New Build Problem... No Display

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UPDATE: So I borrowed an old pos graphics card from a neighbor and it worked and I got a display on my monitor. Therefore it must be my graphics card. Is there anything I can try to get it to work or is it just a faulty graphics card?


Okay. So I initially built it with everything in the case. I got everything hooked up and then turned it on. All the fans started spinning (including cpu and gpu). The optical drive was active as well as the hard drive. I got power to my keyboard and mouse as well. However, nothing would display on the monitor.

I then tried to rebuild it with everything out of the case as normally instructed to. I set up the motherboard, gpu, 1 stick of ram, cpu with heatsink, and connected the monitor. Again, I got no display.

Just ask if you need to know anything I didn't provide. Any help is very appreciated as this is my first build and it is a little frustrating.

System Specs:

Asus P5Q Pro Turbo
Intel Q9550 Quad Core Processor
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4890
G.Skill 2x2gb RAM 1066 x2 (although I never even opened the second set yet)
WD Cavier Black 500GB
WD Cavier Black 1TB (for data sotrage, never hooked to motherboard)
Sony Optical
Antec 900 w/ 650w PSU
Asus 21.5" LCD Monitor

EDIT: Do I plug an 8-pin or 4-pin power connector into the second power cord slot on the motherboard? It's an 8-pin connector on the motherboard, but it originially had 4 of the pins covered by a black piece of plastic (like a gaurd).

EDIT 2: I read somewhere you have to have special PCI-E power cables to plug into the video card. My power supply has one PCI-E power cable that is labeled for PCI-E. It is a 6-pin with a free 2-pin (to make it an 8-pin). Other than that there is just a 4, 6, and 8 pin power cable. I just plugged in the other standard 6-pin power cable to the other power connector on my video card.
 
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If your PSU has the 8Pin CPU power connector, plug it in. If not, the 4Pin will suffice.

Your video card requires TWO 6Pin PCI-E connectors. Did you remove the +2 Pin and plug in that 6Pin PCI-E connector?
 
Yes. I plugged in the labeled PCI-E power cord into the the gpu as a 6-pin and then plugged the unlabeled 6-pin cord in as well.

I have tried both the 8 and 4 pin power cable to the motherboard. Niether worked.

I have tried 4 sticks of ram in total, in various different slots.

I have reseated everything atleast twice. I have checked the monitor on my laptop and it works.

Everything seems to work. All the lights and fans come on and everything, just no display.
 
JMesser91 said:
UPDATE: So I borrowed an old pos graphics card from a neighbor and it worked and I got a display on my monitor. Therefore it must be my graphics card. Is there anything I can try to get it to work or is it just a faulty graphics card?
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Try your video card in another system.
 
You seem to have everything plugged in properly. You only need to plug in the 4 pin 12V connector into the 8 pin EPS 12V connector on the Asus P5Q pro motherboard. The other 4 pins that's covered is for additional power for higher powered cpus like the Core 2 Extremes cpus with 150W TDP or when your doing heavy O/C on your cpu. You also have the 2 x 6 pin PCI-E power cable plugged into the HD 4890 1GB. If this is still not working than the best thing to do is try the video card in another system.
 
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