Quite confused here...

[Atrosity]

I have a computer brand new assembled everything fine...

PSU
AMD Processor
Memory
CD Drive
Hard Drive
etc etc


Now this has an on board dvi and onboard vga...

connecting my monitor to either of them...when powering on the computer nothing is coming up on the screen....

Anything you think I may have missed?

 

[Motorcharge]

link to the motherboard you're using?

 

[ScottALot]

Is the monitor power plug in?

 

[Rit]

Is the computer posting when you turn it on?

 

[Atrosity]

link to the motherboard you're using?

MSI 790X-G45

Is the monitor power plug in?

Yes it is LOL

Is the computer posting when you turn it on?

What do you mean by posting?

 

[Motorcharge]

MSI 790X-G45



Yes it is LOL



What do you mean by posting?

More or less he's asking if the computer is actually booting when you power it on.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-on_self-test

Have you tried another monitor?

 

[Motorcharge]

Now this has an on board dvi and onboard vga...

connecting my monitor to either of them...when powering on the computer nothing is coming up on the screen....

Anything you think I may have missed?

Do you have a GPU in it?
That motherboard doesn't have on board video.

Onboard Video
Onboard Video Chipset: None

Are you trying to plug the monitor into the onboard COM port?

 

[joh06937]

Do you have a GPU in it?
That motherboard doesn't have on board video.

Onboard Video
Onboard Video Chipset: None

Are you trying to plug the monitor into the onboard COM port?

yeah there is no on board graphics. probably your problem there...

 

[Atrosity]

I think I linked you guys the wrong motherboard...

I went on MSI to find something similiar... it's that same motherboard and chip set yet has

hdmi
vga and

dvi

 

[Aastii]

download CPUz from here and click mainboard. That will tell you what motherboard you have (it will say under model)

Do you have all of the power cables in?

It should have:

1 x 20 OR 24 pin to motherboard
1x 4 OR 8 pin to motherboard
1x SATA OR molex to each optical device and hard drive
PCI-e connector to each video card. This varies from card to card, some do not even require one

If you have already installed your OS and set it up then attatched this other monitor, it is very possible it is set up at a resolution outside of the monitors highest native resolution, so is not displaying everything. However I find this highly unlikely as it should show the system posting, heck it should show it booting right up until windows is first displayed

 

[ScottALot]

So you can change settings and stuff in your monitor, right? If you can, the power to the monitor is good, but maybe the video cable is bad?

 

[Atrosity]

Found the problem, DOA Motherboard...RAM is not storing any data...