No signal on first boot...help!

danewesley · 29 Jan 2010 at 15:38

Ive just finished building my first computer, the specs are as follows....

gigabyte m52l-s3p rev1.0
amd athlon x2 240
OCZ 2GB DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 CL 5-6-6-15
XFX GEFORCE GT220 1GB DDR2 HDMI PCI-E
cooler master 500w silent pro
stock cpu cooler
Samsung SpinPoint F1 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache
LG GH22LS50 22x DVD±RW SATA

everything is new apart from the mobo, ive fitted all the parts and triple checked all the cables are in the correct places, the gpu doesnt need a pci express connection, the computer powers on and all the fans start up, leds turn on etc but on my tv it just says no signal, ive tried it through vga and hdmi but neither work, oh and at the moment i only have 1 sata cable so i can only connect either the hdd or dvd drive, and theres is a little red led on the case with a lightning bolt above it that stays lit aswell.

Please help! ive been reading and most people say it could be a faulty mobo?

danewesley · 29 Jan 2010 at 15:46

its a tv, ive tried vga and hdmi on one tv and vga on another.

danewesley · 29 Jan 2010 at 15:48

yes theyre both connected

danewesley · 29 Jan 2010 at 16:01

no i havent changed the bios or anything, ive literally just had most of it delivered and installed it all., ive tried removing the battery and that didnt work

danewesley · 29 Jan 2010 at 16:03

kk i will try putting the memory in again.

danewesley · 29 Jan 2010 at 16:05

still no signal with the memory re inserted

danewesley · 29 Jan 2010 at 16:06

oh there isnt a clear cmos on the mobo, just two pins where something should be plugged in, i did get the mobo second hand, mayb it just doesnt work?

danewesley · 29 Jan 2010 at 16:12

heres a big pic of the insides

danewesley · 29 Jan 2010 at 16:19

i cant get to bios because of the problem

danewesley · 29 Jan 2010 at 16:41

the jumper for the cmos? there is no jumper connected, just two pins sticking out?

danewesley · 29 Jan 2010 at 16:45

danewesley · 29 Jan 2010 at 16:46

it says to clear cmos, place a jumper cap on the two pins ......or use a metal object to touch the two for a few seconds

danewesley · 29 Jan 2010 at 16:48

either remove battery for 1 minute or use jumper/metal object to connect two pins for a few seconds, i have tried both of these things now.

danewesley · 29 Jan 2010 at 16:50

it only has two pins =/

danewesley · 29 Jan 2010 at 16:52

here

danewesley · 29 Jan 2010 at 16:57

they still stock this board on ocuk, do you think it might be compatability with the gt220?

i guess i will buy a different board, but this was meant to be a cheap project to learn with lol, i was eventually going to build a high end amd pc.

danewesley · 29 Jan 2010 at 17:03

danewesley · 29 Jan 2010 at 17:05

im in a pickle now, i didnt want to spend much on this as it is nvidia chipset and the other system i want to build will be using ati 5770 so anything i buy for this will be unusable on my next build.

danewesley · 29 Jan 2010 at 17:12

ive tried two different tvs, dont have a normal monitor, i think my gran has a crt one, i might have a look tomorrow. i live in southport in the north west.

danewesley · 29 Jan 2010 at 17:19

well if thats true, i will try tomorrow, im on a night shift tonight but my cousin has a crt monitor so i think i can get it tomorrow.