[DaDuctTapeArtis]

I just put together a new PC (specs below). I have two PCI express video cards that I have tried, and neither one works in either slot. I tried only providing power to the necessary components, and still no luck. Both video cards have fans, and I'm assuming they will kick on when they are working. There is no display, nothing. I cannot see BIOS or install any operating system. I have cleared the CMOS. Do note that everything else seems to work fine. Everything appears to function as normal, all fans kick on, hard drive spins, all lights kick on (course, I won't exactly know for sure without a screen.) One of the cards is new but the other is not, and I know it works. Did I get a bad MB? Or is there something I could have done wrong?

ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe MB
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ CPU
Corsair (2x1GB) DDR2 800 memory
XFX Nvidia 7950GT PCI Express video card
500GB SATA HDD
500W Power Supply

 

[steelman2202]

somone else is bound to ask this... but what is the brand of your PSU?
that is a lot of stuff to put on it if its just a generic PSU

also, there are no beeps at all?

and do you have something like an old PCI video card you could try and plug in there?

 

[DaDuctTapeArtis]

All I currently have running is the MB (so main connecter and CPU connector) and the video card. That is it. I even disconnected the HDD, Floppy, cd-rom, etc. and it still doesn't work. I disconnected the mouse, keyboard, everything, and still nothing. The card is also tried was a very low level Nvidia, one of those that gets maybe 3 frames a second on high end games.

But to answer your question, its a Coolmax.

 

[steelman2202]

before you can definitively say that it is the motherboard, I would say try another PSU if you can.

otherwise since you have tried to much, it is probably the Mobo.

one thing you could try is hook it up without any ram and make sure to hook up the PC speaker. Then see if it makes any noise.

 

[DaDuctTapeArtis]

Well, the only other PSU I could find was 300w and didn't have a CPU connector. I might have an adapter but I have to be at work in 6 hours, so it can wait.

Took out the RAM and had no sounds at all, just a little static on power up and down.

 

[steelman2202]

if the case speaker was plugged into the correct spot on the motherboard when you took out the ram and powered it up, it is most likely the mobo. I guess it could be the CPU also, since there is no way of testing that.

 

[IceJoki]

I once had a similar problem....my fans would kick in but nothing else...the psu has 2 curents a high an a low...the low is enough to drive fans ..in my case the high current part of the psu was gone...the fix = bought a new psu then everything went back to normal. Hope I´m not making a complete jack *** of my self