Problems with first P.C. build

[Santa_Dwarf]

Is the cable plugged in to the GPU or MOBO?

[Tie Lightning]

Is the cable plugged in to the GPU or MOBO?

He said that the GPU doesnt require power from the psu, it just needs to be in the pci-e slot.

[Santa_Dwarf]

I'm talking about the DVI cable.

[Tie Lightning]

Hey go to http://imgur.com/ and then upload the pictures of the inside of your computer and the rear panel of the computer...where your DVI cable is plugged in. Then post the link to the album in this thread.

[BioFireX]

one of the monitors doesn't switch between anything it just says no signal then goes black.  The other one i cycled through all the settings and none worked. The last one is a T.V. monitor so it doesn't have DVI but i have tried it with an HDMI.  I don't know what it could be but here are the pictures and if you want anything more specific ask and ill show them. 

 

http://imgur.com/CVDb9va,AQysigJ,pMnO8We

[BioFireX]

I'm talking about the DVI cable.

the motherboard doesn't have on board graphics and yes, i did remember to plug in the DVI cable into the graphics card

[BioFireX]

Did you remember to plug CPU power cable becouse while building in slight hurry i forgot to plug it and pc didn't start :3 And i have same cpu as you.

Yes.  That was my original problem with it(it wasn't in all the way) but that was fixed and now im having trouble with another part of the build

[BioFireX]

Did you try to start it with only 1 RAM module installed?

Would that possibly help?

 

 

Ill try it right now

[BioFireX]

Did you try to start it with only 1 RAM module installed?

i tried one stick in all four slots. it still didn't work

[BioFireX]

Weird thing and i assume you have tried to re install gpu? Otherwise I am not the guy to help you And remember google is your friend.

yep i have installed, re-installed, changed pci slots, and just about anything else i could think of...  also google can be very mean some times

[Tie Lightning]

yep i have installed, re-installed, changed pci slots, and just about anything else i could think of... also google can be very mean some times

Hey if you still haven't gotten it to work, put the graphics card in the top blue PCI-e 16x slot...you put it in the wrong slot

[BioFireX]

Hey if you still haven't gotten it to work, put the graphics card in the top blue PCI-e 16x slot...you put it in the wrong slot

it was just there for testing. i have changed pci slots multiple times.  Good idea though sadly it doesn't work:(.  I have looked at the receipt and it turns out that the graphics card is refurbished, used, or opened and i think that is the problem. Im going to replace it tomorrow and hope it works

[aussietrucker]

I noticed in your pics you have the RAM installed wrong. Both sticks should be in same coloured slots ( either blue or black).

[BioFireX]

I noticed in your pics you have the RAM installed wrong. Both sticks should be in same coloured slots ( either blue or black).

ya i took it to a hacker space i know and had a guy there look at it.  He fixed the ram(however i have tried it with just one stick before in all 4 slots so that shouldn't have been the problem) he also moved where the gpu heatsink was being plugged in (but again thats just a fan and shouldn't affect the computer too much) and he did nothing else but for some reason it worked for him and it worked for me when i brought it back home.... i don;t know what it was but at least it works.  i have noticed though that the DVI cable is not secure as well as it could be and that if i bump it the wrong way the monitor loses a signal. So the problem could have just been the the cable wasn't plugged in all the way.  If thats the case then i feel stupid but who cares at least it's working now