Monitor & Vid Card not Communicating - HELP

[kanpope6]

I have done the whole build and am ready for the initial boot. I connected the monitor and turned the system on and the system powers, CD drive spins, motherboard lights up, etc. but the monitor does not receive any signal from the tower. I am at a loss. I know the monitor works...am receiving a "no signal" message.

MSI P45D3 Platinum LGA Intel P45 ATX Intel MoBo

EVGA GeForce 9800 512mb

Coolmax 950W ATX12V Power Supply

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

8GB DDR3

WD 750GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0 Gb/s HD

Acer 22" LCD Monitor

HELP
HELP
HELP

[shadowpr]

Try chaning the input/source on the monitor.

If that doesn't work: PROBLEMS with a NEW BUILD? Try This!!

[kanpope6]

Originally Posted by shadowpr Try chaning the input/source on the monitor. If that doesn't work: PROBLEMS with a NEW BUILD? Try This!!

you mean the cable or what?

[shadowpr]

There should be a button on the monitor. It's either input or source. Try pressing that. The monior might switch between digital and analog displays.

If that doesn't work, then follow the link.

[kanpope6]

So, it is either the motherboard or the vid card. I tried the PCI card that I have and it did not work either. So, I am leaning towards it being a faulty mobo. This feels like a really stupid question, but since this is my first build, I am just going to ask...do I need to do something special (other than connect to power supply) to activate the PCI and PCIE slots? I dont have an extra PCI or PCIE card to test, so I am pretty stuck.
Any thoughts?

[glc]

Please READ THE LINK. You need to take the motherboard OUT OF THE CASE.

[kanpope6]

You dont have to hot me over the head twice - THANK YOU!

[TPTKD]

Check the Motherboard to see it supports DDR 3 .If you have DDR 2,replace it to see you can boot up system.

[shadowpr]

Originally Posted by TPTKD Check the Motherboard to see it supports DDR 3 .If you have DDR 2,replace it to see you can boot up system.

That motherboard takes ddr3.

Do NOT try and use ddr2 with it. It won't work.

[glc]

DDR3 and DDR2 have different slots - you can't go wrong there.