just built pc but small problem

jojothemonkey69 · 25 Mar 2006 at 19:39

hi i've just built a pc and when i turn it on the screen doesn't display anything. the psu in on the processor fan is working , the dvd drive allows me to open/close it and the hard drive is happily spinning. i've checked that everything is securly attached and doubled checked connections. anyone got any suggesstions to where the problem may lie???

thanks

Paul11 · 25 Mar 2006 at 19:40

is the monitor plugged in.. ?

ive done that in the past.....

Rednut05 · 25 Mar 2006 at 19:45

Is your PCI-Express graphics card set as default if you also have on board. If so try plugging it into your mobo port.

Trigger · 25 Mar 2006 at 19:59

Rednut05 said:
Is your PCI-Express graphics card set as default if you also have on board. If so try plugging it into your mobo port.

Who said anything about a PCI-E GFX? We really could do with the system specs

The most common cause of this is not plugging in the four pin power connector the the motherboard.

Azza · 25 Mar 2006 at 20:36

something will probabilly not be in properly, i.e is the RAM in properly, is every power conector plugged in to the right places. Another one could be have u turned on the power at the wall.

If u carnt see anuthing wrong, take everything out and start again.

jojothemonkey69 · 26 Mar 2006 at 11:17

thanks for replies.
ok the simple stuff is all plugged in properly such as the monitor and the plug socket. i'll spec the system, it's my younger brothers pc not mine btw

normal case and 300 psu
80GB Maxtor DiamondMAX+10 133/7200
Intel Celeron D326 [2.53,RET,775]
crucial 512mb DDR PC3200 ram
Asrock 775VM800
sony dvd/rw x16
pci wireless card 54g
no gfx card plugged in yet

please note that when i turn it on the psu gan works, the cpu's fan works, the dvd works and the hard drive is spinning. it's just that it's not displaying anything also there are no beeps.
thanks

Chris01 · 26 Mar 2006 at 12:12

jojothemonkey69 said:
no gfx card plugged in yet

Think you just answered your own question there mate

i think anyway...

jojothemonkey69 · 26 Mar 2006 at 12:47

ok so if i put a graphics card in it should/could work??

MarkLP · 26 Mar 2006 at 12:49

yes, although if you have the monitor cable plugged in already, the mobo should have onboard graphics, im thinking?

jojothemonkey69 · 26 Mar 2006 at 12:50

yes the motherboard has onboard graphics. if you can't think of anything else then i'll give it a go

mc_bob · 26 Mar 2006 at 13:02

Have you reset the BIOS?

MC_Bob

jojothemonkey69 · 26 Mar 2006 at 13:04

do you have to reset the biod when turning on a newly built computer for the 1st time???

mc_bob · 26 Mar 2006 at 13:07

Its worth trying. It cures a lot of problems usually.

MC_Bob

jojothemonkey69 · 26 Mar 2006 at 13:10

ok i'll read the motherboard manual and see what it says about doing this. thanks

jojothemonkey69 · 26 Mar 2006 at 14:16

ok made a bit of progress. after watching a short video that came with the motherboard cd i installed the cpu wrong :eek:

i didn't take of the black cover bit which protects the actual processor. so luckly no damage has been done to the pins. i booted it up and got a message saying please insert media disk or something into boot device and press a key. is this the message that i'm meant to get. so i inserted microsoft xp into dvd drive and rebooted. i got the same message. the keyboard wasn't working so i'm unable to press a key i tried it with a usb keyboard but that doesn't work either. i tried resetting the cmos by putting a jumper on the right bit of the motherboard.

so any words of wisdom that could get it to boot from the disk so that i can install xp?????

thanks

MarkLP · 26 Mar 2006 at 14:18

you have the mouse and keyboard in the right connections yes?

jojothemonkey69 · 26 Mar 2006 at 14:19

yep purple one in the purple green one in the green lol

MarkLP · 26 Mar 2006 at 14:22

lol fair enough, just checking. hmmm, have you gone into the bios and changed the boot sequence order..

So instead of:

1. Hard Drive
2. whatever it says
3. whatever it says
etc

Change it too:

1. CD Drive
2. HardDrive
3. whatever you want

Then insert your XP boot disc and save changes in the bios. Now when you reboot you should hear the cd drive spin up and should work properly now.

Mark

edit: forgot about keyboard hmmmm :confused:

jojothemonkey69 · 26 Mar 2006 at 14:23

well this is what i want to do but i can't as the keyboard is working :mad:

jojothemonkey69 · 26 Mar 2006 at 14:36

MarkLP said:
edit: forgot about keyboard hmmmm

i'm guessing it's gonna be pretty hard to sort out boot device order without a keyboard then. this is so annoying!!!