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Telebubbies
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Hey guys! I just finished my build. the MSI LED on the GPU lights up, the fans spin and everything when I turn my PC on now.

I have my DisplayPort for the monitor connected to the Motherboard. My current monitor does not have a DVI port so I cannot connect it into my GPU. So when I turn my system on, nothing happens on the monitor.. I can hear the fans spinning and the LED light is showing, but nothing is happening to the monitor..

How can I resolve this?

When I am done with this, I would like to install Windows. I have the disc and license code ready.. How can I do this also?

Thanks in advance!

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First get the display working.

 

To install windows is pretty easy, you put the disk in, open the boot menu, select your disk, then follow the instructions to install windows.

 

As far as the display goes, you need to connect it to the GPU, your MOBO probably disables your iGPU when a discrete card is installed. Does your GPU not have Display Port?

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buy an adapter for video, HDMI VGA?

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pull out the graphics card and try again, if still nothing reseat ram, beyond that good luck

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6 minutes ago, HPWebcamAble said:

First get the display working.

 

To install windows is pretty easy, you put the disk in, open the boot menu, select your disk, then follow the instructions to install windows.

 

As far as the display goes, you need to connect it to the GPU, your MOBO probably disables your iGPU when a discrete card is installed. Does your GPU not have Display Port?

It has 2 DVI ports. It is a MSI GTX 970 

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The MSI GTX 970 has one DisplayPort (also one HDMI and two DVI) on it, and you should connect it to that. As previously stated, your motherboard most likely disables the iGPU, so plugging a cable into the motherboard will not display anything. 

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1 minute ago, HamsterBurglar said:

The MSI GTX 970 has one DisplayPort (also one HDMI and two DVI) on it, and you should connect it to that. As previously stated, your motherboard most likely disables the iGPU, so plugging a cable into the motherboard will not display anything. 

Omg!! Sorry! It is 1 AM for me! I mean a VGA! My monitor has a VGA!

Sorry about that!

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I don't know if MSI gives you one, but I know that for my EVGA 970 it came with a DVI to VGA adapter. It should be inside the box your GPU came in.

 

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1 minute ago, HamsterBurglar said:

I don't know if MSI gives you one, but I know that for my EVGA 970 it came with a DVI to VGA adapter. It should be inside the box your GPU came in.

 

my strix did not :(

so his may not either

 

 

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44 minutes ago, KSores said:

my strix did not :(

so his may not either

The Strix is made by Asus... which is not MSI.

 

My 970 Twin Frozr came with a with a DVI to VGA adapter that looked like this:

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7 hours ago, Telebubbies said:

Omg!! Sorry! It is 1 AM for me! I mean a VGA! My monitor has a VGA!

Sorry about that!

Every single GPU comes with VGA to DVI adapter.

 

As for installing Windows. Do you have disc drive?

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