Built PC but confused!!

[thebestrmt]

I bought an abit IP35-E and it does not have an onboard video out .( why , I don't know) I added a PCI-E card, but I cannot see anything on the monitor. everything else seems to be just fine , Ram Hard drive and chip, what seems to be the problem

 

[AlbertLionheart]

Do you get a POST (Power on self test) beep on startup? You should have only one.
It might not be a graphics card problem!

 

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With regards to your problem, if nothing happens after you press the power button and you don't get a POST (as albert said) then you could have a power supply or motherboard problem. Also it could be something like you may not have connected the power supply up correctly

 

[thebestrmt]

I get no beep!!!

Thanks AlbertLionheart for the info. I turn on the computer and get no beep. I will try a different graphics card. should I get a card that has a VGA port and a DMI port. will that make a difference? I also should have bought the intel board I had in mind instead of being told that the abit IP35-e was just as good. The Intel board was a DP35DPM model #. I think I should have waited for that one. also I bought a ULTRA case with a 500 watt PS.

 

[AlbertLionheart]

NO beep is bad news. Leaving the RAM in place, disconnect everythingfrom the board and reconnect only the power supply connectors and the speaker (if not on-board)
Start it by shorting the pins for the front panel power button connector.
If it works with a single beep, reconnect one piece at a time until you find the problem.
If this is no good, take the board out of the sytem and try on a static mat. Check that there are not too many of the brass support studs - these can cause a short under the board.

 

[thebestrmt]

No Beep is bad news

Thanks for the instructions. I'll try that and let ya know what happens.
Where do U live by the way? I live in Dallas Texas

 

[AlbertLionheart]

Home is middle England - politically, economically, geographically and socially. Boring. Never been to Dallas but spent lots of time in Louisville KY.

 

[thebestrmt]

In middle England

thats cool. I have a friend in London. a James Waller . He is a programmer. He travels back and forth to dallas . Me and my roommate R trying to go over there to see him