No video is bad. That is why I advised drastic actions such as taking everything apart. If you tested with only the Motherboard, CPU, RAM and video card, try re-seating the RAM and video card. Also test your video card in your son's computer.
Note - The disconnection and removal of the other components is to eliminate them as interference. Something may be touching the wrong part. Fly...... pekoe4849 wrote: > > Hi Dragonfly, > > Last night I put everything back the way it was, since it was working > in the shop when I left. I took the box to my son's house. First, even > though I didn't think it would work, I plugged into his monitor with > my box. No go. So I borrowed his video card out of his machine and > just plugged my box in with only the power and monitor. Just got a > black screen. So much for that. I thought I'd just rule out the video > card being bad. I don't know if it was a very good test though because > even though I seated his video card as far as it would go, it just > didn't reach the screw hole very well, so I left it unscrewed just to > test it. > > I did get my Win98 installation disk back from him though, so I can > now prove to the XP installation that I had one. That's why I didn't > install a fresh XP to begin with. > > No, I don't need three drives. One is bad, that's why I bought a new > one. I didn't know until I talked to the tech at the shop which drive > was bad. At one point I got a "serious hard drive error on C" > (probably not exact words). XP is installed on D, so...? The tech > said it would be the drive my OS is installed on. Is that right? I > hope so, because it's going bye bye anyway--it's the smallest drive. > > You told me what to do if I get video, but what do I do if I don't? > Give up and take it in? Or..... > > I bought a stick of dyanamite just in case. :D > > Diane > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:A-1-Computer_Tech%40yahoogroups.com>, Dragonfly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Wow. I have been there and been truely frustrated. > > > > It is a good thing you have it apart because now you can do things > the > > right way. > > > > When I don't get video, I remove all interface cards and disconnect > all > > attached drives, cables..etc. Minimum boot requirements are video > card, > > RAM, motherboard and power cord. You can add a keyboard but you > really > > don't need it to test for video. Plug in the monitor and reboot. > > > > If you get video, power down and prepare to connect your drives. > Make > > sure the drive you intend to be C: is set to master and put it on > IDE > > channel 0. You want this to be your boot device. Put a slave drive > on > > the same cable. ( Is it worth booting to the bios to make sure that > it > > is the first channel? ) Go ahead and set up the CD and other drive. > Do > > you need all three drives? > > > > Make sure all components are connected. Boot from your Windows CD > and > > install your new operating system. > > > > Fly...... > > > > pekoe4849 wrote: > > > > > > Jim, > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
