Newly Built Computer "no signal"

02-21-2011, 02:14 AM #1

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); i have just bought a bunch of new parts and i assembled a computer
When i press the power button all the fans turn on and the LED's turn on but there is no signal going to the monitor. I am using standard VGA and i have tested for bad ram and i have tried removing as much as i could but still being able to boot the bios theoretically. Nothing shows up.

my parts:

500gb seagate HDD 7200 rpm

diamond radeon hd 6870 1gb 256-bit GDDR5 PCI express

cooler master extreme power plus RS-500-PCAR 500W

2x2gb DDR3 SDRAM desktop memory

asus lx 1156 intel h55 micro atx intel motherboard

intel core i5-760 2.8ghz

please help

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03-02-2011, 10:16 PM #11

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Originally posted by PatheticBowler

When i use my computer, i get signal to my screen for a period of time but then the screen goes blank. It works fine when i take the graphics card out and use on-board. Could this be because of my PSU that its to small?

sounds like your card is overheating.

03-02-2011, 10:18 PM #12

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damn, any way i can prevent this? lol? maybe set its core speed down?