Help Please...New Build...No Video on First Boot

yoked21 · 07-11-2008, 11:36 AM

I finally built my first PC. I was incredibly excited until the first boot - no video signal, my monitor stayed in sleep mode. I hit the reset button - video comes up. I figured it was a fluke.

I shut the PC down at the end of the day. The next morning, I started it up....No video signal...I hit the reset button again - video comes up. This problem occurs on every cold boot.

I have already tried the following:

Disabled onboard video (MB - BIOSTAR TA780G M2+)
Reseated RAM (2GB 6400 G-SKILL)
Reseated Video Card (PCIe - ATI HD3870)
Different RAM (1GB 4200 Kingston)
Reseated Sound Card (PCI - SB AUDIGY 4 Pro)
Checked all power connections (PSU - Rosewill 600W)
Reseated CPU & Heatsink/Fan (AMD 5000+ Black Edition)
Checked Casse Power and Reset button Connections
Removed Battery & Cleared CMOS
Tried different cables for video (DVI and VGA)
Other Hardware:
Seagate 250GB SATA HDD
DVD/RW SATA
USB Card Reader
2 Case Fans (120mm)

After going through all that without a fix - I removed the video card, and booted with onboard video - VIDEO! I bought a new video card thinking the video card was busted, but when I installed the new card, the problem has come back!

Any one have any ideas? I don't have access to a ton of parts, or money to buy new parts...

patriothntr · 07-11-2008, 12:16 PM

Have you updated your BIOS?

yoked21 · 07-11-2008, 12:49 PM

actually, yes...I forgot to mention that in my list....

lkoetter · 07-13-2008, 06:23 PM

Set your bios to default settings. Turn off your onboard graphics once again. Then see what happens. If that does not work. Uninstall Video card drivers and use your onboard. If your onboard works then its your card. Just cause it's new doesn't mean it an't broke. Another thought. After OS install did you install your chipset drivers first? If you installed anything else (drivers or software) before you installed your chipset drivers you will need to do a clean install of the OS to correct this problem.

yoked21 · 07-14-2008, 06:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lkoetter

Set your bios to default settings. Turn off your onboard graphics once again. Then see what happens. If that does not work. Uninstall Video card drivers and use your onboard. If your onboard works then its your card. Just cause it's new doesn't mean it an't broke. Another thought. After OS install did you install your chipset drivers first? If you installed anything else (drivers or software) before you installed your chipset drivers you will need to do a clean install of the OS to correct this problem.

Thanks for the info. I'll give it a shot and let you know how it works.

I'm positive the video card isn't busted. I tried my new video card, and the old one (that I orginally thought was broken) in my old pc and they work fine.

dai · 07-14-2008, 10:39 AM

try a quality psu in it the roeswill is classed as generic

07-11-2008, 11:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
yoked21 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3 OS: XP SP3	Help Please...New Build...No Video on First Boot I finally built my first PC. I was incredibly excited until the first boot - no video signal, my monitor stayed in sleep mode. I hit the reset button - video comes up. I figured it was a fluke. I shut the PC down at the end of the day. The next morning, I started it up....No video signal...I hit the reset button again - video comes up. This problem occurs on every cold boot. I have already tried the following: Disabled onboard video (MB - BIOSTAR TA780G M2+) Reseated RAM (2GB 6400 G-SKILL) Reseated Video Card (PCIe - ATI HD3870) Different RAM (1GB 4200 Kingston) Reseated Sound Card (PCI - SB AUDIGY 4 Pro) Checked all power connections (PSU - Rosewill 600W) Reseated CPU & Heatsink/Fan (AMD 5000+ Black Edition) Checked Casse Power and Reset button Connections Removed Battery & Cleared CMOS Tried different cables for video (DVI and VGA) Other Hardware: Seagate 250GB SATA HDD DVD/RW SATA USB Card Reader 2 Case Fans (120mm) After going through all that without a fix - I removed the video card, and booted with onboard video - VIDEO! I bought a new video card thinking the video card was busted, but when I installed the new card, the problem has come back! Any one have any ideas? I don't have access to a ton of parts, or money to buy new parts...

07-11-2008, 12:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
patriothntr Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 321 OS: XPsp3, PCLOS, other	Re: Help Please...New Build...No Video on First Boot Have you updated your BIOS?

07-11-2008, 12:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
yoked21 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3 OS: XP SP3	Re: Help Please...New Build...No Video on First Boot actually, yes...I forgot to mention that in my list....

07-13-2008, 06:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
lkoetter Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 38 OS: Vista Home premium My System	Re: Help Please...New Build...No Video on First Boot Set your bios to default settings. Turn off your onboard graphics once again. Then see what happens. If that does not work. Uninstall Video card drivers and use your onboard. If your onboard works then its your card. Just cause it's new doesn't mean it an't broke. Another thought. After OS install did you install your chipset drivers first? If you installed anything else (drivers or software) before you installed your chipset drivers you will need to do a clean install of the OS to correct this problem. Last edited by lkoetter; 07-13-2008 at 06:24 PM.

07-14-2008, 10:39 AM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,785 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Help Please...New Build...No Video on First Boot try a quality psu in it the roeswill is classed as generic __________________