New Computer No Video HELP!

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x_spiderfan_x

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Hey I hope someone can help. I bought this stuff on newegg a while ago but have yet to get it to work.

PCChips M851G V1.5 Socket A (Socket 462) VIA KM400 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Model #: M851G V1.5

AMD Sempron 2400+ Thoroughbred 333MHz FSB Socket A Processor Model SDA2400BOX
Model #: SDA2400BOX

Kingston ValueRAM 128MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR266(PC2100) System Memory Model KVR266X64C25/128
Model #: KVR266X64C25/128

Everything sounds ok the processor fan runs the drives go but no beep and no video? You might first say that my processor is not compatible with the motherboard because thats what they show on newegg but if you go to pcchips website and some others they are compatible. Please someone help!

Oh also before anyone jumps the gun I have a monitor case 2 hard drives cdrom power supply and its onboard video :-) Thanks!
 
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This might be a kind of stupid thing to ask, but do you have a graphics card installed in there too? Sometimes that might interfere, or maybe there's something wrong with the motherboard. I don't know much about integrated graphics on desktop mobo's, I've never worked with one that has it. Also, about the beep, usually the case has a little 4-pin connector to hook up to the jumpers near the power switch connector.
 
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yea it does have onboard gfx, itll take up RAM so id ivest in a a 256MB stick of RAM


EDIT: sounds like a ram problem too me, have you tried it in the other slot, if so, the rams either DOA or incompatible
 
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Alright, there might be a slight chance that your mobo ONLY supports that "standard" memory, which is PC2700 and you got PC2100. Onboard video might use shared memory from the RAM, and if it's not compatible, that means no RAM, no video.
 
It's a possibility, because I've never seen motherboard specs that say "Standard: PC2700". Usually they're backwards-compatible with slower RAM, but manufacturers also usually mention that by saying things like "PC2100/2700/3200 compatible" or something like that when it's backwards compatible. But for the 128mb, getting a pc2700 stick would only cost like $10 or something. Not too much at all.
 
Well thanks so much I'll have to go try that I would have never thought it was the memory I was about to buy a video card and if it is really the memory I would have gotten the video card and still been like wtf? :-) Well thanks again!
 
Anytime dude, but you might want to call PCChips first and see what they have to say about RAM compatibility on that board.
 
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