Need help with motherboard

[BarneyFife]

I'm building a pc for the first time and I'm having a problem with the motherboard posting. Its a p4s333/p4 1.6a. I connected the power supply and it turns on but thats it, I hear no beeping or see no picture on my monitor. I'm lost

 

[Haribo]

omg what is this... n00b night2k? :Q

 

[osage]

did you conect the extra psu lead for the P4 mobos ?

 

[BarneyFife]

Yes I did connect that. I also connected the power led, speaker connector, reset sw, atx power switch. All the fans seem to be working and when I plug my monitor to the video card the "signal lost" message disappears. The only problem is that the screen is blank.

 

[Ausm]

Check to make sure the mobo is not grounding out


Ausm

 

[McFear]

Does your video card support 4x . Some video cards wont work on the new motherboards for pentium4.
Not sure about sis. If thats not it then make sure your cards and cables are pushed all the way in, starting with the video card. Turn the computer off when working inside, or outside, unless its usb.

 

[CubicZirconia]

Hey Haribo, you're pretty cool when you rip on people (note sarcasm).

 

[Haribo]

Haribo doesn't notice the sarcasm and feels very good about what CubicZirconia said

 

[osage]

usually it's the simple stuff, remove the vid card and reinsert it a couple times to make sure its all the way in, if it has the little lock to hold the card in somethimes they can hold the back up a bit when you install them.