1st Build. GPU lights up, Fans Spin, No Display on Monitor

[itsloopz]

Hey Toms Hardware Community,

I've just built my first PC for gaming and when I press the power button, the lights on the side panel and the Graphics Card light up (whether the negative/positive are in the right place or not) and I can hear the Power on, fans spinning and the PC running, but there is no signal to my monitor.

I've read a thread that said to hold the power button for 30 seconds to a minute with the cords unplugged, but that didn't work.

I'm using a BitFenix Comrade Tower

Any help is appreciated,
Thanks

 

[The_Staplergun]

Plug your display into the motherboard and see if it starts. If you can get display there, some setting changes may be in order, or a card RMA.

 

[itsloopz]

Plug your display into the motherboard and see if it starts. If you can get display there, some setting changes may be in order, or a card RMA.

The only cord that leads from my display (my monitor) is an HDMI cable, which is plugged into the back of my pc. The Blue, 2 pronged, screw plug isn't the right size from the case. The monitor has two options.

I have a 6pin that runs from my motherboard to my power supply. Should there be another one?

 

[The_Staplergun]

Take a picture of your system as it is hooked up please.

As in your motherboard inside the case from a top down view (looking directly at the motherboard)

 

[itsloopz]

Take a picture of your system as it is hooked up please.

As in your motherboard inside the case from a top down view (looking directly at the motherboard)

The solution to this, will probably help anyone who is trying to solve this problem.

My PC on its' side: http://imgur.com/a/TbVsS

 

[itsloopz]

Take a picture of your system as it is hooked up please.

As in your motherboard inside the case from a top down view (looking directly at the motherboard)

The EVGA 500w 80 Plus Power Supply may have come with 2 cords too many (with other cords and inputs branching off from the 2)

 

[Zerk2012]

Hey Toms Hardware Community,

I've just built my first PC for gaming and when I press the power button, the lights on the side panel and the Graphics Card light up (whether the negative/positive are in the right place or not) and I can hear the Power on, fans spinning and the PC running, but there is no signal to my monitor.

I've read a thread that said to hold the power button for 30 seconds to a minute with the cords unplugged, but that didn't work.

I'm using a BitFenix Comrade Tower

Any help is appreciated,
Thanks

The first step is to list the parts you used.

 

[itsloopz]

Hey Toms Hardware Community,

I've just built my first PC for gaming and when I press the power button, the lights on the side panel and the Graphics Card light up (whether the negative/positive are in the right place or not) and I can hear the Power on, fans spinning and the PC running, but there is no signal to my monitor.

I've read a thread that said to hold the power button for 30 seconds to a minute with the cords unplugged, but that didn't work.

I'm using a BitFenix Comrade Tower

Any help is appreciated,
Thanks

The first step is to list the parts you used.

I don't want to make another thread with the same problem, so my specs are:
AMD FX 6300 6-core 3.5-4.01 GHz Processor,
MSI 970 Gaming Motherboard
BitFenix ATX Mid Tower
1TB Disk Space Western Digital
Asus 23.6” LCD Monitor (VP247)
8GB Fury Hyper X RAM
MSI GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4G Graphics Card
EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply

 

[itsloopz]

@The_staplergun @Zerk2012 I've been reopening my case repeatedly trying to solve the problem. I am going back to the store where I got it tomorrow, but for something else. I expected it to be working 30 minutes ago.

 

[The_Staplergun]

You got the parts locally or on line?

Get an adapter to run from the motherboard to the screen and see if it works. If that works go replace that graphics card as it's probably bad. Can't troubleshoot without certain parts.

 

[itsloopz]

You got the parts locally or on line?

Get an adapter to run from the motherboard to the screen and see if it works. If that works go replace that graphics card as it's probably bad. Can't troubleshoot without certain parts.

No graphics card is bad, some are just better than others. It was a fair price for my first build. And the issue would either be from my Power supply (where there are now two extra cords) to my motherboard (where an 8 pin and a 24 pin are already plugged in), or from my Graphics Card to my motherboard, where there is already a PCI connected to and from the two.

And the parts were bought locally, it being my first time. I'll be going back tomorrow for a version of the Windows Software

 

[The_Staplergun]

By bad I meant broken.

The GPU connects via a pcie cable to the power supply not the motherboard.

 

[itsloopz]

By bad I meant broken.

The GPU connects via a pcie cable to the power supply not the motherboard.

I've already done that, and my HDMI is plugged in there. Theres only one slot for any cord, and it was a PCIE.

The cords are built into my Power Supply. I need to know if my EVGA 500w Power Supply will work with my msi 970 Gaming Motherboard. And WHY I have two extra cords coming from my power supply.

 

[rgd1101]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from itsloopz : "Monitor displaying nothing when I power computer up"

The only slot from my msi GTX 1050Ti is for a PCI cord, that connects from my Power Supply. I think the Graphics card should be the problem. Is it somewhere hidden, like Sata?

 

[rgd1101]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from itsloopz : "HDMI Monitor Display"

There are two cords already plugged into my motherboard, 24 pin and 8 pin, provided by the power supply. 2 extra cords that stem from my Power Supply. One is a second pci (the first one is in my graphics card) and the second is nameless, but I don't see a spot for it on my motherboard.

I'd like to start seeing what my new computer is like.

It lights up, and the fans spin, but nothing on the monitor. It can't be the graphics Card, where I want to use HDMI. It can't be the Power Switch, and it can't be the CPU or any of the memory.

More people have had trouble with this, and I want it solved before I go back to the store tomorrow for something else.
Help!!

 

[rgd1101]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from itsloopz : "Monitor displaying nothing when I power computer up"

The only slot from my msi GTX 1050Ti is for a PCI cord, that connects from my Power Supply. I think the Graphics card should be the problem. Is it somewhere hidden, like Sata?

 

[rgd1101]

read http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/274745-31-step-step-guide-building
and http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems

and if you still have issue come back again from your short banned for spamming the forum

 

[rgd1101]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from itsloopz : "2 extra cords in EVGA 500w Power Supply w/ msi Gaming 970 motherboard [HELP]"

This could be the only problem.

My Graphics Card, that the other PCIE cord from my power supply is plugged into, has only one slot, that could only be for a PCIE. However I have a second PCIE and a nameless Cord built into my Power Supply, that I can't find a place for on the motherboard. My Monitor won't display anything.

(I've connected the 24 and 8 pins)