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I am in the process of making my first pc but i'm having some trouble (of course)

I am starting it up the first time, and i get the message "no input signal" on my monitor. the whole thing is getting power. I've tested the monitor and it works fine.

my computer has:
MSI K8T Neo2 MOBO (for socket 939 processor)
AMD Athlon 64 socket 939 3400 processor
nVidia GeForce FX 5200 256 MB grafix card

I have tried using a different grafix card that i know is in working condition, and i am out of ideas.

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OLKMED wrote: I am in the process of making my first pc but i'm having some trouble (of course)

I am starting it up the first time, and i get the message "no input signal" on my monitor. the whole thing is getting power. I've tested the monitor and it works fine.

my computer has:
MSI K8T Neo2 MOBO (for socket 939 processor)
AMD Athlon 64 socket 939 3400 processor
nVidia GeForce FX 5200 256 MB grafix card

I have tried using a different grafix card that i know is in working condition, and i am out of ideas.

have you tried the cable connecting the monitor to your computer?

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Is the internal speaker working? (does it beep at least once or something?) If not make sure it is, since maybe something else such as the ram is not properly seated which would cause the monitor to not "turn on". (as in, not getting a signal)

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Reset/clear the bios. Check to see if there is a junper to do this.
I would still unplug the machinefrom the wall, remove the COMS battery, push the power button as if you are trying to start the PC, then put the CMOS battery back in. Now try to boot the machine.

Give it a try..

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I looked at everything and i'm pretty sure everything's seated correctly, but i'll check again.
I set the jumper to CLEAR so it the bios should be reset.
Can you give me some more details on how to remove the battery?
i'm new to the insides of a computer so i could use some pointers.

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OK. I received a MB from a friend for free and I am grateful. When I got it the CLEAR BIOS jumper was set on CLEAR BIOS. So It would not boot. Strange, I've never had that before. So check you manual and make sure it is not on clear bios. You only put it on CLEAR bios to clear the bios, then you put it back to normal.

Now the COMS battery looks like a big watch battery, Flat, Round and silver.Pry it out. wait for a few. hit the power button on the PC as if you were starting it up. Why? To discharge any residual stored electricity. It makes a different folks, I've seen it. I've done it and seen the power LED flash slightly. Then replace it. It should just snap back in.
Then try to boot the PC.

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Call tech support.

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ok i cleared the bios and then set it back to keep bios, that was my problem, but now i'm encountering a different one.

I boot up my computer it evaluates itself (power on self test process) says it has a GeForce 5200 grafics card what not (but it says it only has 256 RAM when the chip is a 512, hmmm), then it displays the MSI logo, the manual says that it should show a screen with options for setup, boot menu, network boot, logo but it doesn't

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Sounds like your trying to get into the bios. There you can set boot options blah blah blah.
On most PC's you'll see it at the bottom left hand part of your screen after the post.
It should say something like press f2 or f1 or del or f11 for setup. They flash pretty quick now on the faster PC's. Keep yer eyes peeled.
Once you get into the bios, you should be able to change boot options.....that's if that's what you want to do.

How does windoes report the video card? 256MB or 512MB?

GO here> Belarc
and download the free version of Balarc Advisor. It will inspect and report the hardware in your PC. See how that program reports the video card.


Oh, I forgot to ask. Is the PC booting into Wondows?

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No i haven't installed windows yet, it's in the mail

but there's a setting for the agp slot and i need to make sure it is set for 8x, maybe it would do that automatically, i'm not sure

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I'm pretty sure that 8x will be the default.
I'd hang on till you install the os.

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Alright thanks a lot

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i have some what a question of the same relations
so i have all ready installed a 250 GB hard drive as a slave what do i need to upgrade to support the hard drive

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Fcbayer, if you're using XP you'll need at least SP1 or you'll need an ATA adapter card.

OLKMED, I have that same motherboard with an A64 3000+ and I can tell you that there's some kind of problem with video and/or the AGP slot on it...I had similar problems when setting it up.

