New PC Not Displaying

[BobTheCat]

I just built a PC, but nothing displays on the monitor. I don't even get the bios screen. I tried all of the ports on the graphics card. The mother board is a MSI 970A-G46. It does not have built in graphics. The graphics card is a XFX Radeon 7870. Do you have any idea what the problem is?

 

[mcnumpty23]

did you connect the 8 pin cable for the cpu?

 

[BobTheCat]

Yes. I hadn't done that at first, but the whole thing didn't turn on. After that I got this problem. Also, the four LEDs on the motherboard are on.

 

[mcnumpty23]

it may be you didnt install the cpu correctly

cpu faults will also cause no display as well as graphics faults

i take it you connected any needed pci-e cables to the graphics card?

 

[smorizio]

bob look at the cpu guild for the mb. check to see what bios needs to be on the mb for the mb to post. becuase there a lot of new cpu dropping you have to be care full of buying a mb that will post with the cpu you buy. if not you have to find an older cpu to boto from or have the vendor flash the bios for you.