New build complete, but when turned on..... nothing on the screen

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drew666

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OK so I have everything on, my PC turns on and everything is going. The only problem I'm having is now nothing shows up on the screen...... does it matter that I'm using a hdmi to my TV for setting everything up?
 
Hook up to regular monitor to verify the system works. Do you have the correct input set on the tv?
 
You usually have to go into the bios and choose default video output to hdmi. So thats why you would have to hook up vga/dvi to regular monitor first. Is the hdmi from the video card or motherboard?
 
I have
Msi z170a
i3-6100 3.7 gz (with stock fan)
Gigabyte geforce gtx 960 windforce 2x 4gb
LG bd
Seagate sshd 1 tb
Corsair 250 gb m.2 ssd
Corsair cx600 psu
 
There is a possibility that the board is running the original bios which doesn't support that processor. Have you tried building the motherboard outside of the case on a piece of cardboard?
 
Yea I did that last night and it does the same thing, everything turns on and runs but nothing will show up on any display
 
Yes I did, but I flashed the bios then tried to install windows 10 then nothing again. Black screen. Now I can't get back into my bios or install windows 10...... I'm starting to think the motherboard is faulty
 
Are you using the video card or using the onboard video? You do have the monitor plugged into the video card when it was plugged in right? You would be surprised how many noobies will plug it into the motherboard output.
 
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