Problem with building me PC (video not booting)

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vgi_vinnie

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Hey what's up?

For christmas I got that nice Soyo Dragon bundle set from tiger direct, that came with the following:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=623823&Sku=S450-4100 B

Soyo SY-KT600 DRAGON PLUS
Ultra 400 Watt ATX PS With 120mm Blue LED Fan

And the other parts I have are:
TNT2 PCI 32mb video card (temp)
160 gb HDD
and ULRA 512 DDR RAM.

The RAM is not listed on soyo's site for compatible parts, but it should still work right?

I also got an AMD Thunderbird 1.33 in there for now, until I can afford a barton.

Here is my problem: I turn on the PCI, and the power supply works, I hear the CD spinning, but nothing comes up on the monitor. The monitor and video card work.

Could it be the CPU? Or maybe the RAM? Or what about a jumper setting, is there something I could change?

This is my first time building one, but my brother has before and we can't figure it out. Right now I can't get through for phone support, so I am hoping maybe someone here has an idea?

Any would be appreciated.
 
have you tried using a diffent video card/monitor? say out of another computer.
or even just reseating the video card may help it.

if all else fails, try running barebone outside of the case. maybe there is a short.

personally i don't think its the ram, cause i have use craptastic generic ram before and it worked perfectly.

you can also try to reseat everything (ram, cpu, etc)
 
I have tried multiple video cards/monitor with no luck.

We did get a 2 beep error until I put my new CPU fan in, and now it does not beep.

I tried resetting everything with no luck :(.

I am gonna try more this weekend though, thanks for the suggestions.
 
Also try another tpye of memory..that could be a problem :D
 
Tigerdirect sells the same kind of RAM bundled with it in another offer, so I am not concerned with that.

I don't have other RAM lying around that would be compatible either, at least I don't think :(.

Still no luck, we are now assuming its the video cards that arent working for some reason.
 
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