Everything plugged into the motherboard, no minitor display

[KJones8]

I've just built my first PC, and after plugging everything into the motherboard, sealing the case back up and plugging in the monitor, it say that there is no signal. I've plugged it into the motherboard and graphics card, and am certain both are secure. There is a little four pin plug that seems to have no space, but I've been told that there may be spare wires anyways. There are also four or five spare sata cables, all linked onto one wire. I've only used one because I have one ssd.

The ,mother board is an msi z270 sli plus, not too sure if that would help.

Any help would be appreciated, it's my first PC, and it sucks that it isn't working as it should...

 

[DRagor]

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-1893016/post-system-boot-video-output-troubleshooting-checklist.html
Go through the list first

 

[gdmaclew]

That motherboard requires a Main ATX Power Cable plus an 8-pin CPU power cable.
You can use a 4-pin connector if that is all you have.
Did you connect both?
Which graphics card are you using? Does it have a separate power connector socket?

 

[faalin]

did you connect the PCI-e power cables to the graphics card

 

[KJones8]

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-1893016/post-system-boot-video-output-troubleshooting-checklist.html
Go through the list first

I've gone through the the list and down everything I can, but it still isn't working. It also mentions a speaker, of which I have, but there is no obvious port for it. A different post said it plug it into jfp2, but it isn't making any noises, no matter which way I plug it in.

 

[KJones8]

That motherboard requires a Main ATX Power Cable plus an 8-pin CPU power cable.
You can use a 4-pin connector if that is all you have?
Did you connect both?
Which graphics card are you using? Does it have a separate power connector socket?

Both are plugged in, one near the ram sticks on the other side of the motherboard. There is one more 4 pin cable, but I'm not sure if it's just a spare.

 

[gdmaclew]

If you have 2 separate power leads for the speaker (instead of 2 fused together) plug them into JPF2 posts 1 & 4.
Does anything turn on? Any lights on the motherboard?

 

[gdmaclew]

If you could take a picture of the motherboard and all your connections and post it, it would be helpful.
Also, what kind (brand) of monitor? Single or dual connection? (Digital and/or analog).