New build blank screen

[Chris Prophet]

I have seen this pop up many times throught this forum, but just want to push my diffuclties across

I am building a computer for office duties and internet etc, no serious gaming

ASUS K8V-MX series Mobo
AMD 2600 SKT754 CPU
KIngston DDR400 1GB (2 sticks of 512 184-pin )
Seagate 250GB HD
LG 16x Dual layer DVD-RW

I have put the products together to the stage of in the case with the CPU/heatsink fitted to the MOBO all power on and connected the RAM is fitted in connected to a moniter and nothing happens blank screen

The one thing that concerend me when i was installing the ram was that it seemed diffiucult to fit, whilst this is my frst time building a pc i have fitted RAM modules many times and have always found it easy, whereas this one was very awkward, and still does nt seem 2 be seated correctly, when i turn power on and start-up firstly i got no beeps, so i turned off and took out the ram then obviously i got 3 beeps which for AMI i think means RAM problem which was obvious bcuz id removed it so i reinstalled the RAM and theh powered up and again No beeps this time, does this mean my RAM is ok but theres another problem say maybe MOBO??

Regards

Chris

[grievingexistence]

What kind of video card and Power Supply are you using? Do you have any to swap with to check if they are working properly? Is the 4 pin connector (2x2) near the top of your board connected?

[Chris Prophet]

itsa 350W that came with the case, nt sure of make isnt a top notch one tho i dnt really have anything to test stuff with my pc now is alot different to the new build

when us ay the 4 pin connector u mean nxt the heatsink and cpu? if so then yea thats in,

reading this forum seems alot of ppl get this problem and most things suggest a faulty motherboard but can there be that many faulty boards?

oh yea its an Onboard Video system but ive got an old 5200FX laying about so i have tried that aswell

i mite send the board back as the box it came in wasnt security sealed

Whereas the AMD box was

[not important]

Start here: http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=132409

Then post your results and it will be easier to determine your problem

[Chris Prophet]

Yea thanx i had a look at that earlier but same sort of answers seems a common issue

[Chris Prophet]

Basically guys just want to know your opinion if i should pack this back up and send the motherboard back to the supplier as it appears to be a "dud"

Chris

[not important]

Originally Posted by Chris Prophet Yea thanx i had a look at that earlier but same sort of answers seems a common issue

Because that is the only sure way. If you tried the "out of case" test and still have get the same results, the MOBO or CPU are at fault.

[Chris Prophet]

Ok thank you Not important, appreciate your help