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Title: GA-P55-USB3 monitor wont display
Post by: babygiorgio1 on September 03, 2010, 03:44:28 am
hi. i have an unusual problem that i am unsure what causing or the root of it and hope you can be some help.
i switched to a new m/b and Ram and now my monitor wont boot/display anything.
my keyboard lights up (3 lights and stays on)

my config is

GA-P55-USB3
i5 760
kingston 4 gigs
evga 9800 GTX
corsair 750 TX
Title: Re: GA-P55-USB3 monitor wont display
Post by: Dark Mantis on September 03, 2010, 09:33:37 am
Hi and welcome to the forum.
When you try and boot do you get any beeps from the buzzer? Have you mad esure the graphics card is secure in the correct slot and the power cables are attached?
Have you connected the 12v 4 or 8 pin connector to the motherboard near  the CPU?
Title: Re: GA-P55-USB3 monitor wont display
Post by: babygiorgio1 on September 03, 2010, 01:31:05 pm
thank you for responding so promptly
unfortunately my buzzer doesnt work so i dont know. the gfx card is correctly installed and powered as the green light on it lights  up.
i have also connected the 8 pin connector near the cpu.
when i power on my motherboard, it  has 4 lights on the top right: 1 red 1 yellow and 2 green but the manual doesnt say what these mean
Title: Re: GA-P55-USB3 monitor wont display
Post by: ABully on September 03, 2010, 02:24:52 pm
Quote from: babygiorgio1 on September 03, 2010, 01:31:05 pm
thank you for responding so promptly
unfortunately my buzzer doesnt work so i dont know. the gfx card is correctly installed and powered as the green light on it lights  up.
i have also connected the 8 pin connector near the cpu.
when i power on my motherboard, it  has 4 lights on the top right: 1 red 1 yellow and 2 green but the manual doesnt say what these mean

Hi....... the lights are Phase LED which indicated the CPU loading...... the higher the loading the more the lights come on......... i have had a bad experience with the same mobo and the same processor........... so if you can explain exactly what happened in detail with specs i will try and help..............
Title: Re: GA-P55-USB3 monitor wont display
Post by: Dark Mantis on September 03, 2010, 04:46:21 pm
Quote from: babygiorgio1 on September 03, 2010, 01:31:05 pm
thank you for responding so promptly
unfortunately my buzzer doesnt work so i dont know. the gfx card is correctly installed and powered as the green light on it lights  up.
i have also connected the 8 pin connector near the cpu.
when i power on my motherboard, it  has 4 lights on the top right: 1 red 1 yellow and 2 green but the manual doesnt say what these mean

First thing I suggest that you replace your buzzer. It is an important piece of fault finding equiptment and without one you are just guessing.
Have you got the GPU plugged into the top PCIe x16 slot? Is the monitor connected to the correct output?
Title: Re: GA-P55-USB3 monitor wont display
Post by: babygiorgio1 on September 03, 2010, 05:02:59 pm
ok problem is solved by switching the ram slots. instead of slot 1 and 3 i put it in slots 2 and 4. i never encountered this before. is this a m/b issue or RAM issue?
however, windows 7  is taking forever to install
Title: Re: GA-P55-USB3 monitor wont display
Post by: Dark Mantis on September 03, 2010, 05:17:05 pm
The memory should be using 1&3 by default. Have you checked your ram with Memtest86+ to confirm it is ok?
Make sure that you have disabled anything in the BIOS that you are not using eg floppy drive etc.