[jacksonL]

Hey! This is my first time building a computer. I just built it and it's not giving me any display output (which is my primary concern). Also, the DVD-RW drive won't open. In its current state I'm able to start all the fans and hear/feel the HD buzz by plugging it in, turning on the PSU, and pressing the power button.

Here are my specifications:

Antec Sonata II case w/ supplied SmartPower 2.0 450W ATX12V v2.01 power supply

ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 Motherboard (Connected to the case via 20pin plug. There's also another 4-pin plug (and one that's connected to the 20pin PSU plug), but when I connect those the computer won't start at all.)

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice (Cooled with a Zalman 7000b-Cu w/ Arctic Silver thermal paste. HS/F is plugged into the mobo correctly and runs when I turn on the machine.)

1GB Rosewill RAM

XFX NVidia GeForce 6800GS (The default 6-pin plug wasn't supported by my PSU so I used the included converter to change it into two 4-pin-sized-but-only-3-pin standard molex plugs. Both are plugged in. It's connected to the monitor via supplied 15-pin D-SUB.)

CMV 15" Monitor (Powers on, plugged in with 15-pin D-SUB to the GPU as mentioned before.)

NEC DVD Burner (Plugged into the PSU via 4-pin standard molex plug, and plugged into the mobo via IDE ribbon (primary)).

Maxtor 200GB HDD (My PSU has a connector that fits into this thing's male, but the documentation that came with my case said to use a converter to convert it to a 4-pin standard molex, so I did that and plugged it in that way (not sure if that was necessary/good/bad). It's plugged into the motherboard via SATA cord.)

Thanks for any help! If you need information I'd of course be happy to supply it.

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Hi,

Follow this guide and see if anything helps then report back what you tried.

Rick

[Doby]

Hi,

Follow this guide and see if anything helps then report back what you tried.

Rick