pc will not stat bios, first boot ever

[8521546]

Hey, i have a problem.. my pc wont start up in bios. I have installed my cpu and otter jardware completly and i am shure cables are where they need to be.. do you have any sugestion why my pc will not start up in bios? :c its killing me that it wont start!

Thanks

[colonel_mortis]

OK, cables sound most likely, so triple check they are all connected and pushed in all the way. Then, if it still doesn't work, we need some more details. Does anything appear on the screen? Does the monitor detect that your computer's on (go off standby)? Does your mobo have power (small LED, usually green, often under the PCI slots)? Do you get a number on the 7 segment POST display on the mobo? Have you got the speaker connected (in the same block as the front panel IO), and are there any beeps? If so, which ones, and look them up in the manual?

Also, what are your specs? (Mainly RAM, mobo, psu and CPU).

[thedave5000]

if you can get access to spare parts swap stuff out with known good components, if you manage to post then you have a dead component, but first is it making noise? if so try a different display output, it's really common to accidentally plug into onboard gpu when you have a discrete gpu