hi i just built my own computer but i have a problem. when i turn on my computer the computer sounds like its working perfectly but the monitor wont come on its like its not detecting that its connected to the computer. so as most poeple would do i tryed diffent harddware such as connceting a differnt monitor and i differnt grphics card but it makes no differnce so iv come to the conclusion that i must have forgot to do something when building it but i have no idea what could be causing the problem can anybody help. btw i know that the graphics card and monitors worked because i tryed them on a working computer and had no problems. thnx in advance

tell us more about the MOBO and video card Manf.

the graphics card i used is a nvidia gforce 4 mx 440 but i havent got much info about the motherboard because it was my friend that brought it and he asked me to take harddware out off his old computer and put it in his new (just stuff like cd rom and harddrive) the motherboard doesnt have a name or website onit that i can see but the only thing i can find is something saying ga-5ax i know that probly means nothing but thats the only thing i can find and my friend has forgotten what he brought lol so if you can help me from that info it'll be greate but if not i understand ( its my friends fault hes an idiot)

Hey, nothing wrong with being an idiot, my wife calls me that all the time. Here is lots of info on the MOBO http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=+ga-5ax&btnG=Google+Search When booting up tap the delete key to enter Setup (bios) and see if you can find some thing like "Load fail Safe Defaults",save the setting and exit to reboot.Post back

trouble is i cant enter the bios because i cant get my monitor to detect the computer lol i cant even get a picture. thnx for the info link on the mobo ill have to see if i can find anything from there. thnx for ur help

i discovered if i unplug the comp it works