1st PC Build Is Black Screening

[Matthew Parmentier]

Hello, I'm running into the issue in which a computer I have built for my friend (this will be his 1st real gaming desktop) will not give me anything but a black screen. I have tried trouble-shooting as much as I can, I have consulted the internet and tried many things. I have posted a picture to see if I cannot help you guys help me; I'd rather not have to take this in to Best Buy or anything to get it going if at all possible.

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Trouble-Shooting Methods:
1.) Moving RAM around. (Fail)
2.) Moving to one stick of RAM. (Fail)
3.) Moving that one stick around. (Fail)
4.) Unplugging and re-plugging all connectors on the motherboard. (Fail)
5.) Tried DVI and HDMI on both graphic cards and the motherboard connector. (Fail)
6.) Tried HDMI without graphics cards installed. (Fail)

Build:
1.) MSI Z97 Gaming 7 Motherboard
2.) Intel i5-4570 (LGA1150)
3.) AMD Sapphire Dual-X R9 280
4.) 16GB Kingston Hyper-X Gaming RAM
5.) Cooler Master 1200W powersupply
6.) 240GB Kingston SSD (x2 for 480GB total)

 

[Spath87]

Are you unable to even get to the BIOS?

 

[Matthew Parmentier]

Are you unable to even get to the BIOS?

I actually found the damn problem. I was looking for the 4+4 pin power cable and I found it and plugged it into the power supply and motherboard and it booted to BIOS. Jeeze thats embarrassing. Now just to make an ISO of Windows 7 because apparently my brother didn't put the Windows 7 boot disk back in the case when he borrowed it. Ugh.