new system - won't display!?

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Hi all,
system is:-
intel 2500k
64GB Crucial M4 SSD S-ATA3 Solid State
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3
G skill 2133mhz DDR3

Got it to light up motherboard, spin CPU fan, spin blu ray drive, heard SSD drive going bu no video at all.

Why?

Using exactly the same card in my AMD setup now.

Card is a 4350 radeon according to CPU-Z and doesn't require extra power.

Tried plugging in a 500w and a 600w psu from amd - using 24 pin and 4 pin so should have booted up hard drive from amd setup shouldn't it?

either way - wouldn't boot to bios or nothing - monitor just said connect video cable.

as said - cable and 4350 are ok as using them now.
looking like motherboard? it lights up and the lights go out to mean i guess they've passed inspection?

Intel are crap. :(
 
Have you tried without the graphics card? The 2500K does have one built in, so you could eliminate one possible problem and see if it is indeed the card or not.
 
You say intel are crap, so I assume you ahve come from an AMD setup? Did you check to make sure both boards had the motherboard mounts in the same place?

Have you tried all the kit out of the case, just leaving the motherboard on its box?
 
eh?

you jest?

Nope :) The 2500K has a built in GPU, it's not very beefy, but for anything but games it's spanky. As Stulid has said if you can plug in your monitor direct to your motherboard, that will eliminate one possibility and you can narrow down the problem. Even if you pull the HDMI lead out the back of your bluray player or Sky box just to test things it's worth a shot.
 
Yep, instead of the bluray plugged into the telly have the PC plugged into the telly, take the graphics card out first and see how that goes.

Sorry to hear everything is ******** the bed :/
 
When it happened with the AMD I was worried. So I happened to check the connection to the monitor. And on it popped lol. So duff psu but motherboard is ok!

Thank god! Installing win 7 on SSD now from blu ray drive on its aide with pc scattered all over room lol.
 
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