New build, No VIDEO, Please help!

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hkhawk

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Hi,

Me and my friend just finished putting together a new system but the monitor won't display the BIOS when we boot it up. The computer has a ASUS Formula Rampage X48 motherboard, a Core 2 Quad Q9550, and a ASUS EN9600GT graphics card.

When you turn on the computer the ASUS LCD Display connected to the MOBO says "CPU INIT" then "DET DRAM" then "CHECKCPU" then "VGA BIOS" then "USBFINAL" then "COUNTMEM" then "INIT ROM" then "EN SETUP" and then goes to a timer. There are no flashing lights or anything. Unfortunately, my new case has no speaker so I can't tell if there are any beeps.

I have checked many times and all cables are connected properly, all the fans are running, and the case lights work fine. However, the BIOS never comes up on the monitor, nothing does.

I do not have another computer that outputs DVI but I have connected my PS3 to the monitor by HDMI (the monitor has an HDMI input, I DIDN'T use a DVI to HDMI adapter) and it worked.

I also have an extra EN9600GT as my friend wanted to have three monitors for his desktop. I have tried using both crads and neither one will display the BIOS.

What is wrong? Does anyone have any ideas? What do those messages on the ASUS LCD mean? The manual only goes over the messages briefly but all the ones that come up seem to mean that the computer should be functioning normally although I may be mistaken. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks.
 
I don't suppose you have a PCI video card you can throw in to test if the BIOS is set to PCI?
 
gigaxtreme1 said:
I don't suppose you have a PCI video card you can throw in to test if the BIOS is set to PCI?
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Good idea. I actually do have one lying around. However, I tried this and there is still no video. The ASUS diagnostic LCD goes through all the same messages but nothing ever shows up on the monitor. There must be something wrong with the MOBO right?
 
UPDATE:

The computer always worked but the monitor was broken! I took the monitor to friend's house and tried testing it on his DVI port and it didn't work. The HDMI, s-video, component, etc... all work but not the DVI. I then borrowed my friend's monitor and connected it to my computer and everything worked. Wow, what a pain in the butt! All that work because the freaking monitor is defective!
 
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