Could my monitor problem be the motherboard?

[squirrel15]

My acer P191w monitor isnt working. I finally build my computer and I turned it on for the very first time, I got the monitor from my brother who never had any problems with the monitor before. Here is my build:
Thermaltake V9 case
Gigabyte 890gx mobo
Gskill 1600 cas 7 ripjaws ram
Antec truepower 750w PSU
ATI (xfx) 5850 (stock not overclocked)
Seagate barracuda hard drive
LG cd dvd writer
AMD 955 BE CPU

My monitor turns on fine, it says "ACER" then it says "no signal" about 4 seconds later. Both the mobo and monitor have a DVI cables/ports. My computer turns on fine, all the fans and PSU works too. I looked all over the internet and have tried the power cool down with the monitor (unplugging monitor and holding down the power button), I've tried unplugging and blowing in the cables and making sure theres not bend wires or anything and plugged them back in and still nothing. I have read that it could be the motherboard. Any ideas as to whats wrong and how I can fix it would help greatly. Thanks.

 

[bilbat]

Been manic-depressive all my life (and fairly brilliant), but wasn' diagnosed until my late fourties - thought I was just basic 'crazy' Bipolars are sixteen times more likely to use alcohol or drugs, or both, to self-medicate, especially as the available drugs for treatment where rude, deadly, and not particularly effective... One to many DUIs - felony, two years in - no too bad, probably read over a thousand books, learned ceramics, taught myself drawing (and that anatomy stuff'll get ya!), Chinese Calligraphy, painting, C#/.net, quantum multiverse theory, cognitive psychology...

 

[squirrel15]

Wow, pretty impressive and unique history you have. So do I still need to reinstall the OS? I mean, its working now fine...

 

[bilbat]

When exams are over, PM me - there's a couple things left to do to 'get 'er cooking'; we want to run a program that will show us the table of settings 'stored' on the RAM itself, and compare them to the actual current settings to bring it up to (hopefully) full speed; and, with that (kick-@$$) processor, there's doubtless quite a bit of overclock 'headroom' to pick up...

 

[squirrel15]

Well I'm all done now with exams. Its spring break now and I'm home now for the weekend with better internet than the one of campus! So what should i do next?

 

[bilbat]

Download this:
http://www.tweakers.fr/download/CPU-Tweaker.zip
Run it, capture and post both the 'main' screen, as well as the one that pops up when you click the 'SPD' button in the middle... It will show us the memory maker's 'desired' settings, versus how it's running now...

 

[squirrel15]

SOrry everyone! I've been swamped the last month with midterms and football practice and internet problems and I'm back! lol I'll download the tweakers that bilbat have given me once he has replied so I know I have his all-knowing guidance. lol Its nice to be back.

 

[bilbat]

[:graywolf:9] back! Glad to hear mid-terms are done [:bilbat:5]

I'm better, too - got a cortisone shot in that 'mouse shoulder', and feel like a new man [:bilbat:6]

 

[squirrel15]

alright I downloaded the 'tweaker' thing. lol So whats next?

 

[bilbat]

Take a look here:
http://www.sheturnedmeintoanewt.com/CPUTweakerData.jpg
and here, toward the bottom:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/273675-30-speed-reading-prime95-lockups-reboot
from, say, the seventh post to the thread and down - it'll help you 'get' the process; what this allows us to do is 'see' both 'how the RAM wants to be set up' (the SPD/XMP/EPP data), and compare it to how the board is actually setup!