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Before you continue you let me warn you im a Noob at building computers so please dont flame me, i just need help.
This is what i am usuing..
Intel Desktop Board D975XBX2
Dual Core E6700
2 1Gb G.Skill DDR2 Ram F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ
Rosewill 850 watt power supply
and much more but i think thats all that you need to know to help..

When i plug in the 2x12 power connector and 1x4 power connector the motherboard starts up and fans run and video card does too, but nothing appears on the screen.. As soon as a plug in the 2x4 power connector to the motherboard it will not start at all, and yes im using the suppilied connector to convert the power.. Anyone know whats wrong? if you need more info just ask

HI:

When I built my first system D975XBX2, i did have a similar issue probably the same.

When I hook up the 12 V connector 2x4 2x2 I did plug it in reverse and the motherboard don't start. Verify if you did plug it the right way. My connector adapter could go two ways.... see page 69 and 70 of the product guide.

Tell me if it work

its starting up now but i cant get anything to display on the screen.. im using a geforce 8800 gts.. any help?

Did you plug the 6 pin connector from the PSU on the 8800 GTS? I believe you don't need to plug in the 1x4 connector (molex) to the motherboard if you are using a 24 pin connector instead of a 20 pin connector. I don't have the 1x4 connector plugged in, only the 8 pin and 24 pin motherboard connectors plus the 6 pin dedicated video connector to my 8800 GTS and everything works fine.

i tried that and its still not working.. the motherboard, fans, hard drive, cd drive are all running, and the video card fan is running but as soon as i plug in the screen it doesnt detect a video feed

could it be possible for me not to have a compatible ram.. or would that cause the motherboard not to power at all?

Video card fully seated? Try (with PSU unplugged) re-seating the card and make sure the retention clip is locked in place. Any error beeps?

yes its fully seated and no error beeps

Have you plugged in the 8 pin power connector at the top of the board?

Dan

yes.. ive been reading and my motherboard allows the ram to run at 1.8-1.9 volts.. and the ram i have runs at 1.8-2.0 voltz.. could this be a problem?

Your RAM should run at its rated speed at 1.8v.

Generally with bad RAM, you should be able to at least get through the POST or into the BIOS before it breaks.

Dan

welll i just went out and bought correct ram that runs at 1.8 and still.. it powers up but no display

Do you have a different graphics card that you can test the board with?

Have you tried the graphics card in the other PCIe slot.

Dan

i found out i have a bad motherboard.. the motherboard is suppose to beep when no ram is in it and it wont even do that..

Mine did the same thing as yours but I forgot to set my monitor to digital, it was still set to Analog. When I finally found where the setting was on the new monitor it came to life.