First PC, won't boot.

[imported_Noah]

Just finished getting my first PC all put together, I turned it on for the first time, and the monitor gets no signal.

no bios no nothing no signal.

there something else I'm suppose to do? :C

I'm using:

amd 3400+ clawhammer chip
bfg 6800 gt vid card
raptor 74gb hard drive
dfi lanparty ut nf3 250gb mobo
2x pc3200 ocz ram
audigy 2 zs sound card

everything is securely in the motherboard...all the cables seem to be in the right places..

help please

 

[mechBgon]

What brand and model is your power supply? Those 6800GTs have a big appetite. Speaking of which, the 6800GT has its power-supply cable hooked up, right? And the motherboard has its ATX12V cable hooked up?

I'd also advise going into the motherboard's BIOS menu and setting the memory voltage to 2.8 volts for that RAM, and make sure it doesn't catch a worm infection in its just-built condition after Windows is installed. Average time to worm infection for an unfirewalled "raw" Windows system is something like 20 minutes at this point, from what I've read.

 

[jackschmittusa]

Do the fans spin?

 

[kajames]

IF YOUR MB HAS A BUILT-IN VIDEO CARD...UNPLUG ALL NEW CARDS...AND USE THE BUILT-IN VIDEO FIRST AND SEE IF THE MONITOR TURNS-ON SHOWING THE BIOS BEING LOADED....:beer: