No signal to monitor on initial setup

[Asdaftasabrush]

Hi all,

Brand new to this. I've setup my hardware and turned on my box, all powers up fine but no signal is going to my monitor to start the installation. Any ideas why this might be? I've tried using an HDMI cable and a VGA, but no joy with either. I don't understand why.

Any help would be hugely appreciated as this shouldn't be the first problem I have. Haha.

 

[Spearfoot]

Welcome to the forums!

Please post your full system specs (per the Forum Rules) - this really helps the folks here to better help you.

 

[Asdaftasabrush]

Fractal Node 304 Case
ASROCK A88M-ITX/AC AMD A88 Socket FM2+ DDR3 Motherboard
AMD A10 7860K FM2+ "Godavari" CPU 3.6GHz Quad Core Processor
2x 16GB PC3L-12800 DDR3-1600MHz ECC RAM
Arctic Blue 850w Power Supply
6x 2TB WD RED HDDs
Sandisk 32GB USB3.0 USB Stick

 

[Spearfoot]

Fractal Node 304 Case
ASROCK A88M-ITX/AC AMD A88 Socket FM2+ DDR3 Motherboard
AMD A10 7860K FM2+ "Godavari" CPU 3.6GHz Quad Core Processor
2x 16GB PC3L-12800 DDR3-1600MHz ECC RAM
Arctic Blue 850w Power Supply
6x 2TB WD RED HDDs
Sandisk 32GB USB3.0 USB Stick

That system board is more of a gamer/Windows board, while FreeNAS is a server-oriented software package. Also, FreeBSD (on which FreeNAS is based) has a history of somewhat-less-than-perfect support for AMD CPUs, though that may not be your problem.

Was there ever a time when the system produced video output to your monitor? i.e., are you able to boot the system and enter the BIOS setup? Can you boot any OS at all on the system? DOS from a USB drive? Windows/Linux/FreeBSD from a CD?

 

[Asdaftasabrush]

No, I've never had signal to my monitor on this setup. It makes no sense to me.
Not even BIOS.

 

[Spearfoot]

No, I've never had signal to my monitor on this setup. It makes no sense to me.
Not even BIOS.

Ah! Then you're problem isn't with FreeNAS: you need to get your new system working first. Perhaps this guide will help:

https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/building-burn-in-and-testing-your-freenas-system.38/