Computer troubleshooting help?

Question

I just finished biulding my computer. It turns on but wont boot. What could the problem be? The cpu fan is spinning, does this mean the processors working? The hard drive is also making noise.

The specs are::
ASUS P5N32 SLI DELUXE MOBO
INTEL CORE 2 DUO 2.13GHZ
SEAGATE 500GB HD
2GB CORSAIR DDR2 RAM
EVGA Geforce 8800 gts

I turn on the computer and it powers up, but the monitor says no connection. Can anyone help?

Tried, reinstalling everything. Still no use. I notice there is an 8 hole/pin socket. But my power supply only has a 6 hole plug/

Answer 1

The fan spinning just means that you are getting power to it. Same for the hard drive.

Unplug everything and re-inset it making sure that everything is well seated.

Try it with only one memory DIMM. If you have one, try another video card.

Try it without the hard drive - you should be able to get into BIOS.

Answer 2

6 pin is a PCI-E power connector.

8-pin EATX12V connector to power a processor (you can plug the standard 4-pin ATX12V connector (providing no less than 13 A for Pentium 4/EE and no less than 16 A for Pentium D/EE). PSU with an 8-pin connector may be required for future processors), 4-pin (peripheral) additional connector in case of a PSU with a 20-pin connector (mandatory for SLI mode)

The EATX12V connector provides more ampacity to the board so if your power supply has the 8pin EATX12V connector, it is a good idea to use it. But if your power supply doesn't have this or if it is modular and you didn't connect an additional 4pin 12v/gnd X2 ... and your system is working OK, don't worry about it. Some D900 series Intel processors, especially the extreme edition, require lots of power and the 8pin EATX12V helps supply it.

Answer 3

with the absence of a post beep code, try another monitor. then try reseating everything including the cpu