[ale] no video showing up on new system

[Rich Faulkner]

Check all power connections (including aux +12V power) and make sure you
have everything plugged-in.  A quick check at Intel shows the mobo/cpu
combo are compatible.  Strip it down to the bare basics and go from
there.  Confirm your memory configuration and reseat all DIMMs.  Confirm
all connections are good and make sure to use the primary video PCIe
port (closest to the CPU).  If you haven't already done it; download the
product manual too.  The board accepts to 8GB of RAM if I remember right
so using single sticks of 2GB should be supported.  See product manual
for memory population rules.

If all connections are good according to manual and configuration is per
mfgr., then I'd say you may have a dead board.  Just make sure you have
all power connections made to the mobo...that is key.

Rich in Lilburn

On Tue, 2011-11-01 at 09:32 -0700, Steven A. DuChene wrote:

> A friend gave me a new Intel DP45SG motherboard and a Q9550 Core 2 Quad processor
> so I bought what I thought would be a good set of DIMMs to go with it. The DIMMs
> are quantity 2 of DDR3 1333MHz 4GB. So I put it together in a new case and a 430W
> power supply. The system will turn on but I get no video. Looking over on-line docs
> for the motherboard I decided perhaps the 4GB DIMMs were not suited for the mother
> board so I purchased some 2GB DDR3 1333MHz DIMMs instead with high hopes that this
> would solve the no video problem. No such luck. The motherboard has an on-board
> mini speaker which I believe is where any post beep codes should come out. I am
> getting nothing from that speaker so I decided to try hooking a regular external
> speaker up to the standard audio ports to see if I was getting anything there.
> Nada, nothing, zilch.
> 
> I tried two different video cards that work in other systems fine but I still get
> no video out when I power on this system.
> 
> In looking over the specs for the q9550 processor I see it is supposed to have
> a 1333MHz FSB and the motherboard definitely lists support for DDR3 1333MHz memory.
> 
> Anyone here have any ideas or suggestions?
> --
> Steven DuChene
> 
> 
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