Hi everyone,
Just found this excellent site after searching extensively for a solution to my problem.
I'm building a new pc using the X58A-UD3R mobo, an i7-950 pcu and standard Intel fan, a Samsung F3 7200rpm 1TB hdd, 3x2gb Corsair CMP6GX3M3A 1600Mhz memory, LG dvd drive, and a PNY FX380 graphics card. I'll be installiing Win7 64bit (once this problem is solved).
The pc will be used for music production only hence the modest graphics card but more memory.
I assembled the mobo, pcu, graphics card to one of the PCI-e slots, hdd to SATA2-1 (far right uppermost socket), dvd drive to SATA2-2 (lower right hand side socket) and one stick of memory (in slot DDR3-1).
Everything went in well with no problems and I connected my monitor to the graphics card. I then powered on to start the Win7 install but absolutley nothing happened. All the case and pcu fans were turning, I could just about hear the hdd whirring, and the dvd was opening and closing as you'd expect, but there was no output to the monitor and the monitor gave the on-screen message 'no signal - check cable. Everything was checked but still no display of the POST. I then swapped one of the memory sticks and still nothing so got the graphics card out of my current music pc to try that in case I had a faulty graphics card but still no display. I then removed everything, checked the mobo, reassembled the pcu and fan, tried another memory stick, installed the graphics card (I hunted on the net for any reviews and it seems to be a consistently good unit), put in the hdd and dvd drive, turned on the power and still nothing.
The board seems to have everything you need and I was hoping that it'll last me a good few years but the initial signs are not good.
Can anyone suggest what could be going wrong and what the solution could be?
Many thanks,
Terry