Please help! No picture on screen (rebuilding computer)

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TinaOjameson

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Hey guys

I just got all my parts and wires in my new chassis (fractal design define r4)

Now it sounds like the computer starts up and everything, but there is no picture on my screen (tried with one pc screen with DVI and one TV with HDMI)

My graphics card is the GeForce GTX 680
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt...


I used like a million hours trying to rebuild it (had no idea what I was doing) and I finally got it done (atleast I thought so) and now I get no picture. :(

Does anyone out there know what I can do/try? Or what might be wrong?
I really want to get it working and I am super thankful for any help!

/Tina :confused:
 
Do you mean you really had no idea what you were doing ? that makes it pretty hard to know where to start.

Firstly does your motherboard have onboard graphics ?

A photo of the inside of your case may help.
 
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Do you have the power cables plugged into your 680?

Have you tried a different monitor or a different cable?

Have you tried taking the 680 out and using onboard graphics if your board supports it?

Try/check those things first.
 
My computer just the other quit giving me an image. My mother doesn't have on board graphics which is inconvenient at times but anyway it ended up being that one of my ram sticks were bad i simply took it out and left the other one in and i got a picture ordered new ones that very day. Not saying that this is your case but its a possibility.
 
Bad RAM certainly is a possibility and it's not uncommon for bad RAM to result in problems with display outputs.
 
First thank you for all the things I can try.

Here is a bad image of inside my chassis (if i managed to upload it right):
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If the picture isn't good enough I can take a new one soon.

Here are some of my specs:
ASUS P8H77-I LGA 1155 Intel H77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard

Kingston kvr1333d3n9k2/8g RAM (x2 - 16g ram)

Sugo stone 600W power supply

Stock intel CPU fan

Intel SSD 330 Series 120 GB

Seagate 2TB Harddrive

Samsung DVD writer model SN-208


Answers:

Do you have the power cables plugged into your 680? Yes, both

Have you tried a different monitor or a different cable? Yes, plugged my graphics card to my TV with HDMI cable (did not work)

Have you tried taking the 680 out and using onboard graphics if your board supports it? I don't know if my board supports it, but yes I tried that too and it did not work.


My graphics card have to outputs for DVI cable, I tried both a million times last night. I unplugged everything and plugged it back in, tried the TV a couple of times and tried the pc screen again.

I did not try to take out the RAM yet, but I will give that a try in an hour or two.



If my motherboard is broken will I still get a screen from the grapics card when plugged in the grapics card with DVI?
Have no reason to believe the motherboard is broken but my logic (who dosen't make sense most the time) tells me that if it's broken I would not get a screen from eighter the grapics card or the motherboard.

Would i have the same "symptoms" as I do now if the motherboard was broken?

I have no idea what to do.

Maybe I should try HDMI from the motherboard to the TV?



Thanks alot guys!

Edit:

I also plugged in the DVD drive thing, and when I boot the computer i am able to eject the DVD drive. Don't know if that matters.
 
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jamesd1981 said:
Do you mean you really had no idea what you were doing ? that makes it pretty hard to know where to start.

Firstly does your motherboard have onboard graphics ?

A photo of the inside of your case may help.
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I knew a little bit, and my gaming buddy from the UK helped me out:good:

How can I find out if the motherboard has onboard graphics?
 
It could potentially be the power supply. It may not be powerful enough for your graphics card.

Just a thought, I don't know if this is definitely the case or not.

See those DVI and HDMI ports right on your motherboard? That's an indicator that your board does have integrated graphics. The CPU also determines if you can use integrated graphics. Which CPU do you have?
 
Your pc does have onboard graphics as it has all the graphics connections on the motherboard.

I would start by removing the graphics card from the system, then plug your monitor into either the hdmi, dvi or vga ports on your motherboard.

Also your spec does not list your processor, which cpu do you have installed ?
 
TinaOjameson said:
(might be a really stupid question)
Can a computer start up without ram?
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Nope. Sometimes you also need more than one stick to start.

I'd suggest taking your 680 out and plugging your DVI cable into the DVI port on your motherboard.
 
spirit said:
It could potentially be the power supply. It may not be powerful enough for your graphics card.

