Question I built a new PC and cannot get it to display anything. The components seem to be on. I have worked through a bunch of troubleshooting. Please help.

[needhelp2222]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nhtwMb

I have just built my first system. The components are as seen in the link above. I cannot get anything to display on my monitor.

When I power the system on, here is exactly what happens:
The RAM LED on the motherboard goes red for a second or two, then goes off. The Graphics and Boot LEDS go red for a few seconds, then go off. By this point, all the diagnostic LEDs are off. The case fans are on. The RGB on the Ram, the motherboard, on. The GPU fans on, and the power supply fan stirs occasionally. My monitor says no signal and then goes black.

Here are a few notes.
I have tried reseating the RAM, and using only one stick.
The HDMI cable is plugged into the GPU.
The HDMI cable and monitor work properly with my laptop.
The CPU, motherboard, and gpu power connectors are plugged in. For the GPU, I am using 3 separate 8 pin pcie connector cables.

I have updated to a BIOS version for the motherboard that supports 13th gen intel cpus. This required formatting a partition, downloading and renaming the bios to the USB, putting the USB in the right port, using BIOS flashback. The BIOS flashback button flashed for about 5 minutes then the light went off, indicating this was successful?

Please, if you are reading this and have some knowledge of PC hardware, I would greatly appreciate your time providing a diagnosis so I can start using this machine.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Remove the graphics card, completely, from the system. Just plugging into the motherboard and leaving the graphics card installed often won't work especially if there is a problem with the card itself.

Plug the display cable into the motherboard video output.

See if you can get a display then, if not, I would try a different TYPE of display, such as Displayport, if possible, and it would also be a good idea to check the monitor's own menu settings to make sure that it's input is set to the correct TYPE of input. Because if the monitor input is set to Displayport, or VGA, for example, it's probably not going to work with an HDMI connection and visa versa. Seems like all these ought to be ought configuring these days but they aren't, and this does happen from time to time. Always worth checking at least. Although, if it works fine with your laptop then it is very unlikely to be the problem so try using the CPU integrated graphics and see if you can get a display that way.

Also, when you remove the graphics card, pay attention to any possibility that it might not be fully seated properly in the PCIe slot and locked in place. Be careful of the lock when removing it as well as with these newer giant cards it's fairly easy to damage the lock slide when removing discreet cards.

 

[needhelp2222]

Remove the graphics card, completely, from the system. Just plugging into the motherboard and leaving the graphics card installed often won't work especially if there is a problem with the card itself.

Plug the display cable into the motherboard video output.

See if you can get a display then, if not, I would try a different TYPE of display, such as Displayport, if possible, and it would also be a good idea to check the monitor's own menu settings to make sure that it's input is set to the correct TYPE of input. Because if the monitor input is set to Displayport, or VGA, for example, it's probably not going to work with an HDMI connection and visa versa. Seems like all these ought to be ought configuring these days but they aren't, and this does happen from time to time. Always worth checking at least. Although, if it works fine with your laptop then it is very unlikely to be the problem so try using the CPU integrated graphics and see if you can get a display that way.

Also, when you remove the graphics card, pay attention to any possibility that it might not be fully seated properly in the PCIe slot and locked in place. Be careful of the lock when removing it as well as with these newer giant cards it's fairly easy to damage the lock slide when removing discreet cards.

Ok - someone else recommended resetting CMOS battery as well, that is behind the graphics card so I was going to have to remove it anyway. Just because the graphics card instructions is 3 images and has nothing about removing it- - what should I be careful of when removing? How to not damage the lock? I will update here when I have tried both switching to motherboard and integrated graphics, and tried the cmos battery thing. Will probably be in about 20 hours from now.

 

[Darkbreeze]

My best advice on that is, use something like a wooden popsicle stick or something similar to try and reach the PCIe lock to release the card if it is not easily reachable by hand. Using a screwdriver might cause two things. One, I've seen several people snap the plastic wings on the lock right off and two, I've seen even more people slip off the lock and score up the motherboard, making it totally useless. So, just take your time and be careful to not do either of those things.

If you can reach it by hand to depress it after removing the screw at the I/O end of the card, great. If not and you need to use something to reach it make it sure it's something that is unlikely to damage the plastic lock or the motherboard if you slip, because it's easy to do especially with newer large cards that barely even give you any room to access the lock. Some newer boards are coming with special release tabs that stick out further so that it's easier to unlock them but not all of them do yet.

Other than that, much as I hate to say it, Youtube and Google are your friends in this regard. ANY procedure is likely outlined somewhere with detailed steps. It is always a good idea to look for such videos or tutorials when in doubt because it is always good to go into anything you are unfamiliar with, with at least some amount of familiarity by having educated yourself about it. Telling you is one thing. Seeing somebody DO it, is usually better. Both together, is what you really want.

 

[DaleH]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nhtwMb

I have just built my first system. The components are as seen in the link above. I cannot get anything to display on my monitor.

When I power the system on, here is exactly what happens:
The RAM LED on the motherboard goes red for a second or two, then goes off. The Graphics and Boot LEDS go red for a few seconds, then go off. By this point, all the diagnostic LEDs are off. The case fans are on. The RGB on the Ram, the motherboard, on. The GPU fans on, and the power supply fan stirs occasionally. My monitor says no signal and then goes black.

Here are a few notes.
I have tried reseating the RAM, and using only one stick.
The HDMI cable is plugged into the GPU.
The HDMI cable and monitor work properly with my laptop.
The CPU, motherboard, and gpu power connectors are plugged in. For the GPU, I am using 3 separate 8 pin pcie connector cables.

I have updated to a BIOS version for the motherboard that supports 13th gen intel cpus. This required formatting a partition, downloading and renaming the bios to the USB, putting the USB in the right port, using BIOS flashback. The BIOS flashback button flashed for about 5 minutes then the light went off, indicating this was successful?

Please, if you are reading this and have some knowledge of PC hardware, I would greatly appreciate your time providing a diagnosis so I can start using this machine.

The PSU fan symptom seems important to me. Try another PSU if possible.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Huh. Amazing.

 

[DannyAZ5]

I am having the same issue, albeit on a more bougie budget. I've seen an article that states 40 series cards are having blank screen in place of bios. In these cases, a firmware update is offered.

I proceeded with an OS install, I should be able to check firmware in the next day or so. Worth a check?

Black Screens, Be Gone: RTX 4090 and 4080 Get Fix via Firmware Update Tool

Thankfully, the problem only impacts certain motherboards.

www.tomshardware.com

 

[Darkbreeze]

I am having the same issue, albeit on a more bougie budget. I've seen an article that states 40 series cards are having blank screen in place of bios. In these cases, a firmware update is offered.

I proceeded with an OS install, I should be able to check firmware in the next day or so. Worth a check?

Black Screens, Be Gone: RTX 4090 and 4080 Get Fix via Firmware Update Tool

Thankfully, the problem only impacts certain motherboards.

www.tomshardware.com

This would be a good idea since the firmware updater will not update the firmware if you have a board that doesn't need it, so there is nothing to lose by running it and potentially everything to gain. Good info, as I had not seen that yet.