Maybe one of you can provide me with a suggestion. I am trying to build a new computer for my business partner and I have a problem.

Problem: After hooking everything up and powering up, the fans come on, the LEDs on the GPU light up and a finger on a hard drive gives evidence that it is spinning. However, the monitor stays dark and the LED shows it in the standby mode.

This is the second MB. I RMAed the first one to Newegg with the exact same symptoms. With this MB, I hooked everything up outside of the case. The PS, keyboard, mouse, and a hard drive. On the first MB I swapped the GPU from another computer but did not do so this time. The monitor is good. I am using it to type this post.

Can two MBs be DOA or am I missing something?