KM4AM-V No Video, No Beep

I just recently bought new an MSI KM4AM-V Motherboard from CompUSA.
I then installed it in a system that I had been prepping for a new motherboard and some memory.
Power Supply - ATX 400 Watt
Memory - PC2700 One stick of 256 mb
CPU - 1.2 ghz Athlon
HD - 80 GB Maxtor
CD Drive - (does it matter?)
I have tried disconnecting HD and CD to see if its power, I have tried resetting CMOS, and changing my FSB jumpers. I have tried Removing the battery, waiting, and reinserting it, and I have tried using an ATI video card to test the video. The Fan is plugged in correctly as well.
Every time, the result is the same, system springs to life, fans spin, but there is no signal on the monitor, and I hear no beeping noise. There might be a bios, I dont know, all I know is that my monitor tells me that the motherboard is sending NO signal.
I am really pissed that I might have spent 100$ on a new motherboard that does not function, and I would like any suggestions at all on what I might have missed.
Oh, and I tried two diff monitors to test the signal, and the CPU does work, and the Graphics card works too. Neither the AGP Card, nor the onboard VGA display anything.
Thanks for your help
Cheers
-Bob

Praise be to both of you! It was as simple as that!
I was pretty sure that my error was something simple, and luckilly it was! I plugged in the other connector and my computer sprang to life as if painted on the ceiling of the sistine chapel touching the outstretched fingers of its creator.
Cheers to both of you for such a speedy and accurate response!
Thanks a million!
-Bob

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SPANISH
Da esos pitidos y nada de video ocurrio de un dia para otro necesito ayuda por favor
ya probe todas las piezas en otras tarjetas madres y todo bien
Procesador: AMD FX 6100
Tarjeta de video: ASUS GTX 550 Ti
Fuente de poder: Agiler 1400W certificada
Memoria RAM: Corsair vengance 4x4GB (8GB)
puse otras memorias y otro procesador y tambien otra tarjeta de video y nada de nada
paso de un dia para otro estaba funcionando todo bien hasta el dia siguiente que se prendio y me salio con esto
ENGLISH (TRANSLATE GOOGLE)
Da those beeps and no video happened from one day to another need help please
and probe all parts in other motherboards and all good
Processor: AMD FX 6100
Video Card: ASUS GTX 550 Ti
Power: 1400W Agiler certified
RAM: Corsair 4x4GB vengance (8GB )
I put other memories and other processor and also another video card and zilch
passage from one day to another was running all fine until the next day they lit it and I came to this

Please use your Inbox for PM (privates messages) if u need more help in spanish. im a single user only. ( not moderator or msi worker), but have a bit of experience. we cant talk on spanish in post forum.
with the 3 beeps the motherboard is telling you the problem is the Memory sticks. i have a trick using a white soft eraser (white means no colorants in build), pass it on the golden contacts carefully like erasing a text, and ONLY by the memory´s golden conductives contacts. then install only 1 memory and try it
in a few cases and depending where u live, some corrosive film is created over those contacts and in the Memory´s rail of the motherboard. if that solve the problem i suggest contact an technician to clean deeply the motherboard memory´s rail.
Translated: usa tu buzón para mensajes privados o PM, solo si necesitas que te ayude mas en español aunque soy solamente un simple usuario pero tengo un poquito de experiencia. no podemos hablar en español en el foro.
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No, Options:
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I understand that your Slimline computers do not display any video or boot properly when installing new RAM, and I would be happy to assist you in this matter!
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What also doesn't seem normal is the three LEDs' illuminating on the video card. The LEDs are D1601, 2, and 3. From the information I could find about this video card, the problem still might be something else, such as my zipcode, or the color of my hair.
edit/ These three LEDs' being illuminated on the video card is part of the card's POST, so they are normal at boot. They still do not turn off, however. /edit
I don't have access to any other components or computers. I'd swap things around for sure if I could.
Like I said, thanks in advance for any help you may provide, and thanks for reading all this.
*UPDATE*
I re-seated the CPU. Still no video, no beep.

Thanks Henry for your reply, and I hope everybody will forgive my stubbornness. I won't be able to sleep, though, until I ask, which CPUs were supported with BIOS version H1? No CPU in the table shows a revision other than H4 and H7, but surely the Athlon II (AD170UEAK13GM), for example, or at least some of these CPUs on the list, were compatible with the motherboard when it was released, wouldn't you think? Otherwise, when the board was released earlier this year, there was no point in buying one until 17 May, when BIOS revision H4 was released.
*UPDATE*
I contacted MSI, and they first said that H4 was necessary. I asked then which CPUs were compatible with H3, but they said H3 didn't exist (such as the MS-7599VER:3.1 on my board?). So I asked which CPUs were compatible with H1. This produced the longest delay in their response, but they finally came back and said the 555 BE was compatible even with H1. To clarify, I said that I was wanting to use a board with MS-7599 ver:3.1, and they said it would work.
I think the table is misleading, and it's being viewed as a minimum. There are some minimums, indeed, but they have to be found in the changelogs (such as X6s needing rev.H4, but not all, because I've read of people's using X6s before H4 was even released). Otherwise, the table seems to be saying that if you already have H4 with the 555 BE, there's no point in updating to H7, because there were no changes in the BIOS related to that CPU. It appears an additional column would be helpful in the table, showing minimum BIOS necessary.

KM4AM-V No Video, No Beep

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