Hi Vanessa,

The other things to try are re-socketing the CPU and making sure the MB is
not being shorted to the standoffs. If it still doesn't work, the CPU or MB
could be bad.

Russ Poffenberger
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Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] No Video after installing new MSI motherboard


Thanks for your response.  But there is no video card. I have nothing in the
PCI slots. I'm using onboard video. Just to make sure that the onboard video
was not a problem, I tried installing a video card, but got the same amber
colored light on the monitor.  I tried re-seating the ram, I've tried a
brand new stick of ram. I've tried leaving the hard drive unhooked, I've
tried a new power supply. This MSI G31M3-F v2   board is an Intel socket
775.  The specs are: • 2 DIMMs w/ DDR2 667/800 upto 4GB 
• 1 PCI-E 16X; 2 PCI-; 8 USB 
• 10/100 LAN; SATAII up to 4; ATA 133 
• MSI Dual CoreCenter; Live Update 
• 9.6 in (L) x 7.6 in (W) Micro-ATX 


The tech guy at Fry's told me that the DDR2 4200 (533) ram that I have will
be compatible with this board.  Is that true being that the specs state it
supports DD2 667/800? 



Thanks for your help, 

Vanessa H. 




----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 2:24:37 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] No Video after installing new MSI motherboard 

What have you tried so far? What other components are installed? 
Double-check that all the components are properly seated, especially the 
Video Card and its connections. 



-------- Original Message -------- 
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] No Video after installing new MSI motherboard 
From: Vanessa Henderson <[log in to unmask]> 
Date: Sun, September 13, 2009 11:27 pm 
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I've just installed a new MSI motherboard in a system that the previous 
board went bad. I have 1 stick of DDR2 4200. Once I press the power 
button, 
my monitor says no signal and the screen stays black. All fans are 
running, 
but I can't see a thing. Please help 


Kind regards, 
Vanessa Henderson 

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