just built a pc with all compatible parts, yet when I booted it up the screen stayed blank. followed the video exactly, and not even the "no signal" notification came up... what is wrong with it?
is your monitor on?
here are the specs:
nzxt guardian 921 rbatx midtower
WD1TB hadrdrive
coolermaster hyper 212 evo heatsink
AMD 8320 CPU
kingston 4gb ddr3 ram x2
sapphire radeon 270x 4gb graphics
kingwin 750 wps
as rock extreme 3 r2.0 motherboard
yes
monitor worked when unplugged from the tower and plugged into my laptop
how are you connecting your monitor? dvi? hdmi? displayport?
DVI
is everything fully seated? memory, video card..
all power cables connected?
motherboard, 24pin and 2 x 4pins? video card is 2 x 6pins
does the pc power on? fans spin?
Make sure you have it plugged into your motherboard and not your video card. Without drivers for it, it usually doesn't display video until after you install them.
Windows has default drivers. Also, it's AM3+, so there are no ports on the board anyway.
it was the 2 x4pins ... i may now feel stupid, but I do VERY much thank you
Haha, nice. Glad you didn't have to end up RMAing anything.
we have the screen working and windows is now installed but it isn't recognizing the networking hardware and we can not connect the computer to the internet
we have the screen working and windows is now installed but it isn't recognizing the networking hardware and we can not connect the computer to the internet
You'll need to install the LAN or Ethernet drivers for the motherboard. These can be found along with the chipset and other necessary drivers on the CD for the motherboard. Alternatively, if you have another computer you can download updated drivers from the manufacturers website and put them on a flash drive.