The lights and fans turn on, but no display on the monitor

Hi @colbuh ,

Try connecting a PC system speaker to the JFP2 header pins on the motherboard and check if there is a beep error code, from the speaker when the desktop is turned on.

I cannot find out what the beep error codes for your particular motherboard are but once you know the pattern of the code, (the pattern is recurring so count the beeps and also note if they are long or short) search online for MSI beep code (insert code) to find out what they mean, e.g. it may be 9 short beeps repeated or perhaps 1 long and 2 short beeps repeated etc, it depends on what BIOS is installed AMI BIOS or AWARD BIOS etc as to what it means

Here’s an image taken from the motherboard’s user manual showing where the JFP2 header pins are and what they can have connected to them. I have also added an image of what the speaker can look like. The red wire of the speaker should connect to the speaker + header pin and the black wire to the speaker - pin.

(click on image to enlarge for better viewing)