Help pls! No video on startup

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wordsworth

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Hi, I have the following setup:

E6300 on a Gigabyte DS3
1gb Corsair XMS6400
XFX 7600GT
Antec 550w TruepowerII
Seagate 320gb SATA
NEC 16x DVD
Antec Lanboy Case

I installed the memory, CPU, and video card on the MB into the case and it booted up fine into the BIOS. Then I installed the HD, DVD drive, and plugged the case fans into the PS and now when it boots, I get nothing on the screen at all. I unplugged everything, took out the mobo, and reinstalled everything and it's still the same. Now it doesn't even boot on just the CPU, mem, and video card. Everything powers up, but the screen is blank. Any ideas on what I should do next? Any help is appreciated!
 
put some different memory in there and go into bios and adjust the dram voltage to plus 0.2 then put your current memory back in ;)
 
new mem?? :( I don't want to spend anymore money. So even though it worked before, how come it doesn't work now?

do i need 240pin or is 184pin ok? thanks for the help
 
ok, so i've played around with it and now. i still have no video, but i can navigate "blindly" thru the bios and do an F10 save and exit (which restarts the comp) and I can hear the fans restart. does this definitively mean my vid card is out? or could it be the mobo? please help a noob!
 
It sounds as if your power supply is not strong enough.


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Opps 550 should be more than enough. Maybe check to be sure the motherboard is grounded.
 
hmm already worked? Then my guess is its your videocard, trying clearing the cmos first though
 
wordsworth said:
new mem?? :( I don't want to spend anymore money. So even though it worked before, how come it doesn't work now?

do i need 240pin or is 184pin ok? thanks for the help
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You definitely need 240 pin. From your original post it seems like you are using DDR2 240 pin mem but from this quoted post you aren't so sure. Which is it?
 
well i know the corsair is 240pin, and i just bought some kbyte 240pin from staples and that didn't help either. i also cleared the cmos multiple times. what exactly do you mean when the motherboard needs to be grounded?

i also got a different vid card and that's not working either :(
 
wow, so i tried a VGA cable and it frikin worked! so it's either the DVI cable or the DVI input on the monitor that's jacked...man, so much stress over something so simple. :)
 
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