Alright, I just got done assembling my latest masterpiece yesterday and fired it up... with two notable problems, the larger being that I don't get any connectivity to my displays. Here's a rundown of my system...
Intel i5 650 w/Tuniq 120 Extreme HSF
MSI GD-85 mobo (P55)
Gigabyte HD Radeon HD5870
OCZ Vertex Turbo 60GB (x2, non-RAID)
Ultra LSP 750W PSU
GeIL DDR3-2133 2x2GB RAM
El Generico DVD burner (can't remember the manufacturer)
Chieftec SMART case
Logitech keyboard/USB and mini-keyboard/PS2
The story starts off by me checking the PSU and making sure its set to 110V, which I thought it was. When I powered it on it turned on for a second... then wound down and off... then 3 seconds later powered on again (for a second)... then wound down and off... repeat a few times...
I then shut it down with the PSU switch, checked the voltager selector, and decided that maybe I thought seeing '110V' was meant as "flip it up for 110V", so I did just that. Then my nice new computer stayed on and on, and I was overjoyed... until I realized that no BIOS was showing up on my 32" Samsung HDTV, nor the Acer 24" monitor I also had hooked up. After a good half hour of trying to get either monitor to connect in a myriad of configurations I acquiesced to defeat for the night and decided to tackle this problem tonight (now) and during the weekend if need be. (So Murphy and 'need be' is what I'm looking at.)(Damn Murphy!)
The lesser problem I noticed is that neither my USB mouse nor keyboard would light up and work, nor did the PS2 minikeyboard I favor for a gaming keyboard (for typing, I use a speedpad for the actual gaming). This makes me wonder if there is a problem with the video card, or maybe the motherboard. I bought an Ultra PSU tester to make sure the PSU was supplying power through all the connectors and sure enough they all put out. I went so far as to 'borrow' a monitor from work, one with a lower resolution than the 1920x1080 of my HDTV and 24" monitor, but still no luck. But something happens to all three monitors when I hook them up to the video cards connectors... they all pretty much stop working. Instead of showing 'No cable attached' (or some such) they all go blank screen on me... but I know they all detect the video card. I should say the HDTV doesn't go blank, but rather just ignores the video card and says 'no signal'. The Acer just goes blank; the Dell says 'press a button on the keyboard or move mouse' (to which neither work) and after 3-4 seconds goes blank.
If you're wondering about the rest of the system, it seems to work just fine. The fans are spinning, the lights are lighting up, the dvd drive opens and closes, but after that your guess is as good as mine until I get something on a display.
Any thoughts? All are welcome...
thanks in advance
TJS
Intel i5 650 w/Tuniq 120 Extreme HSF
MSI GD-85 mobo (P55)
Gigabyte HD Radeon HD5870
OCZ Vertex Turbo 60GB (x2, non-RAID)
Ultra LSP 750W PSU
GeIL DDR3-2133 2x2GB RAM
El Generico DVD burner (can't remember the manufacturer)
Chieftec SMART case
Logitech keyboard/USB and mini-keyboard/PS2
The story starts off by me checking the PSU and making sure its set to 110V, which I thought it was. When I powered it on it turned on for a second... then wound down and off... then 3 seconds later powered on again (for a second)... then wound down and off... repeat a few times...
I then shut it down with the PSU switch, checked the voltager selector, and decided that maybe I thought seeing '110V' was meant as "flip it up for 110V", so I did just that. Then my nice new computer stayed on and on, and I was overjoyed... until I realized that no BIOS was showing up on my 32" Samsung HDTV, nor the Acer 24" monitor I also had hooked up. After a good half hour of trying to get either monitor to connect in a myriad of configurations I acquiesced to defeat for the night and decided to tackle this problem tonight (now) and during the weekend if need be. (So Murphy and 'need be' is what I'm looking at.)(Damn Murphy!)
The lesser problem I noticed is that neither my USB mouse nor keyboard would light up and work, nor did the PS2 minikeyboard I favor for a gaming keyboard (for typing, I use a speedpad for the actual gaming). This makes me wonder if there is a problem with the video card, or maybe the motherboard. I bought an Ultra PSU tester to make sure the PSU was supplying power through all the connectors and sure enough they all put out. I went so far as to 'borrow' a monitor from work, one with a lower resolution than the 1920x1080 of my HDTV and 24" monitor, but still no luck. But something happens to all three monitors when I hook them up to the video cards connectors... they all pretty much stop working. Instead of showing 'No cable attached' (or some such) they all go blank screen on me... but I know they all detect the video card. I should say the HDTV doesn't go blank, but rather just ignores the video card and says 'no signal'. The Acer just goes blank; the Dell says 'press a button on the keyboard or move mouse' (to which neither work) and after 3-4 seconds goes blank.
If you're wondering about the rest of the system, it seems to work just fine. The fans are spinning, the lights are lighting up, the dvd drive opens and closes, but after that your guess is as good as mine until I get something on a display.
Any thoughts? All are welcome...
thanks in advance
TJS
Or is it the video card? Could it be the PSU after all? Maybe the motherboard? My money is on the mobo, but I'm going to grab a new PSU anyway and see what I shall see. 
