First Boot, no signal to monitor

[martinvannostrand]

Hello,

I am completely frustrated and hoping that someone here can help me out

I just assembled a machine from a barebones kit. It is the first time i have done this so I am hoping my problem is just some stupid, simple mistake that I made in putting the machine together. Better that than the hardware, right?

Here is the machine:


Intel 975XBK2KR Socket 775 mobo
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz Socket 775 OEM Processor
Western Digital Caviar SE 400GB Hard Drive - 7200, 8MB, SATA-300
4 Corsair Dual Channel TWINX 1024MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz E.P.P. Memory
2 XFX Geforce 9600GT 512MB Video Cards
700 Watt XVS Modular Power Supply

I have a moderate amount of knowledge since this is the first time I have done this

The computer turns on, the fans spin, the HD seems to power up, but there is no signal to the monitor from the video cards

The motherboard does not seem to have an on board VGA, so I am not able to check it any other way than through the video cards.

I stuck in an old PCI card to see if that would work but same problem.

There is no way for me to adjust the bios settings because I have no monitor signal.

What is my next step?

Please help, thanks

[Katreat]

Welcome to PCMech.

If you have checked all your connections, making sure both power connectors to the MB and the power connectors to the video card are all attached, then the next step is to follow this link.

http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=168456

Kat