[Aaragorn]

I was helping a friend put together a computer and after getting all components installed on the mobo, when I hit the switch to turn it on, the fans start up, the front LED turns on, the CD drives power up, & the HDD gets power. The monitor shows nothing, and when you turn the monitor off/on it just asks if the VGA cable is connected. I am at a loss here. I don't even get to a point where it starts to boot up, it just powers up the devices, but nothing after that. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

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do you hear any beeps during startup?

what kind of video card is in the system? onboard or expansion (pci pcie agp) or both

[dsenette]

do you hear any beeps during startup?

what kind of video card is in the system? onboard or expansion (pci pcie agp) or both

[Aaragorn]

AGP Video Card, 256mb eVGA FX5500. No beeps during startup.

[dsenette]

ok....unplug EVERYTHING from the board ecept the proc and the video card and try to boot it...do you get any beeps?