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I just finished building my first computer ever, literally an hour ago. I pugged in the monitor to the motherboard, turned them both on, and no signal.( I'm using on-board graphics, I don't have a gpu, so that's why I connected to the mobo) I've tied everything I can think of but nothing happens. The fans just spin and the monitor stays blank. I connected the monitor to my laptop with the same HDMI cable, both work fine. But nothing will connect. I've tried connecting keyboard and hitting delete but nope. What should I do? I don't have a disk drive, do I need to install drivers or something? I hope to God its not broken. Please help!

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What CPU do you use?

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OS: Windows 10 Pro

CPU: Intel i9-9900K GPU: Aorus GeForce RTX 3080 Master Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master
AIO: Corsair H150i RGB Platinum RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB 3000MHz Case: Corsair iCUE 465X RGB PSU: Corsair RM750x White

 

OS: Kali Linux

HP Envy x360 Convertible

CPU: Intel i5-10210U GPU: NVIDIA GeForce MX250 RAM: 16 GB DDR4 2666 SSD: 512GB PCIe

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@Acuitio no it is not. You should ALWAYS get into your BIOS no matter if or what OS you have installed.

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OS: Windows 10 Pro

CPU: Intel i9-9900K GPU: Aorus GeForce RTX 3080 Master Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master
AIO: Corsair H150i RGB Platinum RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB 3000MHz Case: Corsair iCUE 465X RGB PSU: Corsair RM750x White

 

OS: Kali Linux

HP Envy x360 Convertible

CPU: Intel i5-10210U GPU: NVIDIA GeForce MX250 RAM: 16 GB DDR4 2666 SSD: 512GB PCIe

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3 hours ago, c00face said:

Did the computer POST properly? (keyboard, mouse, all light up). When you hit the num-lock key, does it function? (light on and off)

 

If you hear the fan spinning, keyboard is functioning properly, mouse is lit up, and num-lock functions properly. Then everything is fine. The problem will just be your HDMI cable. Most start-up PC does NOT support HDMI without first installing the driver and this doesn't happen until you finally log onto Windows. Instead of HDMI, use DVI cable (if your monitor supports it.) Then restart your PC, and you should have visual.

no, nothing happens. The case RGB comes on and the fans spin and that is it. Nothing on the keyboard, mouse or monitor. Any ideas whats wrong?

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Just now, c00face said:

Visual is fine. Improper connection. You need to do a checklist that you installed and connected everything properly and is in the correct port.

 

Checklist for POST

I have, everything is in place. I talked to a friend who is a tech specialist and he says everything looks like it is connected fine. Thanks for the help, but im not sure what to do at this point.

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