building a computer...?

Question

I've put everything together but for whatever reason I'm not getting a signal to my monitor.... The fans are all spinning, hard drive is running, and the heatsink fan is a little warm but not hot after running for about 5 minutes. my motherboard has a built in video card and everything seems to be running fine just can't get a signal to my monitor. anybody have any ideas as to what could be causing that?

Answer 1

have you plugged in the small 4 pin plug that goes in the middle of the motherboard that powers the cpu ?



is the memory fully in? check the lugs are fully in the groves at the end of the ram sticks



are all of the cards in correctly some boards the graphic card has a small latch that secures the card if you don't do this the pc wont post

Answer 2

First, make sure your monitor setting in the card and software is correct by selecting a generic monitor when reinstalling the OS.



Second, make sure you get a signal by using a meter on each pin.



Third, make sure there is not a pin selection on the board or an on-board video out.



Fourth...turn the monitor on. ^-^

Answer 3

is everything plugged in right?



you'd be positively awestruck at how much that happens,,,



but check to see that the motherboard has the appropriate onboard graphics, and you connected the monitor cable to the appropriate socket and make sure THAT works...

Maybe it's the cable that's damaged...have you tried to change it?!.



When you try to boot up the computer, do you hear any beeps?

...because I'm like 110% sure you should.

Answer 4

hold down Function F8 you could have the output signal being sent for an external monitor hold and do function+F8 atleast 3 times to check all 3 settings.

Answer 5

insert the processor ship, bad videocard, or if you have a seperate video card in a slot make sure the monitor is hooked up to the back uof it, cant know that much unless i see it.

Answer 6

try checking your cords, and if you have a seperate video output in your computer, try the other output. iher of those, you may need a new monitor, because not all monitors are compatible with built-in gfx cards.

Answer 7

How many beeps do you get when it is powered up ? More than one and there is a problem. If so look up POST codes for your motherboard.

Answer 8

well if need parts use digerdirect but make sure it is plugged in and the cords are both conetced to the moniter and hard drive thing

Answer 9

do you have a video card? your motherboard might not have onboard graphics. even a simple $30graphics card will fix it.

Answer 10

did u installed the video card drivers, if any problem, here is a list of post beeps code:



POST (Power On Self Test) Beep Codes. Reference

AMI BIOS BEEP CODES



The following are AMI BIOS Beep Codes that can occur. However because of the wide variety of different computer manufacturers with this BIOS the beep codes may vary.



1 short DRAM refresh failure

2 short Parity circuit failure

3 short Base 64K RAM failure

4 short System timer failure

5 short Process failure

6 short Keyboard controller Gate A20 error

7 short Virtual mode exception error

8 short Display memory Read/Write test failure

9 short ROM BIOS checksum failure

10 short CMOS shutdown Read/Write error

11 short Cache Memory error

1 long, 3 short Conventional/Extended memory failure

1 long, 8 short Display/Retrace test failed



AWARD BIOS BEEP CODES



The following are Award BIOS Beep Codes that can occur. However because of the wide variety of different computer manufacturers with this BIOS the beep codes may vary.



1 long, 2 short Indicates a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information

Any other beep(s) RAM problem.



If any other correctable hardware issues, the BIOS will display a message.





IBM BIOS



The following are IBM BIOS Beep Codes that can occur. However because of the wide variety of models shipping with this BIOS the beep codes may vary.



No Beeps No Power, Loose Card, or Short.

1 Short Beep Normal POST, computer is ok.

2 Short Beep POST error, review screen for error code.

Continuous Beep No Power, Loose Card, or Short.

Repeating Short Beep No Power, Loose Card, or Short.

One Long and one Short Beep Motherboard issue.

One Long and Two short Beeps Video (Mono/CGA Display Circuitry) issue.

One Long and Three Short Beeps. Video (EGA) Display Circuitry.

Three Long Beeps Keyboard / Keyboard card error.

One Beep Blank or Incorrect Display Video Display Circuitry.



MACINTOSH STARTUP TONES



Error Tone. (two sets of different tones) Problem with logic board or SCSI bus.

Startup tone, drive spins, no video Problem with video controller.

Powers on, no tone. Logic board problem.

High Tone, four higher tones. Problem with SIMM.



PHOENIX BIOS BEEP CODES



The following is for PHOENIX BIOS Q3.07 OR 4.X



1-1-1-3 Verify Real Mode.

1-1-2-1 Get CPU type.

1-1-2-3 Initialize system hardware.

1-1-3-1 Initialize chipset registers with initial POST values.

1-1-3-2 Set in POST flag.

1-1-3-3 Initialize CPU registers.

1-1-4-1 Initialize cache to initial POST values.

1-1-4-3 Initialize I/O.

1-2-1-1 Initialize Power Management.

1-2-1-2 Load alternate registers with initial POST values.

1-2-1-3 Jump to UserPatch0.

