Upgraded to a new motherboard, Now I don't have display?

Question

I recently moved my HDD into a new case with a new motherboard new memory and new processor. Everything runs great except for the monitor. There is no display at all it detects that its plugged in but acts as though it's in sleep mode. Because of this, I can't access BIOS to change my display settings. Everything in the case is compatible I made sure of it. Why is this happening? I've been reading everywhere and haven't seen a clear explanation on why this is happening and how to solve it... the only thing I've been seeing is to put a blank HDD in and go from there but I do not want to dish out the money on a new OS.

The monitor is almost new and works still on my old computer. The new motherboard does not have an on board monitor input I cleared from the CMOS and still...nothing. There is 0 picture at all so BIOS is not possible to get to unless I do it blind. Also there is no beeping from the internal speaker. All of the fans fork the HDDs run and everything s running except for the monitor.

the RAM is definetly compatible DDR3 and I put them in the 1-2 slot and 3-4 slot and didnt change anything...I read on another site that it is possibly a PSU issue however I have a 500W PSU that is only a few years old and nothing too out there that my PSU can't handle it but if someone thinks that could be the issue please let me know.


the video card is seated perfectly in the PCI express slot I even tried 2 different cards with no success...

the best way to describe it is... it's like a car that wont turn over.... everything works but that little extra ooomph to turn it over I felt the HDD's on startup and they are running all the fans work and LED's are on so power isn't a problem... when I have the monitor plugged in the monitor says no DVI Input found when I unplug it it tells me to check cable.
I am on my second motherboard now and still have the same problem anyone know what else it can be?
specs-
purchased at tiger direct-
ECS NFORCE6M-A2 Motherboard - GeForce 6100, Socket AM3, DDR3, HyperTransport.

Corsair Value Select PC10600 RAM - 2GB, DDR3, 1333MHz. x 2

Lite-On IHAS124-04 Internal DVD Writer - DVD+R 24X, DVD-R 24X, DVD+RW 8X, DVD-RW 6X, DVD+R DL 8X, SATA (OEM).

purchased from new egg-

RAIDMAX SMILODON Extreme Black ATX-612WEB 1.0mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Foldout MB Computer Case.

AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor ADX250OCGQBOX.

Purchased seperatly-

Rosewill 500w PSU

Answer 1

I disagree, power may still be your problem.

does your VGA card need power? the obvious question is have you plugged it in!

Have you connected the 12v 4 pin block to power the CPU?



from the rest of your explanation of the problem it seems as though you have used your old Windows setup from the old MoBo and put it in your new set up and expect it to work, is that right?

You have changed the memory type, the CPU and the mainboards chipset why do you think it will start? The HD has almost nothing it recognises to start up with so it fails to boot, normally you would get a BSOD which is normal in this instance.

Boot from the Windows CD, run the windows repair from the command console

Press R at the first instance

select the drive to use (usually 1)

put in your password (press Enter if you don't use one)

at the flashing cursor type

chkdsk /r

press Enter (note the space before the / or it wont work)

allow it to run (may take a while)

this may solve your boot issue

If not try again, this time DON'T press R but choose to install Windows

it will look for previous versions,

hopefully find it and give you a second option to press R to repair.

allow it to complete, it should keep all your old documents etc but you may need to install your printer and perhaps one or two programs that see the registration details have changed and will want to re-register.

Once completed it should reboot into Windows

Answer 2

A friend's computer seems to have the same problem, monitor won't detect a signal whenever the video card is in, even when the onboard is used, and I'm going to help him install a new motherboard and see if that will fix it.



It could be the motherboard yet again, but you could also try switching out the Processor (if you have a spare of the same socket) to see if that's the problem. Not sure why taking out the memory would do that, but I guess it indicates that it is not PSU related (since memory does not consume very much power) and must have something to do with the CPU/Mobo/Memory group. And you actually took out a memory stick, right? And not a memory "chip?"

Answer 3

You do not have to ALWAYS reactivate Windows with every hardware change. Some occassions I have installed different hardware such as the motherboard and never had to reactivate Windows. Seems like when a buch of different hardware is changed you may have to reactivate Windows. What I generally do when I do a hardware swap out anyway is just do a reformat and then just do a fresh install of Windows. That way all the old drivers you may have will not be on the hard drive and it will run smoothly after you are done installing Windows and updating all drivers to the latest releases. Then you can reactivate your copy of Windows. Just make sure to back up all important information you want kept to a disc or maybe another hard drive.

Answer 4

Check the Video card in another machine if this doesn't work.



Check the "Jumper" settings for Video enable/disable with the motherboard manual.



Clear CMOS per the instructions in the manual.



Retry.



If the video card proves out OK, the motherboard is bad.



AVOID Nvidia chipset motherboards in the future. - Nvidia quit making chipsets because of issues.



Never heard of this MOBO manufacturor, try to stick with a brand name such as Asus, Gigabyte, MSI etc...



The video card has it's own firmware and will always work on POST as long as there is nothing wrong with the hardware or configuration.



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It's not CPU or RAM because it will still POST with bad/wrong CPU and RAM. Will give you an error, but will still POST.



I looked at the manual, if you KNOW you have it hooked-up right (4pin and 6pin PCI on the motherboard and video card). The motherboard is crap.



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pull them both out. Maybe your memory is not compatable. Did you hook-up a motherboard speaker (little speaker hooks to the pwr, HDD led, reset... ? Maybe there is an audible error code you need to hear.

Answer 5

sounds like your PCI E slot on the moe boe is broken.