No input Signal error

[BadBadger]

Hi all,
Hope you can offer some assistance to what I believe is probably a simple problem ;P

I had a new rig (specs below) delivered yesterday. Now, so far i have not been able to boot to Vista. The system powers up, one beep, fans spinning like lunatics (2 case, 2 graphics + coolermaster), it gets to the opening windows progress bar, flashing across nicely, and then I receive a "No input Signal".

I am in touch with the techs that built it, but frankly they are not around much and responses are very slow. The monitor itself is great and I am using it now on my old pc (with same dvi cable).

I can boot to safe mode no problem, but I have no idea where to go from there. The cards (incl SLI bridge), cables, ram all seem properly mounted, its just weird that I can display safe mode (in high res too) but not finish the boot sequence.

About me:- never liked hardware
I try to avoid pulling loads of components out as I have a tendency to be heavy handed and prone to mishap! That said, it all looks good in there.
Its not hooked up to web, so posting diags may be problematic. i cant take the card out to test as this ole pc is AGP.
is there something obvious I am missing here.

Appreciate any help you can offer
D



* CAS: NZXT Nemesis Elite Aluminium Mid-Tower Case 420W W/Window, Temp.Display & Fan Control [+10] (SILVER COLOR)
* CASUPGRADE: NONE
* CS_FAN: Default Case Fan
* CPU: (Quad-Core)Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz 1066FSB 8MB L2 Cache 64-bit [+52]
* CD: SONY DUAL FORMAT 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
* CD2: NONE
* CABLE: None
* FLASHMEDIA: None
* FREEBIE_VC: None
* FAN: CoolerMaster Liquid CPU Cooling System (Superior Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA)
* FLOPPY: NONE
* HDD: Single Hard Drive (400GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
* HDD2: NONE
* IEEE_CARD: NONE
* KEYBOARD: Logitech Cordless Deluxe 660 Desktop Keyboard & Mouse [+12]
* MOUSE: NONE [-4]
* MODEM: NONE
* MOTHERBOARD: (Quad-Core support) MSI P6N SLI-FV2 nForce 650i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard - upgraded to Asus p5N
* MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)4GB (2x2GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory [+55] (Mushkin Value Select or Major Brand)
* MONITOR: 22" (21.6" Viewable) WIDE 5MS TFT Active Matrix LCD Display DVI Monitor [+10]
* MONITOR2: NONE
* NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/100 NETWORK CARD
* OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium w/ Service Pack 1 (32-bit Edition)
* PPU: NONE
* PRO_WIRING: None
* POWERSUPPLY: 580 Watts Power Supplies (Hiper Type-M SLI/Crossfire Ready 580 Watt Power Supply)
* RUSH: NONE
* SOUND: Creative Labs SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio 24-BIT PCI Sound Card [+32]
* SPEAKERS: Creative Inspire T6100 5.1 Configuration Speakers System
* TEMP: NONE (AS SHOWN)
* TVRC: NONE
* UPS: None
* USB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
* USBHD: NONE
* VIDEO2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express Video Card (Major Brand Power by NVIDIA)
* VIDEO3: NONE
* VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express Video Card (Major Brand Power by NVIDIA)
* WEBCAM: NONE
* WNC: NONE
* WAP: NONE
* WARRANTY: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT

[Eddd]

I had this problem with my old computer, I found that the graphics card wasn't sitting correctly in the slot and one of the pins on the VGA cable was bent. Took a long time to find the problem, but was easy to fix when i found it.

[BadBadger]

will pop em out and reseat.
cheers!

[BadBadger]

Well, tried a few reseats and came up with removing the second card plus sli bridge. Works fine.
Shame I'm down to one card until I can figure out what setting is stopping the sli mode engaging for vista...