please help

i just got done building my new computer, it has a mach speed n2view m/b, an xp 2500 barton cpu with 333fsb, and nanya 2700 2 x 512 mb ram, i get no monitor signal, there are no beeps, the fans run, the cd door opens and closes, so i know i have power, the green power light stays on, the red h/d drive light stays on for a while then goes out, i can turn the computer on and off from the switch, i cleared the cmos according to the manual, and even reversed the speaker plug and repced the speaker, still no sound and no screen, this is my second computer i have built so i have some knowledge when it comes to bulding them but my diagnostic skills are not so good
please help
david

 

Does the mb have on board video to check everything with or are there any bent pins or such on the cable

 

yes it does have on board video, bent pins on what? cable??

 

he means...any bent pins on the cable that connects your monitor to your gfx card or onboard gfx?

 

Are you sure your board has onboard video/this is the only machspeed nf2 mobo I could find with onboard video,is this your board?if so it has two vga outs for multiple users try switching ports.

http://www.machspeed.com/mt_nforce2.htm

If it aint your board could you post a link to it.

 

If you are using your own video card...is there an option in the bios to disable the onboard video??

Roger

 

i tried a seperate video card and that doesnt work either i get no beeps on start up, i cant get to the bios to see if the on board video is on or off, the board doesnt post, and the cable is good

 

that board is similar, it is a n2view board, that is a newer version
thanks for all the help guys

 

If the board doesn't even post, then I'd say you've got a bios issue!!

I once got a board that came bundled with a cpu that it supposedly supported...but they failed to mention that you had to flash the bios to a newer rivision that has recently come out in order to use the cpu that came with the board!! Another words... when they packaged the board and cpu together it wasn't compatible, but they knew that there would be a bios release before the product hit the shelf, that would make it compatible!! Which really sucks, if someone doesn't have a cpu that will work with it in order to get the bios flashed and then put the new one in!! But they say they do it all the time and they really don't care!!

To make a long story short...can you boot from a floppy, in order to flash the bios to the latest revision (which obviously you would have to download from another computer), and if not...do you have and older cpu that will work in that board so that you can atleast get it to post, and/or boot from a floppy in order to flash the bios!!??

Roger

 

Have you tried a different monitor.