Good monitor displays no signal?

[hotice]

I'm "upgrading" my system after a mistake i made. I burnt out my mobo and a few other parts. I exchanged all the bad parts and now have all new parts except for my video card. I was told by a friend that theres a solid chance the video card is fine. I began piecing my computer together using a new asus mobo and a pentium d 820. I tried to power everything on and i too got a signal on my monitor saying "no signal". i know the monitor works, and my video card's onboard fan seems to work as well so i think everything is working properly. I'm 90% sure all plugs are in correctly. The only thing that could be wrong is the F-panel because a wasnt sure which wires were positive and negative. The mobo speaker seemed to make a ticking sound when i turned the computer on. I would love some help on this. I seem to remember having the same problem when i first built a computer using the same video card, but had no hardware problems and the problem was easily fixed...i just can remember how. please reply. If you need anymore information that might help figure out the problem i will gladly provide, just ask.

I just looked at my mobo carefully and see that one of these little things is bent a little bit. I nearly positive it must have come that way. Is there any way this is what is wrong. (check picture in profile)

[Cricket]

Try this troubleshooter. You must remove the motherboard from the case when doing this...you're trying to determine if the motherboard is shorting out to the case or not.

Cricket

[hotice]

i cant figure out how to post the picture here, so i will describe it. It's a round cylyndrical thing on the motherboard that sticks up, there are several of them and one of them is bent at a 45 degree angle. By the way, thank you for the reply

[hotice]

I don't get any beeps when i turn my computer on either. I checked the video card and it is fine. I also did the troubleshooter you sent me and still no display on the monitor. I even used a different monitor and the same problem persists. please help

[flanzig1]

Your video card could be bad. The "no signal" on the monitor is generated by the monitor not the video card. The round things you mentioned are probably capacitors; they may have gotten bent over due to rough handling. If they aren't loose, leave them alone.

[Mesaeus]

You say you checked the video card; how ? In another pc ?

[hotice]

thank you for the reply I have already swapped the video card and realized in the process my mobo has integrated video, so i am now connecting my monitor straight to my mobo. I still don't get a display on the monitor and there is no beep at all. The mobo speaker makes one sound, its a constant ticking, almost like a clock. At first when i heard this i let it run for a bit and the fan started to slow down like it was powering off and then it powered up again reaching normal speeds. Is it possible i have a problem with the psu?

[hotice]

Sorry for the confusion, i didnt check the video card im using, i just swapped it for another. The problem persisted with the other video card as well, and as i said im now using the integrated graphics on my mobo.

[hotice]

I decided to take out the memory from the mobo just for the heck of it to see if it would give me any beeping error messages, but there were none. The system powered on and no memory error beeps.

[hotice]

Is anyone here anymore or am i talking to myself....

[flanzig1]

It's starting to sound like a PSU problem.What brand and size is it?

[Cricket]

Are you troubleshooting with the motherboard out of the case? A motherboard shorting/grounding out to the case will do just what you're seeing.

Cricket

[Kareeser]

Could it be that the alternative motherboard power plug isn't plugged into the motherboard?

(There's the 20-pin, then there may be 4 next to it, but this one's another group of 4)

[hotice]

ok, well i agree that it could be a psu problem. I think i've narrowed it down to either being a defective mobo or a psu problem, im not sure which one yet though. I have an Asus P5VDC-MX motherboard and my psu is an ATX Thermaltake TR2 430W psu. I can easily get a replacement because i already inquired about it, but i don't want to end up sending in a bad psu. I did try troubleshooting out of the case and went through the troubleshooter from Hal. I have 2 plugs into the motherboard as well. I have a 24 pin and a 4 pin (12V) connector. The first time a built a PC i think that my problem was the 4-pin. Is it possible that my entire psu isn't bad, but maybe 1 plug such as the 4 pin connector is bad?
p.s. thanks for writing back everyone