Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9 problem

Gwyn · 21 Apr 2006 at 23:29

Hi all
I have built a pc using this motherboard.
The problem is I cant get anything on screen. Everything spins up Fans, Hdd, and DVD but nothing on screen.
I have tried different ram, and cpu. I have tried barebones, just plugging in the essentials and then adding things but still nothing.
I ended up RMAing the board and when I got the new one I still have the same problem.
I have tried everything I can think of, can anyone come up with any suggestions
Thanks.

This is the system
A64 3500
1 gig pc3200
Antec 450 psu
onboard gpu

steveisbad · 23 Apr 2006 at 14:21

have you tried

obvious i know, but have you tried using a separate gpu card rather than the motherboards.

Gwyn · 23 Apr 2006 at 17:27

yes I tried a 7800gt in the slot and still the same problem

luminous · 25 Apr 2006 at 11:56

Any luck yet? what a nightmare.Check everything is seated well on the board then i`d try clearing cmos,or take battery out and test on another monitor.Once you`re into bios check which vga it is set to boot up from (pci/agp/igr) and change to your dedicated card.
Good luck

=assassin= · 28 Apr 2006 at 14:23

If this is the issue I think it is, maybe try a different PSU? (I see you have one in your sig you could try). Not sure if Gigabyte's have an issue with certain PSU's you see.... (or the other way round)

Gwyn · 28 Apr 2006 at 16:58

Hi guys
Thanks for the help
It turns out the psu was faulty in the Antec Sonata II Piano
It came with a 450W Smart Power.
I sent it back and the replacement sonata was also fualty.
I decided to go for a Jeantech phong and a Jeantech 450 psu
and it works perfectly.
There must be a bad batch or something as these two cases I tryed
were from different suppliers.
Iv got an antec psu tester which said they were faulty.
Everything ok now
Thanks again