Blank screen when turning on PC

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01rich01

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OK so I decided to go for my first build! got all the parts today and went through the manuals putting it together. Then when I turned on the power everything looks like its working in the PC. fans, lights ect all work, but nothing happens on the screen. It's just like when you turn the computer off but not the monitor (black screen with standby light flashing.
In the manual it says if this happens then check the jumpers. I haven't touched them when building it but maybe I should have done something with them?

If it helps the spec is:
Athlon 64 x2 6000+
Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe WIFI-AP AM2 Sound 2 x GigaLan 1394 USB 2.0 WIFI-G ESATA ATX mobo
Innovision 3D 8800GTS 320MB GDDR3 DVI PCI-E Graphics Card
2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz PC2-6400 240pin Ram
Seagate 7200.10 320GB SATAII/300 8.5ms 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM
Coolermaster IGreen 600W PSU - 85% Efficiency 8pin ATX12V v2.2 120mm Fan
LG GSA-H30NBAL 16x SATA DVD±RW/RAM - Bare Black OEM

I do have another pc I can use to troubleshoot with (one thats up and running). So maybe I should take the hard drive or graphics card from that?
Any help will be appreciated, Rich.
 
Possible Causes:

Video card - You may have gotten a dead or D.O.A. video card. Bad video card = blank screen.

RAM - Your RAM may be faulty, preventing anything from showing up on the screen.

Hardware Conflict - 2 pieces of hardware are are conflicting with each other. Remove one to end this.

Overheating - Your computer is overheating because of no thermal paste, or CPU cooler installed incorrectly.

CPU Fan - On some computers (For me the Compaq Presario Desktops) They will automatically turn off if the CPU fan is not spinning at a certain RPM.
 
UPDATE:
I've taken everything out the case now and laid out on a bench, connected it up and it works! few, at least I havent broken anything. The things I changed were: I didn't latch down the heat sink (just clipped on), reversed the SATA cables - although the manual says it shouldn't make a difference.
The only other cause may have been I think the screws for installing the mobo were too short. Only the outer ones would go in so I left a few of them out, but the ones I did manage to get in could have been too tight.

Now for the next problem/ obstacle lol
I tried connecting the hard drive from my running computer to the new computers mobo. It gets to the screen when it asks you if you want to start windows in safe mode or normally, I select normally then on the next screen it flashes blue for a split second then restarts. Could this be because I'm running a SATA mobo with an IDE hard drive (even though there is an IDE connector) ?
Is it possible to extract the O/S from my old computer and burn it to a seperate disc to use on this one? I tried using the system disc itself but it didn't work.
 
I don't believe it has anything to do with IDE drive on a SATA compatible board.

The reason you can't boot is because you have to re-install Windows to use it on that PC...unfortunately it's impossible to take a hard drive from one PC and plug and play with another PC because the OS only works with the hardware that it was installed with.

I'm not sure if you can copy the OS to a CD. I have never heard of that being possible. Except with Vista it has some feature that can do that i'm not 100% about it.
 
hNic said:
The reason you can't boot is because you have to re-install Windows to use it on that PC...unfortunately it's impossible to take a hard drive from one PC and plug and play with another PC because the OS only works with the hardware that it was installed with.
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Correct. I think its too big of a change for the HDD. You cannot plug and play a hard drive, but I have done that with Windows 98, 98SE, 95, and DOS. Those are probably the only ones that are Plug and Play.

hNic said:
I'm not sure if you can copy the OS to a CD. I have never heard of that being possible. Except with Vista it has some feature that can do that i'm not 100% about it.
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No you cannot do that, unless you have Norton Ghost or similar. You CAN copy all your files you want to a CD or over the network, reformat your computer and transfer it back.

Norton Ghost is not free.
 
Just to let you know, the problem with the blank screen was due to the screws on the mobo. They were too short and either put too much stress on the board, or caused some of the joints to short out with the case. I've replaced the srews for longer ones and had no problems.
 
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