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    Help me out...

    Well guys, everythings working, and the computer boots up, and everything, but now (woop-tee-doo) I can't see anything on my moniter... Also, the latch at the end of the PCI 16X broke off. That won't really matter, though, once I screw it in, right? I'm really having a tough time with this ...

    I can't get to any friends or anything, because I'm really sick. The fan on the card starts up, so I dont know... Any ideas?
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    Motherboard - ASUS A8N5X ATX
    Memory - Crucial Ballistix Tracer
    PSU - Antec TRUEPOWERII 550w.
    Processor - AMD Athlon 64 3700+
    HDD - Seagate 250 Gig. 7200.8.
    Video Card - XFX 7900GT (Extreme Edition... Yum)

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    When you say that you don't get anything on the monitor, does that mean that you don't see anything at all when you fire it up? If so how do you know that it's booting up? Are there any beeps at all?
    Nick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SuperSparks
    When you say that you don't get anything on the monitor, does that mean that you don't see anything at all when you fire it up? If so how do you know that it's booting up? Are there any beeps at all?
    No, but I'm guessing, (If you're talking about POSTing) It's a silent POST. I don't see anything. But everything starts up (fans, etc.)
    SPECS:
    Motherboard - ASUS A8N5X ATX
    Memory - Crucial Ballistix Tracer
    PSU - Antec TRUEPOWERII 550w.
    Processor - AMD Athlon 64 3700+
    HDD - Seagate 250 Gig. 7200.8.
    Video Card - XFX 7900GT (Extreme Edition... Yum)

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    I don't think it's POSTing at all. All that the fans and drives spinning proves is that the fans and drives are spinning. In fact what you describe is typical of a motherboard failure which, given what happened, is a distinct possibility here

    Check that everything is firmly seated, cables, cards, RAM, etc., especially the graphics card. If that doesn't help, try clearing the CMOS in case it got scrambled. There should be a jumper on the motherboard to do that, if there isn't or you can't find it then pulling the motherboard battery out for a few minutes will achieve the same result.
    Nick.

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