Just a thought, I don't know if this is definitely the case or not.

See those DVI and HDMI ports right on your motherboard? That's an indicator that your board does have integrated graphics. The CPU also determines if you can use integrated graphics. Which CPU do you have?
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All the parts I am using right now are the same ones as before.
I just changed the case from a cube case to a midi tower. Dosen't that mean that the power supply still should work with the same parts? Or can the case "require" power and that does it?

Aah, yeah. Thats logical :P I still get no picture when I plug the DVI directly to the motherboard (i unplugged the graphics card from the motherboard but not from the power supply when doing that)
And I have no idea what CPU I have:confused: How can I find that out?
 
AlienMenace said:
When you put the gpu in, did you disable the onboard graphics in bios? That has to be done.
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I am really sorry, but I have no idea what that means. I dont get any screen to disable anything anywhere, so as long as there is noe "disable onboard graphics" button (?)


I know its a really nooby ting to say, but it was working 5 mins before i took it apart and put it in the new box.

I will try everything you guys told me now.

Remove RAM and connect to the motherboard
Remove the graphics card (with wires and everything) and connect to the motherboard
Remove one of the harddrives (have on SSD with windows and one 2 TB HDD) and connect to the graphics card or the motherboard (a friend told me it was worth a try?)

Any other ideas?
 
silly little question, when you put it in the new box, did you use the brass standoffs or is that motherboard just screwed to the case. The motherrboard needs to be mounted on those brass standoff in the right places.
And to get into the bios, on booting up you should start pressing the delete key on the key to get into the bios. But be very careful about. You change anything but the graphics part, you can mess it all up. This a youtube video on how to do get into the bios.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98svsGMRc3s
 
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You really need to find out what processor you have, I had a similar problem when i tried to put an ivybridge cpu into a motherboard previously using a sandybridge cpu, although both use 1155 socket many motherboards require a bios update to use ivybridge processors.

I had the same signs your system is displaying and thought the cpu was faulty, but after researching online i found out about the bios problem, I had to install a sandybridge cpu to get the system running then update the bios to new version, after that when i installed the ivybridge cpu the system worked perfectly.

Here is a link to your motherboard, you will notice 3 of the bios updates refer to adding new cpu support, 0406, 0409, and most recent version 1004.

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8H77I/#support
 
AlienMenace said:
silly little question, when you put it in the new box, did you use the brass standoffs or is that motherboard just screwed to the case. The motherrboard needs to be mounted on those brass standoff in the right places.
And to get into the bios, on booting up you should start pressing the delete key on the key to get into the bios. But be very careful about. You change anything but the graphics part, you can mess it all up. This a youtube video on how to do get into the bios.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98svsGMRc3s
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I used the same screws as the old box and put the motherboard in the right place in the new box. Do I need anything else than that?
The big problem is that my screen says "no signal" when I am plugged to the motherboard. :(

jamesd1981 said:
You really need to find out what processor you have, I had a similar problem when i tried to put an ivybridge cpu into a motherboard previously using a sandybridge cpu, although both use 1155 socket many motherboards require a bios update to use ivybridge processors.

I had the same signs your system is displaying and thought the cpu was faulty, but after researching online i found out about the bios problem, I had to install a sandybridge cpu to get the system running then update the bios to new version, after that when i installed the ivybridge cpu the system worked perfectly.

Here is a link to your motherboard, you will notice 3 of the bios updates refer to adding new cpu support, 0406, 0409, and most recent version 1004.

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8H77I/#support
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I understand some of that. I think.
But how can I do any of this when I can't get any picture on the screen?
And does it say what cpu I have on the motherboard?
 
What I am saying is there maybe nothing wrong with your system, it likely will be that you just need to update the motherboard bios which will allow the cpu to function.

Without the cpu packaging or system running the only way to determine what processor you have is to remove the cpu cooler and read the writing on the top of the cpu itself.

If it turns out to be an ivybridge cpu, I would say all you have to do is use a spare or loaned sandybridge cpu to get the system up and running, then update the bios to the most recent version.
 
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