Finally Built my PC but nothing on Monitor

[ThatGreg]

So my PC is finally built, and it is connected via HDMI to my monitor but nothing shows up on the screen. My mother board is a 

 

GIGABYTE GA-Z97-HD3  and it came with a CD but not sure if thats important, and my pc doesnt have a CD drive.

Anyone know what I should do?

[Kenji the Uke]

Does your processor have on-board graphics?

[TheRandomness]

The CD contains drivers. Specs would be nice.

[ThatGreg]

Does your processor have on-board graphics?

 

 

The CD contains drivers. Specs would be nice.

Sorry should of added that in OP

 

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DPrCxr) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DPrCxr/by_merchant/)

 

Type|Item|Price

:----|:----|:----

**CPU** | [intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i74790k) | $314.99 @ SuperBiiz 

**CPU Cooler** | [Corsair H110i GTX 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-cpu-cooler-cw9060020) | $149.99 @ Newegg 

**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97hd3) | $89.88 @ OutletPC 

**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cmz16gx3m2a1600c9) | $84.89 @ OutletPC 

**Storage** | [silicon Power S60 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/silicon-power-internal-hard-drive-sp240gbss3s60s25) | $70.21 @ Amazon 

**Storage** | [seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003) | $44.89 @ OutletPC 

**Video Card** | [Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvn970g1gaming4gd) | $349.99 @ NCIX US 

**Case** | [NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-cah440ww1) | $108.99 @ SuperBiiz 

**Power Supply** | [NZXT HALE 90 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-power-supply-hale90750m) |-

 | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |

 | Total (before mail-in rebates) | $1218.83

 | Mail-in rebates | -$5.00

 | **Total** | **$1213.83**

 | Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2015-11-07 18:20 EST-0500 |

[stupidhuman]

If you have a graphics card, connect your HDMI cable to that.

 

I know someone who tried to connect their monitor to the motherboard and wondered why nothing showed up.

[Kenji the Uke]

If you have a graphics card, connect your HDMI cable to that.

 

I know someone who tried to connect their monitor to the motherboard and wondered why nothing showed up.

Do try this. :3

 

But if its in the card, connect it to the motherboard and see if that works >w> if its posting, then its your GPU and RMA it

[Tommy59375]

Next time click the "[bB]" button on PCPartPicker to get a nicely formatted version.

 

Connect the monitor to the GPU and not the motherboard preferably with a supplied VGA->DVI adapter or DVI cable.  Don't use HDMI and don't adapt DVI to HDMI.  It should not be an issue but sometimes drivers must be installed for HDMI out to function properly.

 

Integrated graphics are disabled by default when a graphics card is plugged in.

[stupidhuman]

Next time click the "[bB]" button on PCPartPicker to get a nicely formatted version.

 

Connect the monitor to the GPU and not the motherboard preferably with a supplied VGA->DVI adapter or DVI cable.  Don't use HDMI and don't adapt DVI to HDMI.  It should not be an issue but sometimes drivers must be installed for HDMI out to function properly.

 

Integrated graphics are disabled by default when a graphics card is plugged in.

 

Who would want to use VGA over HDMI?  :mellow:

[ThatGreg]

If you have a graphics card, connect your HDMI cable to that.

 

I know someone who tried to connect their monitor to the motherboard and wondered why nothing showed up.

worked. thanks a lot!