Just built my first system in a long while, and it has not resulted in immediate success!

All of the fans come on, along with all the case leds etc, and the hard drive activity light flashes on for a moment, with a solid light on the motherboards led. There are also no error leds on the mobo (so grfx is installed properly), and the grfx fan is spinning. However, the screen displays nothing (just a message about check the connection), and none of the capslock etc leds on the keyboard will respond. There are no beeps issuing from the motherboard, so I can't check the manual to see what is wrong.

specs

1 x Sony DRU-190S 20X DVD±RW DL & DVD-RAM Serial ATA - Retail Multi Bezel & Nero 142274 Warehouse Invoiced Track £13.59 £13.59
1 x Corsair 650W TX Series PSU - 120mm Fan, 80+% Efficiency, Single +12V Rail 135514 Warehouse Invoiced Track £55.98 £55.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB Hard Drive SATAII *32MB Cache* - OEM 143288 Warehouse Invoiced Track £59.56 £59.56
1 x NZXT Tempest Steel Mid Tower Case - No PSU 144802 Warehouse Invoiced Track £58.71 £58.71
1 x Sapphire HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card 148467 Warehouse Invoiced Track £153.18 £153.18
1 x Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5(5-5-5-18) DHX Technology Heat Sink Lifetime Warranty 140132 Warehouse Invoiced Track £57.64 £57.64
1 x Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66GHz Socket 775 1066MHz 8MB (2x4MB(4MB per core pair)) L2 Cache OEM Processor 148900 Warehouse Invoiced Track £127.61 £127.61
1 x Black Multimedia Keyboard - USB/PS2 Connection - UK Layout 125784 Warehouse Invoiced Track £2.80 £2.80
1 x OCZ Vanquisher CPU Cooler For Sockets AMD 754/939/AM2, Intel LGA775 134541 Warehouse Invoiced Track £9.91 £9.91
1 x Samsung Aqua SM2253LW 22" TFT Monitor 1680x1050 1000:1 300CD/M2 5ms DVI widescreen Gloss Black 3 Years Onsite Warranty 146978 Warehouse Invoiced Track £139.99 £139.99
1 x ASUS P5KC AiLifestyle Series iP35 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard 132275 Warehouse Invoiced Track £64.69 £64.69

Does the MB have a built in video card? If so connect to that one first and change the setting in the bios.

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