Hi,

I am assembling this system :

1.VIA KT4A mobo
2.AMD 2.8
3.ATI 9500pro
4.80GB maxtor
5.300WATT psu with case
6.2x256DDRAM 333

the problem is that I never used or assembled AMD b4 and dont have another AMD machine to troubleshoot and find the defected part

my problem is like this :

(everything is installed properly.. when I turn it on the following happens :

1.no monitor output BLACK what so ever
2.the keyboard lights (numlock,capslock etc) all locked
3.the harddisk is working good (the normal sound u get upon switch on ur pc)
4.I dont know anything cos the bios wont show up the screen is blank
5. the VGA crad fan is running, the cpu fan too..
6.no beeps from the board or strange sounds at all

now which part is defected? the CPU? or the VGA card? or the mobo???
the mobo is jumperless all is configured by bios...

any IDEA?? sadly this PC is for a friend he asked me to do it for him and I dont have another working AMD around any Ideas on troubleshooting this system?

Thanx in advance

note ... I never had such bad experience with Intel products not on boards nor cpus I hope this not AMD!!!

the cpu looks ok not broken not used b4


any ideas?