15313)
1167361	2011-01-05 20:59:00	hmm, tricky as most suggestions I had require you to see the display output. Does the monitor have more than one input type? and if so can you manually select them from the monitors inbuilt menu ? normally this happens automagically but not always. Also if you have the option try a different monitor, or switch from DVI - VGA etc. Also if you are using a DVI-VGA adapter bear in mind many onboard graphics cards don't support this. Can't select anything on menus as it's vga only and only 1 input. If not connected it says cable not connected so it knows that it's plugged in. If this helps HD doesn't appear to be going and also the HD has drivers for a AGP card. Do I need to plugin the ATX12v?	icow (15313)
1167362	2011-01-05 21:02:00	Do I need to plugin the ATX12v? I was just about to ask if you had done that. Of course you do!!!! Not a VGA problem - a power to the CPU problem.	pctek (84)
1167363	2011-01-05 21:02:00	the board could actually not be booting at all. Does it beep during the startup period? EDIT: oops did not see that part about he ATX12v	nedkelly (9059)
1167364	2011-01-05 21:04:00	You say everything turns on fine, are you sure ? how can you tell with no screen ? Do you have a graphics card handy that you can borrow to see if that helps ? Does the motherboard have a speaker attached (or built on) and if so does it beep once during start up ? Have you connected power to the 4 or 6 pin header on the motherboard? Some stuff to try: make sure all power connectors on motherboard are connected Check RAM is configured as per the book, or try just 1 stick temporarirly disconnect all drives and see if the PC POSTs Make sure CPU fan is connected to the CPU header on the motherboard Try a case fan connected to the motherboard (occasionally I have come across systems that by default require a case fan to boot) as mentioned onboard graphics wont work through a DVI - VGA adapter edit :) - 2 posts well I was typing covered some of this	dugimodo (138)
1167365	2011-01-05 21:07:00	I was just about to ask if you had done that. Of course you do!!!! Not a VGA problem - a power to the CPU problem. go figure. Mental note: plug everything in. Slight problem I don't have a ATX12v plug thingy on my PSU. Can you buy 6pin PCI-E to 12vATX adapters?	icow (15313)
1167366	2011-01-05 21:14:00	If you have 6pin pcie you should have a 12v one, could be 8 or 6 pins instead of 4 Which PSU do you have? and board?	nedkelly (9059)
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