Please Help - New PC not booting into BIOS/Displaying Video

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  1. stevedogg

    stevedogg Regular member

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    This is what I have:
    AMD Athlon II X2 240 2.8GHz AM3 Processor
    Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H 785G mATX Motherboard
    450W PSU

    I double/triple/quadruple check all connections and everything is plugged in correctly.

    When I press power, fan's spin, case LED lights up, PSU fan's spin... But I am not getting any video display which means no BIOS. The mobo does not make any beeps either which I find odd/scary.

    I tried bare-bones start up (PSU powering mobo out of case & heat sink fan, w/ VGA plugged into integrated card and 1 stick of RAM)

    I'm running out of ideas
     
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  2. k7vc

    k7vc Regular member

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    It sounds like it could be a bad monitor. Can you swap it out or try it on a different system? Has this system ever worked or are you building it for the first time?

    Dick
     
  3. stevedogg

    stevedogg Regular member

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    I figured out my problem... I was neglecting to power my CPU....
    Newb mistake for me... lol

    Got it runnin now!!

    Thanks for the input anyways
     
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    OOPS! :)

    Glad you have it working now.

    Dick
     

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