Putting together a computer and having some issues.

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pj124

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I'm building a computer and am running into a few problems. I have gotten everything assemled and when turn the computer all the fans spin (back fan, front fan and the heatsink fan so atleast I did that part correctly) but my monitor just sits there with the power button blinking like it's idle. I do have the video card set up in and everything is plugged in. I'm a little confused here.

Another thing is the cd burner/reader power light goes on, but I cannot get the disc tray to come out despite pushing the button.

Sorry for the newbie questions.
 
Alright got the cd-drive to open, now the computer turns on but nothing is displayed on the monitor.
 
Does it beep at you? Make sure the case speaker is plugged into the motherboard correctly, and tell us the number of beeps / relative lengths. That would be an error code.

But my first guess would be to try reseating the RAM. You really have to push those suckers in there.
 
I tried to reset the ram. When I turn the computer on it gives me a short little beep. The monitor is plugged in, however won't show any signs of activity? I'm very confused.
 
I have the RAM set in the DIMM1 and DIMM 3 slots - one in channel A and one in Channel B. The only hard drive I have is a SATA drive.
 
Taking a further look inside, I see the IDE cable going to the cd-rom that I believe is set to slave.
 
If you are only running w/ an SATA Hard Drive, then you should have the CD/DVD drive on the primary master channel. Its either labelled IDE 0, if they are labelled 0 and 1, or 1, if they are labelled 1 and 2.

As far as the video goes, are you running w/ a video card or are you using onboard video(from the motherboard)?

I would check your BIOS settings, and make sure that the proper video is set as the default in your BIOS.
 
Have you tried setting up the PC outside of the case? I ask this because some cases will produce a bit of ESD which will prevent the PC from booting or displaying video.
 
If your monitor supports both VGA analog and DVI digital inputs and has a button for "Source", make sure you choose the right source.
 
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