HELP! Black Screen

MAD LARKIN · 07-13-2005, 11:18 PM

I finally bought the parts to my first gamming system, I put them all together with no problems but when I power up all the lights, heatsinks, and fans come on but it dosn't bring me to the bios its just a blank screen. Here are the parts:

Mobo: CHAINTECH VNF4 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813152053

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103537

Video Card: XFX Geforce 6800GT 256MB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150091

Ram: Kingston Value 2x512
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820141423

Hard Drive: SAMSUNG 160GB IDE Ultra ATA133
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152014

Case: ATRIX Black/Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower 400W Power
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811209002

I also have a DVD-ROM drive. It's my first time building a PC, I thought I did everything, I've been reading the manuals over and over trying to get it to work for hours

PLZ HELP!

Static_11 · 07-14-2005, 01:46 AM

make sure all connections are good.... also.. i had this problem... sor some odd reason... it decided to read the montitor from an PCI vid card... when i dont have one.. so.. unplug anything u have in ur PCI slots and plug ur monitor into ur mobo... and see what happens..

jseber1982 · 07-14-2005, 04:15 PM

make sure you reseat your memory and gfx card.. And also, did you plug in the 12volt power connector to the mobo? Im not talking about the big cable that has like 24 wires in it. Im talking about a little 4 pin square connector. It powers the cpu. And if you did, try powering it up without memory in it, you should get a beep code, then you will at least know your mobo and cpu is workin

MAD LARKIN · 07-15-2005, 02:46 AM

I forgot to say that it was beeping but I got it to work, I played around with the memory and for some wierd reason my it only works would work when I put the memory into slots 2 and 4...

Nubius · 07-15-2005, 05:10 AM

chaintech isn't that great of manufacturer, be it video cards or motherboards IMO

Chipinmyhead · 07-15-2005, 01:38 PM

How would one "reset" one's video card?

damasta55r · 07-15-2005, 11:55 PM

Maybe he meant reseat...

07-13-2005, 11:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
MAD LARKIN Junior Techie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 64	HELP! Black Screen I finally bought the parts to my first gamming system, I put them all together with no problems but when I power up all the lights, heatsinks, and fans come on but it dosn't bring me to the bios its just a blank screen. Here are the parts: Mobo: CHAINTECH VNF4 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813152053 CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103537 Video Card: XFX Geforce 6800GT 256MB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150091 Ram: Kingston Value 2x512 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820141423 Hard Drive: SAMSUNG 160GB IDE Ultra ATA133 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152014 Case: ATRIX Black/Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower 400W Power http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811209002 I also have a DVD-ROM drive. It's my first time building a PC, I thought I did everything, I've been reading the manuals over and over trying to get it to work for hours PLZ HELP!

07-14-2005, 04:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
jseber1982 Enterprise SMS Geek Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Atlanta, Ga Posts: 879	make sure you reseat your memory and gfx card.. And also, did you plug in the 12volt power connector to the mobo? Im not talking about the big cable that has like 24 wires in it. Im talking about a little 4 pin square connector. It powers the cpu. And if you did, try powering it up without memory in it, you should get a beep code, then you will at least know your mobo and cpu is workin __________________ QX6700, 680i SLI, 8gigs ocz memory 1KW PC power and cooling psu SLI 8800 GTX's, SB XFI

07-15-2005, 11:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
damasta55r Super Techie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 462	Maybe he meant reseat... __________________ First got a computer 4 years ago. Windows ME. Got second hand computers with different operating systems from my family members to play around with... damasta55r-Cnet forum Computing.net tech-forums.net Computerhelpforum.org ASPIRE ATXB4KLW-AL Antec 400W ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe AMD 3700+ San Diego Corsair 1GB 2x512 eVGA 6600GT 250GB Hard Drive Sound Blaster Audigy Windows XP HOME W/SP2

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07-14-2005, 01:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
Static_11 Monster Techie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,947	make sure all connections are good.... also.. i had this problem... sor some odd reason... it decided to read the montitor from an PCI vid card... when i dont have one.. so.. unplug anything u have in ur PCI slots and plug ur monitor into ur mobo... and see what happens..

07-15-2005, 02:46 AM	#4 (permalink)
MAD LARKIN Junior Techie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 64	I forgot to say that it was beeping but I got it to work, I played around with the memory and for some wierd reason my it only works would work when I put the memory into slots 2 and 4...

07-15-2005, 05:10 AM	#5 (permalink)
Nubius Banned Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,659	chaintech isn't that great of manufacturer, be it video cards or motherboards IMO

07-15-2005, 01:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
Chipinmyhead Newb Techie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 8	How would one "reset" one's video card?