Tell me what it says when it displays that MSI logo...anything? I remember when I first booted after installing all the hardware there was an initial screen that I had to pretty much disable in order to go to a proper boot up.

Also, you'll want to flash your BIOS either after you get that running or before if you still can't get it to work. I had to make a batch file w/ startup disk in order to flash my BIOS since the board didn't recognize my chip. (I got one of the newer socket 939, 90nm processors)

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Yeah now i'm having some different difficulties, in order to start up my pc i have to set the jumper to what the manual says is the CLEAR BIOS spot everytime i start it (meaning i have to take it out and put it back in the same spot) i have no idea why. when i put it where the manual says is the keep bios spot my computer won't start, not even a whirr of a fan

second i installed windows and it is working fine, i then installed the sims 2, it loaded VERY quickly (whoo hoo) but as soon as i clicked on the family to actually start playing the game the monitor said "no signal" and the music stopped playing shortly after, I restarted my computer (after pulling out and putting the jumper back in the same place) and windows gave me a message that said the unexpected crash was because of a driver failure. Maybe there is a patch for this driver on the Nvidia website??

:frustrated:

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yeah, make sure the monitor is plugged into the pc unit. that would fudge it up. i've seen that signal before. when my dad and i were building our computer. make sure that connection is there. and yeah install freaking windows. prefferably windows xp it is easy.

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ok so i've been putting it in the keep bios spot (the manual has the picture upside down ) but every time i start up my computer i have to pull out the jumper and put it back in the same spot. as it is booting up it says no bios are intalled and i have just used the defualt settings and it boots windows.

when i play a video game i get to where the video will be demanding, and then the monitor displays "no signal could be detected." The sound goes out soon after and then i have just restarted my computer.

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fcbayer wrote: so i have all ready installed a 250 GB hard drive as a slave what do i need to upgrade to support the hard drive

How old is the PC.
I'd start with a bios upgrade.
XP SP1.
If that doesn't work. An ATA controller card will do it..

OLKMED wrote: Yeah now i'm having some different difficulties, in order to start up my pc i have to set the jumper to what the manual says is the CLEAR BIOS spot everytime i start it (meaning i have to take it out and put it back in the same spot) i have no idea why. when i put it where the manual says is the keep bios spot my computer won't start, not even a whirr of a fan

Not sure. What is the wattage of your power supply and what brand is it?

OLKMED wrote: second i installed windows and it is working fine, i then installed the sims 2, it loaded VERY quickly (whoo hoo) but as soon as i clicked on the family to actually start playing the game the monitor said "no signal" and the music stopped playing shortly after, I restarted my computer (after pulling out and putting the jumper back in the same place) and windows gave me a message that said the unexpected crash was because of a driver failure. Maybe there is a patch for this driver on the Nvidia website??

Is this with the Windows64 beta OS?







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my power supply is a rosewill 450

and no, this is professional xp
i tried downloading the newest driver from the Nvidia website and i installed it, but this problem still continues....

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Can you try out another video card on this pc?

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Do you have a spare power supply to swap out and test? Maybe taking the power supply out of another machine and putting it in the new build just to see if it's the power supply. It might not have enough guts to power that video card. Don't let the 450W fool you. That's a budget power supply. That's where i'd start. mt 2 cents.

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hhhhmmmm i'll try both those things

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what do you think is the least wattage that i could use to power my system? i'm not sure if this one is powerful enough

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I'm not so much concerned about the wattage as I am about the quality of the power supply. 450watts should be plenty. 350 would probably be enough. I've had cheap power supplies do weird things from hardware failure to strange software glitches. Now when I buy a power suppy, I spend a little extra for a good one.

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I need recommendations as to what component I should upgrade. My computer specifications are as follows:

Pentium 4 1.7 Ghz
256 MB RAM
250 GB/40 GB HDD
(Video card not disclosed because I don't play games anyway)
Emachines

Thanks for any suggestions.

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