Monitor No Signal On New PC

Tak3rNo1 · 17 Jan 2013 at 22:08

Just purchased the "Titan 8700i Pulse" Gaming PC w/ Sapphire 7870 2gb and i cannot seem to be able to connect it to my new monitor which is the "Acer S240HL". Followed the monitor instructions and all i get is "No Signal". Have tried using both HDMI and the VGA. Any suggestions?

doggles · 17 Jan 2013 at 22:30

have you tried with a different monitor ? or a dvi connector ?

Tak3rNo1 · 17 Jan 2013 at 22:36

Don't have a dvi connector. Might try another monitor. OC will have connected everything when they built it right?

doggles · 17 Jan 2013 at 22:46

yea I would have thought so

Tak3rNo1 · 17 Jan 2013 at 22:57

Tried another monitor, same issue.

doggles · 17 Jan 2013 at 22:58

pc boots up ok? have you tried different connectors on the back of the graphics card?

Tak3rNo1 · 17 Jan 2013 at 23:03

doggles said:
pc boots up ok? have you tried different connectors on the back of the graphics card?

Seems to boot up fine, can hear the fans blowing etc. Just cannot seem to get a signal. I'm a noob when it comes to going into the inside of a computer. I guess it'll be either the Graphics Card, RAM or Motherboard?

itchy · 17 Jan 2013 at 23:09

Check your monitor settings for source input!!

kitkat9933 · 17 Jan 2013 at 23:15

Are the fans on the graphics card spinning?

Then you can rule out if it is actually properly connected or not.

El_Watcher · 18 Jan 2013 at 12:19

You are plugging the monitor into the graphics card rather than the motherboard outputs?

If you are, try connecting to the motherboard VGA out, in case the PCIe card is not connected correctly or the BIOS graphics boot priority is wrong.

bemaniac · 18 Jan 2013 at 12:36

you might not have the 4 pin power into the mainboard or the power into the graphics card. alternatively like above the bios is set to onboard.

Tak3rNo1 · 18 Jan 2013 at 19:02

El_Watcher said:
You are plugging the monitor into the graphics card rather than the motherboard outputs?

If you are, try connecting to the motherboard VGA out, in case the PCIe card is not connected correctly or the BIOS graphics boot priority is wrong.

I'm not the most technical person when it comes to the inside of computers and what connectsw here. I was just hoping that if i bought a pre-built system i would just plug and play, i was wrong. How do i do this?

Tak3rNo1 · 18 Jan 2013 at 20:06

I was having a blonde moment. Was plugging everything into the motherboard instead of the GFX card, everything is working fine, thanks.

El_Watcher · 18 Jan 2013 at 22:05

El_Watcher said:
You are plugging the monitor into the graphics card rather than the motherboard outputs?

Tak3rNo1 said:
I was having a blonde moment. Was plugging everything into the motherboard instead of the GFX card, everything is working fine, thanks.