Monitor Not Showing

[Wieck]

Hi, can someone please help me. I just built a computer and when I tried turning it on, the monitor does not show anythign. All my components such as graphics card, CPU and fans are working. I also checked the plugs and they are in the right place however there is no sound or anything that shows on the screen. I read a post which said the motherboard is broken however I hope this is not the case as I only bought it yesterday. Can anyone please tell me what is it that I am doing wrong?

 

[Joe Porter]

Have a thorough read of this and work through the steps in this post.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems

 

[Wieck]

Have a thorough read of this and work through the steps in this post.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems

yeah I tried however it is still just black screen with the popup "No Source Signal". I checked my monitor and it works perfectly for my laptop and I also tried plugging it into the graphics card slot but still no luck

 

[Joe Porter]

So the Graphics card is definitely seated correctly? And the power connectors are plugged in correctly? The next thing to try is put Graphics card in a different PC and see if it works then. If it doesn't I would say you have a faulty card.

 

[Wieck]

So the Graphics card is definitely seated correctly? And the power connectors are plugged in correctly? The next thing to try is put Graphics card in a different PC and see if it works then. If it doesn't I would say you have a faulty card.

umm would the problem be shortage of power? because I have a i7-4790k with 16 g of corsair vengeance red pro ram and also a msi gtx 960 4g but I only put 430 W in. Before when I took out my graphics card and only had 8 g of ram in, windows showed but after that when I added both my graphics card and another 8g it just stopped

 

[Joe Porter]

It's possible. Can you list all your specs? Also try it with just the one ram stick and the GPU in and see if anything shows.

 

[Wieck]

It's possible. Can you list all your specs? Also try it with just the one ram stick and the GPU in and see if anything shows.

My current specs are:

-Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A Motherboard
-MSI GTX960 4G
-i7-4790K
-16G Corsair Vengeance Pro Red
-250G Samsung EVO SSD
-4TB WD Blue
-CX430 Powersupply

My CPU is running fine now with 16 G of ram but when I try to put in my graphics card, it doesn't show. Also, my SSD isn't showing up when I checked. Is it because of the shortage in power supply that it won't show on my desktop?

 

[Joe Porter]

Does your SSD show in the BIOS?

 

[Joe Porter]

As far as I can tell your PSU is good enough to power it all so I don't think that is the problem here.

Edit: really we need you to try the GPU in a different computer to check that it is not faulty hardware.

 

[Wieck]

Does your SSD show in the BIOS?

Both my WD 4TB and SSD are detected in Bios mode and I just tried moving it onto another pc to try. The PC did turn on and the lights and fans are moving correctly, however when I move it back to the current PC, the fans seem to move for a while on the GPU and then stop.

edit: I also noticed that even if the PC had started, it would run at a really slow rate, taking around 3-4 minutes to fully boot up while having the i7 as well. I am stuck on what to do

 

[Joe Porter]

Did you get a display when you tried it in the other machine?

 

[Wieck]

Did you get a display when you tried it in the other machine?

yeah there was a display on the other pc, and the fans never stopped unlike my current pc which stops after 10 seconds and does not even bother to start up

 

[Joe Porter]

Also as for the SSD try this.

Go the start button and right click on Computer
Click on Manage
The window that opens should have a Storage category with Disk Management
Click on Disk Management, highlight your drive and initialize it to make it active

 

[Joe Porter]

Let me get this straight I have confused myself by answering to many threads at once.

Is this a new build? If not has it worked previously?
You mention the motherboard is new. Is that the only thing that is new?
If you have only just installed the motherboard. use the earlier configuration you mentioned when you got windows to appear and update the bios then try adding your GPU back.

 

[Wieck]

Also as for the SSD try this.

Go the start button and right click on Computer
Click on Manage
The window that opens should have a Storage category with Disk Management
Click on Disk Management, highlight your drive and initialize it to make it active

It works after following your steps, thanks !! but for the GPU, is it just my motherboard that's not compatible with the GPU as if I try to install it on again, it won't start up

 

[Joe Porter]

It should be compatible, are you plugging it into the the PCIe 3.0 slot or one of the PCIe 2 slots?

 

[Joe Porter]

Try in it one of the other PCIe slots.

 

[Wieck]

There is one PCIEX16 Slot and 2 PCIEX1 Slots. I putt it in the PCIEX16 with a 6pin connected

 

[Wieck]

Try in it one of the other PCIe slots.

The other two slots are so small and I have to turn the graphics card upside down. I don't think its those because the side wouldn't fit

 

[Joe Porter]

As I said I would try booting it up without the GPU go into windows and update the bios then try adding your GPU back.

 

[Wieck]

As I said I would try booting it up without the GPU go into windows and update the bios then try adding your GPU back.

ahh i randomly just did it, now its booting with the gpu. thank you so much for your help. I don't think i would've been able to do it without you. thanks again !

 

[Joe Porter]

No problem, just to check the resolution was to update the BIOS? or did it just randomly start working?

 

[Wieck]

No problem, just to check the resolution was to update the BIOS? or did it just randomly start working?

I updated Bios and also changed the monitor plug into the GPU hdmi slot. I think the bios update pretty much allowed the motherboard to recognize the gpu.