problem booting m3a78-emh

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Hey everybody,
Not sure if this is the right forum for this or not but you guys have fixed all my ubuntu issues in the past.
I just got done building my first comp, specs are:
Asus M3A78-EMH HDMi
AMD Phenom BE 9850 (2.5 x4)
Patriot DDR
OCZ Vindicator, blah, blah

So anyways my question is that I haven't upgraded my monitor yet and I still have a vga. I turned the comp on and all the fans come on, and I've doubled checked the connections, they all seem right. But I don't get any display at all.

So did I do something real rookie like? maybe this sounds stupid but I kinda figured bios was built in.

btw I'm gonna run 8.04 if it ever gets goin. thanks in advance guys.

Josh

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in case anybody else had this problem, its real simple, the mobo only supports up to a phenom x4 9600...not the 9850... ****