New build won't boot: some fans turning, no beep or video

New build won't boot: some fans turning, no beep or video

When my new system is powered up, the case fan and power supply fans turn fine. The CPU fan twitches, but never gets going. Although I've heard that with AMDs and Gigabyte motherboards that is not necessary a problem. Hard drive is spinning. However, there is absolutely no indication that anything else is happening. The motherboard, as far as I can tell, does not have an internal speaker, but I harvested one from another machine and plugged it in and still no beeps at all. The monitor screen stays black, on both the integrated VGA and DVI.

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Guest [Entry]

"Is the CPU seated correctly? The internal speaker from the other build could possibly be of no use anyway if it isn't working itself.

By a ""black screen"" do you mean the monitor gets no signal? Or it gets a signal but remains black? Is there a prompt?

Sounds like a DOA motherboard to me. I'd say RMA."

Guest [Entry]

"I had this same problem, and it was something as simple as a incorrectly seated peripheral connection.

For me it was a floppy drive, but make sure it is all plugged in fine, its tedious but make sure every thing is plugged in correctly"