I wanted to build a computer from scratch. So I figured I'd order a mess of parts from newegg and assemble - easy as pie. Here's what I bought:
ASRock P43 Twins1600 Motherboard
EVGA 9800 GT
LG DVD
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200
Western Digital 160 GB HDD
G.SKILL 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
Linkworld ATX Mid Tower that came with some generic psu
Now, I'm pretty sure I put everything together right. The computer turns on, the cpu is running, dvd drive light is on, the graphics card is humming, and everything seems OK. But I've got a monitor plugged in and it's not working. And without a monitor, I have no idea if it's booting to the Vista dvd i have in the drive.
Can anyone help? I'd be glad to give more details on what I did but I'm not sure what you need to know. I'm way over my head here.
ASRock P43 Twins1600 Motherboard
EVGA 9800 GT
LG DVD
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200
Western Digital 160 GB HDD
G.SKILL 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
Linkworld ATX Mid Tower that came with some generic psu
Now, I'm pretty sure I put everything together right. The computer turns on, the cpu is running, dvd drive light is on, the graphics card is humming, and everything seems OK. But I've got a monitor plugged in and it's not working. And without a monitor, I have no idea if it's booting to the Vista dvd i have in the drive.
Can anyone help? I'd be glad to give more details on what I did but I'm not sure what you need to know. I'm way over my head here.