"no signal" displayed on monitor, what's wrong?

[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 have already swapped video cards and the problem persisted with other video cards as well. I did find later that my mobo has integrated graphics though, so currently i'm not even using a video card and my monitor is hooked up directly to my mobo. The mobo speaker doesn't make any beeps either, but it 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?

[Alaron]

Please don't start new threads so soon. Keep going here: http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=157381