Issues with new setup. - Help needed.

Havocide · 5 Jul 2009 at 19:18

Ive just finished putting together my new computer.

Hit the power button and it all whirls to life, but the mointor doesnt nothing. It says 'no signal'.

Its all connected up from what i can tell, correctly, and ive tried all ports on the gfx cards.

Im kinda stuck now, does anyone know where i maybe going wrong?

Minato · 5 Jul 2009 at 19:19

try to reseat the graphics card, try with only one, if you have an old gfx card try that.

ThundyCat · 5 Jul 2009 at 19:19

Is the gfx card getting power?

Is the gfx fan spinning?

A bit more info on what spec you have put together might help abit too

Havocide · 5 Jul 2009 at 19:23

2 - Asus GeForce GTX 275 896MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (Includes Terminator Salvation PC Game)
1 - AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
1 - Asus M4N82 Deluxe nForce 980a SLi (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

GFX fan is spinning, both are. As far as I can tell the cards are getting power...the fans are spinning

archer_dan · 5 Jul 2009 at 19:29

do you have a speaker to listen for POST/error codes?

when this has happened to me in the past it has usually been memory seating problems, but it coulds be a whole range of problems.

Havocide · 5 Jul 2009 at 19:32

No speakers. Headphines are in, but no sound appearing. Memmory sticks are in the recommended slots.

pastymuncher · 5 Jul 2009 at 19:34

Do you have the 6 pin PCI-e power plugs inserted into the graphics card?

ian|Squared² · 5 Jul 2009 at 19:34

Havocide said:
No speakers. Headphines are in, but no sound appearing. Memmory sticks are in the recommended slots.

im pretty sure he means a system speaker

Havocide · 5 Jul 2009 at 19:35

Yes I believe so. It powers the fan. I just tried it without and got a loud constant beep, which im assuming is bad

Havocide · 5 Jul 2009 at 19:59

Just took all the gfx cards out and put an old one in. Which worked fine...

Minato · 5 Jul 2009 at 20:00

your gfx card may be faulty i'm afraid, can you try putting it another computer to test it there?

siumatfung · 5 Jul 2009 at 20:00

u need to setup the SLi with one card in first

and have u checked the BIOS for SLi enabled?

Havocide · 5 Jul 2009 at 20:02

siumatfung said:
u need to setup the SLi with one card in first and have u checked the BIOS for SLi enabled?

Ive put one of the new cards in! And it wont let me see the screen. How can I install one to install the other

let me fix one issue first

So it works with the previous card i used...but not these brand new ones...

Havocide · 5 Jul 2009 at 20:03

Minato said:
your gfx card may be faulty i'm afraid, can you try putting it another computer to test it there?

Brand new out the box...

Minato · 5 Jul 2009 at 20:04

still can be faulty, even brand new items may have problems, read around the forums and there are many threads for faulty parts bought brand new.

EDIT: I suppose because of so many little things and bits and bobs, it's very easy for something to go wrong.

Havocide · 5 Jul 2009 at 20:07

Minato said:
still can be faulty, even brand new items may have problems, read around the forums and there are many threads for faulty parts bought brand new.

EDIT: I suppose because of so many little things and bits and bobs, it's very easy for something to go wrong.

So two cards brand new, both tried solo. Are faulty? I kinda doubting that. I recon its the way its setup...

How can I find out where ive gone wrong? im trying everything

Minato · 5 Jul 2009 at 20:09

thats true, both can't be faulty. have you supplied adequate power to both cards?

Havocide · 5 Jul 2009 at 20:15

This is what im trying to establish.

Ive got a 1000W PSU. How do I know if its connected properly to the gfx card etc...the gfx card itself is different to what im use to..normaly i just plug in and off i go, without needing to connect another power cable.

Minato · 5 Jul 2009 at 20:17

well there should be 2 little 6-pin sockets on the side or the top of the card, those are for extra power.

if you have those plugged in it's fine.

Havocide · 5 Jul 2009 at 20:20

Minato said:
well there should be 2 little 6-pin sockets on the side or the top of the card, those are for extra power.

if you have those plugged in it's fine.

Only got one plugged in.