Monitor won't display on brand new PC build

[Army420]

I recently bought brand new parts to build my own PC. I had a friend put it together. He tested it on his monitor and the bios started up fine. I took it home and tried plugging it into MY monitor and there's no display. The power light is just yellow. The monitor is old but I know it works ( to an extent ) because my old desktop registers it. It's a 19 inch Dell. The port on the back of the new desktop is VGA.

Here are the rest of my computer specs as follows.

Mobo - MSI Z68MA-ED55 (B3) LGA1155 Intel Z68 B3 DDR3 SATA3 and USB 3.0 A&GbE MATX

Processor - Intel Core i5-2400 3.10 GHz 6 MB Cache Socket LGA1155

Memory - Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 Memory Kit for Intel Core i3, i5, i7 and AMD Platforms SDRAM CMZ8GX3M2A1600

PSU - Corsair Builder Series CX600 600 watt 80 Plus Certified Power Supply Compatible with Intel and AMD Platforms ATX 700 CMPSU-600CXV2

HDD - Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB SATA III 7200 RPM 16 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive - WD5000AAKX

Video card - MSI AMD Radeon HD6850 1G Pcie GDDR5

Heatsink - Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler (RR-212E-20PK-R2)

Like I said, he plugged the newly built PC into his own monitor and the bios started up fine. Any suggestions?

 

[Buckshot420]

did you plug the monitor into the board or the 6850? Just use the VGA/DVI adapter that came with the GPU and you should be good.

 

[Army420]

I plugged it into the VGA port, the one that has the monitor picture on it.

 

[Army420]

Could it be that the monitor is too old? lol.

 

[Buckshot420]

You need to plug it into the 6850 DVI port (not your Motherboard VGA port) using the DVI to VGA adapter that came with the graphics card.
Looks like this.
http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-DVI-Cable-Adapter-DVIVGAMF/dp/B000067SOH

 

[Army420]

Yea, that seemed to do the trick. Thanks, mayne. SOLVED!