Built new PC & having major problem

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sand1070

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I just finished building my first PC and for some reason it won't boot up.
My monitor won't turn on, it stays in sleep mode.
I have a MSI K7N2 Delta 2 Motherboard, Nvidia Geforce FX 5200 Video card, Kingston 512MB DDR 3200 memory, AMD Sempron 2200 CPU.
I've tried clearing the CMOS and still doesn't work.
I unhooked everything except what's mentioned above and still doesn't work.
I'm getting power.
All my fans are spinning up.
I'm not getting any beeps from my pc speaker either.
I originaly had put in video card (Geforce MMX 400 64mb) & CPU (AMD Athlon 1ghz).
Didn't work then so that's when I bought new CPU & Video card.
Tried putting in different memory single stick (same as I had but from my neighbor's computer so I know that its good).
Still doesn't work.
Can anyone help please
 
first thing i would do is unseat/re-seat both the vid card and the memory about 5 - 10 times, to help clean off the contacts. you'd be surprised at how often that turns out to be the culprit.

you may want to test the video card in another system, to make sure that it actually does work.

also, sometimes if you don't have a fan plugged into the power header on the motherboard that is labeled for the CPU fan, it will prevent the motherboard from powering up as a safety feature....helps prevent toasted CPU's if the fan goes out on you.....
 
xXaNaXx said:
first thing i would do is unseat/re-seat both the vid card and the memory about 5 - 10 times, to help clean off the contacts. you'd be surprised at how often that turns out to be the culprit.

you may want to test the video card in another system, to make sure that it actually does work.

also, sometimes if you don't have a fan plugged into the power header on the motherboard that is labeled for the CPU fan, it will prevent the motherboard from powering up as a safety feature....helps prevent toasted CPU's if the fan goes out on you.....
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Vid card is working fine & the CPU fan is plugged in.
I've tested everything.
The only thing I can think of is that the Mobo is bad.
 
If the power supply has a 110/220v switch on the back, make sure it is in the right position. If you have it set to 220 while it is actually only getting 110, then you will get the exact symptoms that you are seeing.
 
It's most likely the motherboard...do you have another one to test the components with? Also though I doubt this is the problem perhaps try a different monitor or something?
 
Does this mobo have onboard video? You probably have the monitor connected to the video card, but the bios might be set to integrated video.
 
I tested the video card, memory, power supply, CPU and they all work fine.
The only thing I can think of is that the motherboard is bad.
 
sand1070 said:
The only thing I can think of is that the motherboard is bad.
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It sounds like it may be. Have you tried building it outside the case on some wood or cardboard to make sure nothing is grounding?
 
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