My Monitor Won't Detect PC (No Signal)

[Adrian1]

So I just made my new gaming PC and I built it and everything, but my monitor will just stay in hibernation mode/orange light and I can't get it to work together. Can you help??

Things I've tried:

Connecting VGA (monitor) to DVI (GPU)
Connect VGA (monitor) to VGA (Motherboard)
Remove GPU and Connect VGA (monitor) to VGA (monitor)

GPU: XFX 6790

 

Monitor: G195HQV (acer)

 

Specs:

Motherboard: Maximus Hero Vll
CPU: 4670k
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro
CPU Cooler: 212 Evo
PSU: Corsair CX750M
GPU Model (In reply to ko888): HD - 679X - ZH Part No: HD - 679X - ZHFC.
HDD: WD 1TB 64mb cache
SSD: 840 evo 250gb
Fans: Noctua Industrial NF-F12 3000RPM
Case: NZXT Phantom 530
 

I connected my Laptop (on which I'm writing to you guys) to the monitor with a VGA cable. It works, just contrast is quite low (screen more yellowy white).

 

Hope we can fix this issue ASAP, thank you

[kwljunky]

So I just made my new gaming PC and I built it and everything, but my monitor will just stay in hibernation mode/orange light and I can't get it to work together. Can you help??

Things I've tried:

Connecting VGA (monitor) to DVI (GPU)

Connect VGA (monitor) to VGA (Motherboard)

Remove GPU and Connect VGA (monitor) to VGA (monitor)

GPU: XFX 6790

 

Monitor: G195HQV (acer)

 

Specs:

Motherboard: Maximus Hero Vll

CPU: 4670k

RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro

CPU Cooler: 212 Evo

PSU: Corsair CX750M

GPU Model (In reply to ko888): HD - 679X - ZH Part No: HD - 679X - ZHFC.

HDD: WD 1TB 64mb cache

SSD: 840 evo 250gb

Fans: Noctua Industrial NF-F12 3000RPM

Case: NZXT Phantom 530

 

I connected my Laptop (on which I'm writing to you guys) to the monitor with a VGA cable. It works, just contrast is quite low (screen more yellowy white).

 

Is your monitor set to the correct output? 

[SilverKnight]

Have you tried plugging in another monitor or tv? If they connect fine then it's your monitor.

[Adrian1]

 

Is your monitor set to the correct output? 

"Is your monitor set to the correct output?" I don't know what that means, so could you explain that for me and how I check/change output etc. Thinking about it, that might be the problem.

[Adrian1]

Have you tried plugging in another monitor or tv? If they connect fine then it's your monitor.

Well... Maybe I can try and go downstairs with my laptop and try and connect the two with a vga, but I'm not sure whether it has a vga port

[eegan]

Sometimes it can be a problem with your BIOS, I had this problem yesterday and I tried using 3 different monitors without luck, I tried using onboard graphics and it worked fine so I thought my GPU had broke but after a lot of troubleshooting, removing the CMOS Battery and putting it back in actually fixed my problem.

 

How to remove CMOS Battery

 

See if that helps!

[Adrian1]

Update: Tried it on TV downstairs, doesn't work.

[eegan]

Yeah sounds like your best plan of action would be to reset your bios with the CMOS Battery.

[kwljunky]

"Is your monitor set to the correct output?" I don't know what that means, so could you explain that for me and how I check/change output etc. Thinking about it, that might be the problem.

Your monitor has one output VGA, never mind. 

 

Err hows your PSU? 

[Adrian1]

Your monitor has one output VGA, never mind. 

 

Err hows your PSU? 

It works fine. All fans working, motherboard lights up when I hit the switch and everything seems to work when I push the "START" on the mobo. One issue I had earlier tho is that I pressed start and nothing happened. This morning I simply re-connected all power cables and it's working fine again.

[Adrian1]

One interesting thing I've found, is that the only cable that doesn't say "CABLE NOT CONNECTED" and instead says "NO SIGNAL" is the VGA to VGA, and one of the vga's has longer screws than of that of the other side of the wire or on my other gold plated vga's. The one with the long side screws is the only one that has them long enough to screw in and secure, the others don't reach. Is this monitor just special? Can I simply FIX the whole issue by buying a new monitor and buying a HDMI to HDMI cable??