No Signal on monitor

[madgvr4]

Got a freebie trying to see if it is any good. When i turn it on fans come on the hard drive spins but nothing come up on monitor just says no signal. Here is the info on the computer

Microstar mother board ms-6390
amd Athelon xp 1500
graphics card GeForce4 mx 400

I put a hard drive in out of a machine that is working and I still get the same thing no signal.

cannot swith graphics card because everything I have will not fit.

Thanks for any advice

[NightRise420]

Does the motherboard beep? If u just put the computer together, ur CPU might not be fully inserted in the socket.

[madgvr4]

no beeps nothing just fans. It looks like a better set up then what i currently have just need a little advice to try and get it going

[NightRise420]

does that motherboard have onboard video? If it does, try using onboard video first. cuz it'll prioritize onboard rather than the card u have. If the onboard doesn't work, try using another monitor. If the monitor doesnt work, all i can say is the motherboard is dead.

[madgvr4]

i've allready done all of that nothing, Im not an expert by any means I was hoping it might be something else. ohwell I dont know enough about motherboards but it does have lots of jumpers could this be a problem.

[NightRise420]

well....whats ur cpu? what fsb?

[RicheemxX]

quick and easy...

pull the board out of the case set it on a phone book or something none conductive leavinf the power supply connected you'll need to connect the power buttons as well{always forget to mention that}. leave in only the cpu/hs/fan one stick of memory and a vid card if there is no onboard unplug the power supply from the wall and clear the cmos using the jumpers if there are some if not pull the battery out

replace the battery and give it a try, this will rule out grounding in the case

[madgvr4]

i just got the computer and it was like this i took the cpu out and it is an

amd athelon 1500 333 MHZ, 256 L2 cach, front side bus 266 MHZ

mother board is micro-star ms-6390
site says it takes 184-ddr dimm so i bought a new 512 stick tried both slots

graphics is a geforce mx440
tried on board also

psu - says L&C model LC-300atx

and i have to ask what is fsb

ram is nanya 512mb ddr333

[madgvr4]

looking at other cases like this how do you reset the cmos

[NightRise420]

fsb is front side bus as u stated of 266Mhz. You may have to set ur jumper on ur motherboard to 266Mhz FSB. Not sure but ur motherboard might have jumpers for different FSB settings like 266, 533, 800 FSB.