Monitor has no signal

[harobikes333]

Hi again, I just last week ordered my parts and today I put them all together, I turned the baby on and...........nothing. The fans spin, etc. but the monitor says no signal and then goes into low power mode thing.

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Here's the specs:
Corsair 520W
Logitech X-530 5.1 Speaker System
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Acer 20" 8ms DVI Widescreen
https://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=321123">XFX GeForce 8600GT 256MB</a>
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB
Cooler Master Centurion
Logitech Ultra X Keyboard & MX310 Mouse Combo
GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3
Vista 32bit Home Premium
Corsair 2GB Kit DDR2-533 PC2-4200 Value Select Memory
Sony NEC Optiarc Black SATA DVD Burner - OEM

I've tried to use both kinda of signals digital and analog and I can't get it to do anything>_<!

Also, when I turn the computer on I don't hear any beeps at all. Like I said though all the stuff is running. I'm clueless and not willing to accept defeat seeing how much I spent on the thing. I've read all the manuals that came with all the stuff....

 

[xtknight]

Chances are your PC isn't POSTing. It could be something as simple as swapping the RAM sticks. It's been awhile since I've had this problem. I know ASUS has a thing where you can plug in the headphones and hear the POST error although I'm not sure of Gigabyte's notification method.

 

[harobikes333]

swapping the ram sticks... what do you mean? put them in channel 2 and 4? ...? How will I know if its bad ram or a bad mobo, etc.:\?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Is the PC speaker plugged in correctly to the motherboard? (trying to see if you can get beep codes)

Try the easy stuff first like reseating the ram/videocard.

Unplug everything you don't NEED to post and try to get that working first.

It's possible the board is shorting out on the case.

You could eliminate that possiblitity by taking the MB out of the case and placing it on something non-conductive.

EDIT: do you have the 4-pin power cable connected to the motherboard above the CPU?

CMOS jumper in the closed position?

 

[xtknight]

Well if I remember correctly I had stuck my dual-channel RAM in channel 1 and 2 and it was supposed to be in 1 and 3. Warning: I have no idea as I'm typing this what the correct way is, so don't go by those numbers but I think you get my point.

That's only one example of what it could be. It could obviously be a bad wiring job (missing connections) or simply defective components also. It's more likely it's not defective and either your RAM is incompatible or configured improperly in the channels. I would try just booting with one stick of ram in channel 1.

 

[Cr0nJ0b]

close your eyes luke....

close your eyes...

listen to the force... Or at least the beeps. You need speaker hooked up. Then lookup the beep codes.

Try one stick of ram in each slot to see if you can POST. The beeps are important, because they will tell you if its memory of Graphics related.

 

[harobikes333]

I just got it to go to the vista install screen! I took out both sticks of ram and then put one in channel three and it worked.

I moved stick one to slot3 and it worked...>_<?? So what does that mean...?

I moved from here to here in slot 3...

Thanks a million for the tips!!!

So what was wrong? / how do I know what was wrong?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

The motherboard might have a specific order the dimms have to be populated. The manual would say so.

 

[Sdiver2489]

I think you have a busted ram slot

 

[harobikes333]

I think both of the ram sticks were in, next to each other, side by side and not in the proper spots to run dual channel. I now have 2gigs running fine

Thanks a ton for all of you that helped me out!!!!!!

Pics soon!!!! ( i have to install some software to upload them to my computer! ^ ^

 

[mrmann14]

Had the same problem. It was a bent pin on the CPU

 

[harobikes333]

oo>_< ouch. Sorry to hear that if any of you want to help me out I've posted a thread asking a question about @bios in the motherboard forum

here

Thanks again!!!

Mark

 

[0roo0roo]

sometimes something just isn't seated correctly, ...still a certain amount of plug and pray in pc building. nothing like the dma/irq manual setting nightmare of years past though

 

[harobikes333]

Aw things always have to be a bit difficult^ ^


Like this?? Shouldn't my cpu be running at 2.4 and not 1.6.....? here

ram I'm running, 533, everyone said it would work...

In BIOS the CPU is running at 35 - 37C


Help is greatly appreciated!


thanks,

Mark

 

[magreen]

Originally posted by: harobikes333
Aw things always have to be a bit difficult^ ^

Like this?? Shouldn't my cpu be running at 2.8 and not 1.6.....? here

ram I'm running, 533, everyone said it would work...

It's not the RAM. You have the CPU multiplier set at 6, so it's giving you 266*6 = 1.6 GHz. Go into the BIOS and set the multi to 9 like it's supposed to be for the E6600.

And it's supposed to be 2.4, not 2.8. Well, actually, it's supposed to be OC'ed to 3.6

 

[harobikes333]

ooo !

So if I change the CPU multiplier to 9, do I have to mess with the ram settings also....?

Thanks for the reply!!!

 

[magreen]

Nope. You're good to go.

 

[harobikes333]

Great!!!! Thanks a ton!!

O and where could I find free programs like cpu-z, etc. I know of mem68 but not much else. I've tried finding some but I'm not quite sure what to search for.

 

[magreen]

cpuz
Everest is very good
Sandra is also very good

EDIT: I'm not seeing the free Everest home version anymore. Did they do away with that?

 

[harobikes333]

>_< yet another thing has come up.

I got home and was going to change the cpu multiplyer but first go check my email so I loaded up vista. Now the monitor looks like it has very fine white lines through it when it boots up the monitor doesn't show black but is shows like dotes of light showing through..... I'll try go get a picture.

problemhere's the

 

[0roo0roo]

oldversions.com for everest free version
prime orthos for burnin

 

[harobikes333]

fixed the cpu thing, though I'm not sure how

instead now, I basically got a bad LCD

see

Does anyone know how long an RMA for a monitor takes..? I've got an Acer AL2051W