System building - no video

Help!
I have been building PC's for about 5 years. Not to many, just a few through years. I have had numerous problems before, but am facing a new one.
I have installed MB (Foxconn 848P7, Yes, I know its old - but cheap at Geeks. com). Have installed used CPU, power supply, memory & used APG video from Ebay. No HD or CD yet.
I just wanted to test to see if it will boot to Post. Negative. No video.
Will power up, fans spin. But no video.
I have tried three different AGP cards with same result. Monitor is known to be good.
Advise?

 

Can't get to BIOS screen, no video at all. Just fans.

 

You may need to try an old PCI Video card. I believe that AGP cards in general came in two different flavors - 1.5V and 3.3V - you can check out your motherboard specs against each of the three cards to determine if this is a factor but I suspect the problem lies elsewhere. AGP cards also came in 2X, 4X and 8X varieties which you can also check out re: specs of your board and each of the three cards. If all of your cards are good, I would suspect the AGP slot itself as a potential cause but to Pete's point, you need to check out the BIOS setting and about the only way you are going to get there now is with an old PCI video card.

As an aside, you may also want to try resetting CMOS, just to see if this alters anything re: your ability to see anything on the screen during post. Disconnect main power at the motherboard and then move the CMOS jumper from pins 1&2 to pins 2&3, wait 10-15 seconds, re-jumper 1&2, re-connect power at the motherboard and try to boot.

 

Check the motherboard's CPU compatibility list for your CPU.

 

Hmmm - you wander in many disguieses! http://forum.wegotserved.com/index.php?showtopic=6946 - understand shotgun or cross posting can result in conflicting information, and confusion for you, and those responding. It also ties up volunteer resources so in that respect, is often frowned upon, and not good forum etiquette.

Any beeps? Where are you assembling this? Inside a case? If so, are you 200% certain the only case standoffs installed correspond to a motherboard mounting hole?

What about that used CPU, RAM, and PSU?