Here's my situation. I'm building a new PC using an AMD FX-6300 CPU with the ASRock 970 Extreme3 as the motherboard (also using an XFX Radeon HD 7870 GPU). I put the build together today, but when I test boot it, I only get 5 beeps, with no display output. The CPU cooler and GPU fans spin up normally, but there's no picture on the monitor. I'm using an HDMI to DVI cable to connect.
Here's what I've tried to rectify the issue:
-reset BIOS by both the battery and jumper
-plug the video card into the other PCIe slot
-remove and reinstall the CPU
-try booting with just one RAM DIMM, and try all of the RAM slots
None of the above has worked, so I'm at a loss. Is this my motherboard being shitty, or is my CPU actually faulty?
Here's what I've tried to rectify the issue:
-reset BIOS by both the battery and jumper
-plug the video card into the other PCIe slot
-remove and reinstall the CPU
-try booting with just one RAM DIMM, and try all of the RAM slots
None of the above has worked, so I'm at a loss. Is this my motherboard being shitty, or is my CPU actually faulty?