Help! New build doesn't start

[guitarfly]

I plugged my dvi connector to the 8800ultra, and nothing displays when I start up. Also, the system turns on, and I hear a brief click/whir like one of the hard drives is spinning up or something, but then nothing after that... and I don't hear any beeps... Do motherboards have a built in speaker to beep? What do I check? I have a gigabyte x38-dQ6 mobo.

Thanks!

 

[Chumly]

In the mean time, try using an analog cable in place of the DVI one. That doesn't solve your problem, but it might at least let you use it for now.

The same thing happened to me and only the analog cable worked. I've been too lazy to find a solution, but at least the analog cable let's me use the damn thing.

Good luck.

 

[guitarfly]

In the mean time, try using an analog cable in place of the DVI one. That doesn't solve your problem, but it might at least let you use it for now.

The same thing happened to me and only the analog cable worked. I've been too lazy to find a solution, but at least the analog cable let's me use the damn thing.

Good luck.

Thanks for the advice. Neither worked, which helped me narrow it down. I ended up I didn't plug the power connector into the mobo

 

[Chumly]

So it is working now?

 

[—§urfÅceЗ]

So the computer powers up, you hear fans spinning and you see lights inside, but your monitor displays nothing and has the orange light?

I fixed this problem from a new build of mine by resetting the CMOS by using the jumper on the motherboard.