Ok here is the deal,

I hooked up the powersupply and all the LED's and lights to the motherboard it's a P5V800-MX I powered it on and got a green light on the motherboard good sign right?

2) I hooked up the monitor to the on board BUT got no video the monitor was on idle.  There is NO Hard Drive attached NO DVD either.  and when I booted got no  BEEP but on my current machine I don't get a BEEP either and it boots fine.  is it panic mode?

hmm.. odd.. is it onboard video?

This may sound weird, but check that everything is all in firmly. Try pushing all of the cables in further, and even pushing your graphics card in further.

(How are you expecting to run a computer without a HDD btw )

this might sound like a stupid question.. but

Have you connected the power cable to the Video Card and correctly inserted it, checked all your cables?

Try with the hdd too

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Originally posted by Scone
Have you connected the power cable to the Video Card

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Originally posted by Scone
Try with the hdd too

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Originally posted by YourNeibour
There is NO Hard Drive attached NO DVD either.

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Originally posted by Panic!
(How are you expecting to run a computer without a HDD btw )

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Everything seems to be connected well, Eveyrthing seems to be in firmly.  I wanted to make sure that the mobo was working before I connected the DVD Drive, HDD and other stuff.  I don't get any beeps what's so ever though.

But wouldn't the expansion slot work?  because I'm not planning to use the onboard video card anyway.

Short list of things that I'd attempt / verify:

1) Check the rear of your power supply.  Most have a voltage switch.  Verify this is set correctly (115 volts if you are in North America, 230 in Europe).

2) Make sure you didn't forget to connect the four-wire power connector near the CPU.  It is required in addition to the main motherboard power connector.

3) Refer to your manual and locate the CMOS reset jumper.  Go ahead and reset the CMOS, and make sure you put the jumper back in the normal operating position.  I've had some new boards in past that came with the jumper in reset position...

4) Disconnect all the lights and switches, except for the power button.  Remove any additional cards you may have installed.  Using onboard video, all you need is CPU and RAM.

Other than that, my main concern would be installation of the CPU chip, if you did that yourself and are doing this for the first time.

1) Power Supply is set to 115 (i'm in canada)
2) I connected the fan to the motherboard
3) I Connected the powersupply to the motherboard
4) There are no other cards or peripherals connected to the motherboard
5) The monitor was plugged into the onboard VGA jack


All above was done and still no video I think that there mabye a problem with the motherboard, I'll try it again.  I'll try to plug in mouse and keyboard and see what happens.  What do you think?

i had the same problem with my motherobard when i built this computer a month ago, my advie would be to disconnect everything and start again. Add all the major components needed (including that HDD) and also make sure your bios version that came with the board is compatible with everything by going to the board manufacturers site; my problem was i was trying to run a dual core processor and my bios version didnt support it, sent it back to the manufacturer and they upgraded it. Also, check that CMOS jumper, other than that animal's list is spot on for trouble shooting

I called the store I brought it from and they told me the same plug in keyboard, mouse and monitor to the HD and of course the powersupply and see if the numlock flashes, I'll try that later and see if it works.  It's under warranty so i won't have to pay again if I need it replaced but they were carefull to give me the right processor to this motherboard.  I got a Asus P5V800-MX and a P4 2.66 Intell process that goes with that motherboard.

When you power on the computer does the monitor display Check Video Cable (or some error message?) Is it black when you plug it in? Is there an error message when you disconnect it?

No it's black and no message or anything, no beeps but the keyboard flashes

Monitor sounds like its shot

Have another one you can try?

No it's fine.....I am using the same monitor for both systems.

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Originally posted by Scone
Have you connected the power cable to the Video Card

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Really... since when?

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Originally posted by Scone
Try with the hdd too

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Originally posted by YourNeibour
There is NO Hard Drive attached NO DVD either.

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Someone is not reading...

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I think it's beacause it's idle.  I may have another HD lying around I can try and see what happens and try my video card.  If that doesn't work I may just take the MOBO back to the store and let them install a new one.  I'm going insane with this lol

And you all laughed when i said "check the cables."

Thanks Scone I owe you one.  Who new there were two PowerSupply connectors on the Mobo.  That's my fault for not reading the Manual carefully enough. 

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Who new there were two PowerSupply connectors on the Mobo.

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2) Make sure you didn't forget to connect the four-wire power connector near the CPU.  It is required in addition to the main motherboard power connector.

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hush adeptus

Not all mobo's have the 4 pin adapter, mine doesnt

my old mobo never did either it was an asus