Blank Screen....

ryku · 01-21-2006, 06:02 PM

Hi, i built my computer with all good parts, but when i plug in the cables and turn on the monitor and the computer, nuthing shows up. The screen would be black. The kind of video cards i have is the ATI|X1800XT 512M. The monitor i have is SCEPTRE X9g-Komodo II Black 19" 16ms LCD Monitor. I had pluged in the DVI cable to the video from the LCD, still it does not work. If any1 have any help i would appreciate it.

thank you

My build:

Thermaltake Tsunami Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 EPS12V ATX12V 550W Power Supply
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Platinum System Memory
ATI|X1800XT 512M video card
SCEPTRE X9g-Komodo II Black 19" 16ms LCD Monitor

Motoxrdude · 01-21-2006, 06:16 PM

If the monitor has an onboard video, also try that, then if it works, go in your bios and there some setting about PCI, or PCI-E video.

ryku · 01-21-2006, 06:19 PM

Nuthing still dont show up. I still get a blank screen wen i plug everything up.

Motoxrdude · 01-21-2006, 06:24 PM

weird... I had this problem installing Knoppix, but i know it shouldnt do that while not loading anything. Could you by chance try another monitor? As you probly heard before, try and unplug anything that isnt necesary to eliminate some variables.

ryku · 01-21-2006, 06:27 PM

yeah i alredy tried other monitors, Still the same problem.

Does it matter if the DVI cable have to b DVI-I? Because the kind of monitor cable i have is just DVI.

Motoxrdude · 01-21-2006, 06:29 PM

hmmm, i wouldnt know. try google

ryku · 01-21-2006, 06:33 PM

hmmm...
Do you think it could be the mobo pci-e slot that is not workin the the ATI|X1800XT 512M video card?

Motoxrdude · 01-21-2006, 06:44 PM

i wouldnt think so.... Im not to skilled in this area, just wait for another post by some of the more experience people.

Yue · 01-21-2006, 09:12 PM

if u got a sli board then make sure the card is in the right pci-e slot, when i first put mine together i had the card in the wrong slot and all i got was a black screen.

ryku · 01-21-2006, 09:34 PM

i believe i put the graphic card in the pci-e slot. I also tried the other pci-e slot to see if it would work, but it didnt just the same blank screen without anything on it.

01-21-2006, 06:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
ryku Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 31	Blank Screen.... Hi, i built my computer with all good parts, but when i plug in the cables and turn on the monitor and the computer, nuthing shows up. The screen would be black. The kind of video cards i have is the ATI\|X1800XT 512M. The monitor i have is SCEPTRE X9g-Komodo II Black 19" 16ms LCD Monitor. I had pluged in the DVI cable to the video from the LCD, still it does not work. If any1 have any help i would appreciate it. thank you My build: Thermaltake Tsunami Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 EPS12V ATX12V 550W Power Supply AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Platinum System Memory ATI\|X1800XT 512M video card SCEPTRE X9g-Komodo II Black 19" 16ms LCD Monitor

01-21-2006, 06:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
Motoxrdude Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Nor Cal Age: 19 Posts: 7,932	If the monitor has an onboard video, also try that, then if it works, go in your bios and there some setting about PCI, or PCI-E video. __________________ Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?

01-21-2006, 06:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
Motoxrdude Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Nor Cal Age: 19 Posts: 7,932	weird... I had this problem installing Knoppix, but i know it shouldnt do that while not loading anything. Could you by chance try another monitor? As you probly heard before, try and unplug anything that isnt necesary to eliminate some variables. __________________ Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?

01-21-2006, 06:29 PM	#6 (permalink)
Motoxrdude Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Nor Cal Age: 19 Posts: 7,932	hmmm, i wouldnt know. try google __________________ Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?

01-21-2006, 06:44 PM	#8 (permalink)
Motoxrdude Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Nor Cal Age: 19 Posts: 7,932	i wouldnt think so.... Im not to skilled in this area, just wait for another post by some of the more experience people. __________________ Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?

01-21-2006, 06:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
ryku Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 31	Nuthing still dont show up. I still get a blank screen wen i plug everything up.

01-21-2006, 06:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
ryku Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 31	yeah i alredy tried other monitors, Still the same problem. Does it matter if the DVI cable have to b DVI-I? Because the kind of monitor cable i have is just DVI.

01-21-2006, 06:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
ryku Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 31	hmmm... Do you think it could be the mobo pci-e slot that is not workin the the ATI\|X1800XT 512M video card?

01-21-2006, 09:12 PM	#9 (permalink)
Yue Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hemel Hempstead Age: 23 Posts: 359	if u got a sli board then make sure the card is in the right pci-e slot, when i first put mine together i had the card in the wrong slot and all i got was a black screen. __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6850 3.0GHzMSI P6N SLI-F V2 4BG OCZ Gold RamWD 320GB SATA HDD EVGA nVidia GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 21.4" Samsung Widescreen LCD Monitor SOON :D 3dMark 05: 10648 \| 3dMark 06: 5710 \| PCMark 05: 5427

01-21-2006, 09:34 PM	#10 (permalink)
ryku Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 31	i believe i put the graphic card in the pci-e slot. I also tried the other pci-e slot to see if it would work, but it didnt just the same blank screen without anything on it.

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