just built my new pc,need help

will13 · 25 Jul 2009 at 16:25

ive just built it up but im getting no picture, its all brand new, i thought it was the gpu but ive tryed my old 1 and its still the same, please help, thanks

SpiderX · 25 Jul 2009 at 16:41

whats your spec?

BIGBC · 25 Jul 2009 at 17:20

Give us all the details of the components used and maybe a little more detail on whats going wrong/how its going wrong.

PermaBanned · 25 Jul 2009 at 17:21

You're getting no picture? In what way? What happens when you press the power button, do the fans turn on? Does it POST? What?

reflux · 25 Jul 2009 at 17:21

Yeah, we need more details. Have you checked all the power connections?

will13 · 25 Jul 2009 at 17:36

everything lights up and fans work but i dont even get the bios screen, its got a E5200 overclocked bundle, asus gtx260 top, 700watt ocz psu, my old 160GB hdd, a 1TB WD hdd, antec 902 case,need anymore info just say..

karl01 · 25 Jul 2009 at 17:42

Try Booting up with 1 stick of ram in different slots try them both.

will13 · 25 Jul 2009 at 17:47

karl01 said:
Try Booting up with 1 stick of ram in different slots try them both.

Ok will do when i get back home..i forgot to say, i did clear the cmos but that didnt work

D D Danneh · 25 Jul 2009 at 18:39

Have you plugged the PCI-E power into the GPU? Is your monitor on the correct input setting?

will13 · 25 Jul 2009 at 19:28

its working now..i kinda didnt put the 12V lead into the mobo so of course it wouldnt boot up..now just got to work out why my WD hdd isnt showing up in my computer

dr4g0nf1y · 25 Jul 2009 at 19:42

sounds like it's your cpu.

got the 8 pin plugged in?

if yes, then it seems like it's dead

edit: sorry had a few windows open and didn't reply right away

PermaBanned · 25 Jul 2009 at 19:59

So the fans work but there's nothing on the display. Does the noise of the fans change or is it always the same pitch? If it changes then that might mean that it's booting up but it's just not displaying it to you. If it's the same then, well, it's probably not that.

SpiderX · 25 Jul 2009 at 22:39

will13 said:
its working now..i kinda didnt put the 12V lead into the mobo so of course it wouldnt boot up..now just got to work out why my WD hdd isnt showing up in my computer

can you check if the hdd is working on another pc?
check cables, and check if its detected in bios

slowrunner · 25 Jul 2009 at 23:20

Is it a brand new drive? If so, you might have to go into disk management and initialise it, then set up the partition and format it.

will13 · 26 Jul 2009 at 10:37

slowrunner said:
Is it a brand new drive? If so, you might have to go into disk management and initialise it, then set up the partition and format it.

Yea it is a brand new hdd,its probably only ever gonna be used for storage, is disk management in the bios?. Sorry its my 1st build and apart from these 2 things everything as gone well, at least its working now, now just gotta re overclock it because i cleared the cmos/bios.

PermaBanned · 26 Jul 2009 at 11:46

And you have plugged the power cable into that, right?

will13 · 26 Jul 2009 at 12:51

yeap..

Yurihyuga · 26 Jul 2009 at 13:19

will13 said:
its working now..i kinda didnt put the 12V lead into the mobo so of course it wouldnt boot up..now just got to work out why my WD hdd isnt showing up in my computer

right click my computer, manage, disc management and see if the HDD is there. If it is right click it and click simple volume. Second HDD wont show up unless you set it up in windows.

If its your only HDD then make sure you check your power connector and SATA connection. If that still doesn't work I would say your HDD might be faulty.

will13 · 26 Jul 2009 at 13:57

Yurihyuga said:
right click my computer, manage, disc management and see if the HDD is there. If it is right click it and click simple volume. Second HDD wont show up unless you set it up in windows.

If its your only HDD then make sure you check your power connector and SATA connection. If that still doesn't work I would say your HDD might be faulty.

Ok thanks for that, and no i have 2 hdd's in it..