Indentifiying faulty hardware?

[TechnoEN]

Hey,

I have had problems with my first time build all day today, so I came on here looking for help, I read the sticky (having problems with a new build? Try this) and decided to give it a try, it didn't make a difference, basically when I connect the Monitor to the GFX card, the monitor reads "No Signal", so this is probably down to some hardware problem right???

Any suggestions to if it actually is and which piece it may be?

AMD 3800X2 ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Giggabyye nVidia 6800GS Seagate 250GB HDD 2GB Corsair Valueselect DDR RAM Antec True Power 2.0 PSU

[ktkendall]

If you did the out of the case trubleshooting step correctly, and it still doesn't work, then you know it's either the motherboard, the cpu, the ram, the power supply, or vid card itsef. Now this is when you need spare components to test with in order to isolate which one is bad. If your sure the cpu and heatsink fan is installed and fan is connected to the correct fan header, and also be sure mem and vid card are seated in good, and be sure the clear cmos jumper is in the normal position. Sometimes this is the point you may need to either just go ahead and rma the motherboard, or have a shop check it out because they have spare components to swap around with so they can isolate the trouble...

[TechnoEN]

Originally Posted by ktkendall If you did the out of the case trubleshooting step correctly, and it still doesn't work, then you know it's either the motherboard, the cpu, the ram, the power supply, or vid card itsef. Now this is when you need spare components to test with in order to isolate which one is bad. If your sure the cpu and heatsink fan is installed and fan is connected to the correct fan header, and also be sure mem and vid card are seated in good, and be sure the clear cmos jumper is in the normal position. Sometimes this is the point you may need to either just go ahead and rma the motherboard, or have a shop check it out because they have spare components to swap around with so they can isolate the trouble...

Ok, well I don't know if I have done something wrong so maybe if I tell you what I have done step by step, you can find if I have done something wrong, this is what I have done step by step, I haven't missed anything out have I?:

1) Got everything out
2) Put the GFX card onto the MoBo and fitted it in
3) Put the power into the GFX card
4) Put the CPU on
5) Put the heat sink over CPU
6) Inserted CPU fan lead into the MoBo
7) Put the RAM in a blue slot
8) Put in a 4-Pin slot from the PSU into the MoBo
9) Put in a 20-Pin slot from PSU into the MoBo
10) Connected Monitor lead to GFX card
11) Turned on PSU
12) Turned on PC.

Have I missed anything?

[glc]

Is the motherboard sitting on the table out of the case?

[TechnoEN]

Originally Posted by glc Is the motherboard sitting on the table out of the case?

Yes, it's on the MoBo box as recommended .

[glc]

Try using the jumper to clear the CMOS - if that doesn't do it, you have a core component failure.

NOTE: Read the sticker on top of the bios chip - it needs to be 1007 or newer to recognize a 3800+ X2 processor.

[jayb1234]

8) Put in a 4-Pin slot from the PSU into the MoBo 9) Put in a 20-Pin slot from PSU into the MoBo

That doesnt look quite right. The main conector from that power supply is a 20 + 4 pin connector where 4 pins are removable.

Make sure that the 4 pin section is attached to the 20 pin section. There should also a square 4 pin square 2x2 connection near the CPU .

Also, I think that video card might need a power connection to it too.

If this is the one you have it does.

Look at the pictures on the left of the newegg page. Bottom left shows the 2x3 connector center left shows the power connector wire below the CDs.

Edit: didn't read close enough, just saw you have the Graphics card power connected.