Problem with a new build (possible AM2 memory quirk?)

[Gshizzle]

My friend just purchased this hardware:

AMD Athlon 64 3800 AM2 Orleans core
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Gigabyte GA-M51GM-S26 motherboard
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Corsair
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Antec 500 watt power supply

Seagate 400gb SATA HD

He's using components from his old computer to complete the system (i.e. DVD, floppy and case).

He's also using the onboard video and sound.

We put it together checked the connections and turned it on. Nothing shows up on the monitor, the LED on the monitor never changes from yellow to green.

The power button on the case lights up and the harddrive light lights up but theres no video going to the monitor.

I was hoping you guys could help us out here. We're at the end of our ropes.

We've tried several things from swichting the memory to different slots to unplugging the DVD drives to and Switching the SATA drive to another port.

Could this be a memory problem?

He purchased the RAM because it was listed on Corsairs site as being compatible with this board.

Any ideas?!

 

[Turkey22]

Try a video card if you have one available, just to make sure. Doublecheck all jumpers. There was another thread where they were talking about memory voltages as in the memory purchased was the wrong type. I'd check that too just to be safe.