1-2-2-1 Initialize keyboard controller.

1-2-2-3 BIOS ROM checksum.

1-2-3-1 8254 timer initialization.

1-2-3-3 8237 DMA controller initialization.

1-2-4-1 Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller.

1-3-1-1 Test DRAM refresh.

1-3-1-3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller.

1-3-2-1 Set ES segment to register to 4 GB.

1-3-3-1 28 Autosize DRAM.

1-3-3-3 Clear 512K base RAM.

1-3-4-1 Test 512 base address lines.

1-3-4-3 Test 512K base memory.

1-4-1-3 Test CPU bus-clock frequency.

1-4-2-4 Reinitialize the chipset.

1-4-3-1 Shadow system BIOS ROM.

1-4-3-2 Reinitialize the cache.

1-4-3-3 Autosize cache.

1-4-4-1 Configure advanced chipset registers.

1-4-4-2 Load alternate registers with CMOS values.

2-1-1-1 Set Initial CPU speed.

2-1-1-3 Initialize interrupt vectors.

2-1-2-1 Initialize BIOS interrupts.

2-1-2-3 Check ROM copyright notice.

2-1-2-4 Initialize manager for PCI Options ROMs.

2-1-3-1 Check video configuration against CMOS.

2-1-3-2 Initialize PCI bus and devices.

2-1-3-3 Initialize all video adapters in system.

2-1-4-1 Shadow video BIOS ROM.

2-1-4-3 Display copyright notice.

2-2-1-1 Display CPU type and speed.

2-2-1-3 Test keyboard.

2-2-2-1 Set key click if enabled.

2-2-2-3 56 Enable keyboard.

2-2-3-1 Test for unexpected interrupts.

2-2-3-3 Display prompt "Press F2 to enter SETUP".

2-2-4-1 Test RAM between 512 and 640k.

2-3-1-1 Test expanded memory.

2-3-1-3 Test extended memory address lines.

2-3-2-1 Jump to UserPatch1.

2-3-2-3 Configure advanced cache registers.

2-3-3-1 Enable external and CPU caches.

2-3-3-3 Display external cache size.

2-3-4-1 Display shadow message.

2-3-4-3 Display non-disposable segments.

2-4-1-1 Display error messages.

2-4-1-3 Check for configuration errors.

2-4-2-1 Test real-time clock.

2-4-2-3 Check for keyboard errors

2-4-4-1 Set up hardware interrupts vectors.

2-4-4-3 Test coprocessor if present.

3-1-1-1 Disable onboard I/O ports.

3-1-1-3 Detect and install external RS232 ports.

3-1-2-1 Detect and install external parallel ports.

3-1-2-3 Re-initialize onboard I/O ports.

3-1-3-1 Initialize BIOS Data Area.

3-1-3-3 Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area.

3-1-4-1 Initialize floppy controller.

3-2-1-1 Initialize hard-disk controller.

3-2-1-2 Initialize local-bus hard-disk controller.

3-2-1-3 Jump to UserPatch2.

3-2-2-1 Disable A20 address line.

3-2-2-3 Clear huge ES segment register.

3-2-3-1 Search for option ROMs.

3-2-3-3 Shadow option ROMs.

3-2-4-1 Set up Power Management.

3-2-4-3 Enable hardware interrupts.

3-3-1-1 Set time of day.

3-3-1-3 Check key lock.

3-3-3-1 Erase F2 prompt.

3-3-3-3 Scan for F2 key stroke.

3-3-4-1 Enter SETUP.

3-3-4-3 Clear in-POST flag.

3-4-1-1 Check for errors

3-4-1-3 POST done--prepare to boot operating system.

3-4-2-1 One beep.

3-4-2-3 Check password (optional).

3-4-3-1 Clear global descriptor table.

3-4-4-1 Clear parity checkers.

3-4-4-3 Clear screen (optional).

3-4-4-4 Check virus and backup reminders.

4-1-1-1 Try to boot with INT 19.

4-2-1-1 Interrupt handler error.

4-2-1-3 Unknown interrupt error.

4-2-2-1 Pending interrupt error.

4-2-2-3 Initialize option ROM error.

4-2-3-1 Shutdown error.

4-2-3-3 Extended Block Move.

4-2-4-1 Shutdown 10 error.

4-3-1-3 Initialize the chipset.

4-3-1-4 Initialize refresh counter.

4-3-2-1 Check for Forced Flash.

4-3-2-2 Check HW status of ROM.

4-3-2-3 BIOS ROM is OK.

4-3-2-4 Do a complete RAM test.

4-3-3-1 Do OEM initialization.

4-3-3-2 Initialize interrupt controller.

4-3-3-3 Read in bootstrap code.

4-3-3-4 Initialize all vectors.

4-3-4-1 Boot the Flash program.

4-3-4-2 Initialize the boot device.

4-3-4-3 Boot code was read