Just finished new computer- No Signal Display Ati 4870

[bmwm3oz]

COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP
Gigabyte GA-X48-DS4
E8400 1.550
Powercooler HD 4870 2100 SEK
Samsung 203N
Western Digital Caviar SE16 640GB
Crucial DDR2 BallistiX TRACER 4GB
Xigmatek HDT-s1283
Samsung t220
Corsair 750TX Power Supply
Windows Vista 64 bit

I have the Ati 4870 and it just displays No Signal on my 22" T220 Monitor... I have tried using a different pCI slot, I have tried taking the ram out, I have tried pretty much removing everything and putting back on...I just keep getting the same error on the display...

The fans and lights turn on...Their are 3 red lights that turn on on the card itself...I don't know if they should be red or green but yeah.

Any suggestions? I am ready to smash this thing with a hammer =\

 

[bmwm3oz]

I am a noob on building but I'm pretty sure I put everything together correctly.

 

[bmwm3oz]

I have tested 2 different monitors, I have tested VGA and DVI. I haven't reset motherboard because the battery won't come loose so I can't...

 

[gamerk316]

Happened to me with one of my builds. Once i unplugged the moniter from my DVI/VGA adaptor and put everything back in, it worked again.

Don't know about the red lights though...I'll check when I get of work (although someone will beat me to it.).

 

[bmwm3oz]

I have tried it several times...I will test it out again...

Thanks

 

[bmwm3oz]

D1601 - Red LED On, shows critical temperature fault

D1602 - Red LED On, shows External power connector A was removed

D1603 - Red LED On, shows External power connector B was removed

D601 - Red LED On, shows critical Core power fault

I found this...

http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=260&threadid=97285


Doesn't make sense to me though.

 

[Jim_L9]

Do you have the two 6 pin power connectors plugged into the 4870? The LEDs are indicating that it's not getting the power it needs.

 

[bmwm3oz]

Yeah I have two 6 pin power connectors plugged in. I have tested 4 different ones and it does nothing. I just took the board battery out for 5 minutes and put it back in and that did nothing. I took out the ram and tested ram in all different spots, I pulled cables out and put them back in...Nothing will get these 3 red lights to go away...I have a 750Watt power supply it should be enough!

I'm running out of ideas.

 

[bmwm3oz]

No onboard. What is reseeding?

 

[bmwm3oz]

Yeah I have tested it out on both PCI slots...But I have not blown on the slot..I will test that now...........lol? I'm getting pretty annoyed.. =\

 

[bmwm3oz]

No hair! Could it be that the fan is running to slow because I just looked at it and it's running at a ridiculously slow speed...I've heard they do that stock but I mean this is pretty damn slow. Maybe it thinks it will overheat so it doesn't want to start. Thing is, there is no way I can change this since I can't get a display...

 

[bmwm3oz]

Thing is I just moved out of country 5 months ago and I know nobody here that has an extra PCI card..Well two but both are vacation for the next 3 weeks... I'm really thinking it could be the fan speed but then again, are they all set to be this slow? how do other people boot them up?

 

[bmwm3oz]

Either the card or maybe my PSU is faulty? I did ride my bike with it in my backpack from the post office in a box...But that shouldn't harm it or?

 

[bmwm3oz]

Yeah I actually built this thing in my underwear on a wooden table...However I did not have my pSu connected at the time...It was basically just the case itself right out of the box that I used to ground.. lol ..But then again I didn't touch any clothes or couch or basically anything that would give me any energy. Do you think it's screwed?

 

[bmwm3oz]

I will have to do that tomorrow after work. I have to go to bed now...Will you be on tomorrow?

 

[Kari]

Stupid question here, have you plugged in the 4/8pin power cable for the CPU, it should be somewhere near the CPU socket....

 

[bmwm3oz]

LoL.....Power cable for CPU? I don't remember doing that...I will go check...If this is the problem I will never return to these forums

 

[Kari]

thats pretty common mistake and easy to make.

 

[bmwm3oz]

Ok well I'm kind of confused because do you mean under the CPU fan? Because I can't take the CPU fan off for the life of me, one of the little screw things are stuck...But do i need to take the CPu fan off? Or are you asking if I have the CPU fan hooked up?

 

[bmwm3oz]

And it goes somewhere by the CPU?

 

[Kari]

rather big white thing... usually...

 

[Kari]

top right... right next to those vrm heatsinks

 

[bmwm3oz]

I have nothing plugged into that lol

But I can't find the plug that goes into that either

 

[rgsaunders]

I figured having him reseed the power connections would eliminate that problem along with a few others.

To avoid future confusion on your posts, please note that the term is "re-seat" not "reseed".
definition: seat - To fix firmly in place - from Old English "gesete"

 

[Kari]

I'd bet thats actually 8 pinner with 4 pins covered by that black plastic cap