no video showing up on new system

[Eric Shubert]

On 11/01/2011 08:16 AM, Steven A. DuChene wrote:
> A friend gave me a new Intel DP45SG motherboard and a Q9550 Core 2 Quad processor
> so I bought what I thought would be a good set of DIMMs to go with it. The DIMMs
> are quantity 2 of DDR3 1333MHz 4GB. So I put it together in a new case and a 430W
> power supply. The system will turn on but I get no video. Looking over on-line docs
> for the motherboard I decided perhaps the 4GB DIMMs were not suited for the mother
> board so I purchased some 2GB DDR3 1333MHz DIMMs instead with high hopes that this
> would solve the no video problem. No such luck. The motherboard has an on-board
> mini speaker which I believe is where any post beep codes should come out. I am
> getting nothing from that speaker so I decided to try hooking a regular external
> speaker up to the standard audio ports to see if I was getting anything there.
> Nada, nothing, zilch.
>
> I tried two different video cards that work in other systems fine but I still get
> no video out when I power on this system.
>
> In looking over the specs for the q9550 processor I see it is supposed to have
> a 1333MHz FSB and the motherboard definitely lists support for DDR3 1333MHz memory.
>
> Anyone here have any ideas or suggestions?
> --
> Steven DuChene
>
>

Is there a jumper setting that will restore the bios to factory settings?

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'