if it was just the monitor, he would have heard the normal 1 short beep on post check, video cards cause a 1 long beep then 2 short ones, and some times no beeps at all if the motherboard can't figure whats wrong, if the mother board isnt working it also wouldn't have beeped, the only possibility i agree might be the cause is the RAM went bad, if you have 2 slots, try using each alone, cause 1 faulty RAM could stop the whole system, or try using them on another computer, each alone ofcourse.
~Coalwater~ On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Daleeh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Have you plugged the monitor into a working computer to confirm it > works properly? > > If it works on another computer, check the video card in your > computer. Usually the only way to reliably check video cards is to > plug a good one in to see what happens. If you use an onboard video > card, plug one in to a PCI or AGP slot. I usually keep a spare basic > video card laying around for just such a situation. > > If these things don't work, then maybe you have something wrong on the > MOBO--either memory, or another item. To find out, you could unplug > all expansion cards (PCI, AGP, PCI-E, memory, etc) then start plugging > them back in one at a time (video first, then memory) to see if any > are the culprit. If not the MOBO, then the power supply could be bad > (even if one voltage rail is bad, things can go sour) so you would > need to swap in a good one. > > Unfortunately, there is no way to guarantee electronic circuits will > not fail. They are all man-made and subject to random failure. If > you've done all you can in the way of protection (surge protectors, > clean interiors and heat sinks, proper antivirus protection, etc) then > the only thing you can do is accept the fact that electro/mechanical > devices will fail and be prepared for it. > > Dale > > On Nov 7, 2:22 pm, gordax <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello: On normal start-up,I think,push power button on. I get normal > > noises ,lights on floopy,cd drives and lock lights on keyboard all > > flicker on, fans come on,ect.but monitor display is black,stays > > black,except for a momentary mini-screen indicating "no signal",then > > goes away back to black screen.By this time my windows screen should > > be booting-up and my desktop should be coming up, normal boot,right, > > well not this time,not since, 9 days ago. Nothing but black screen, > > cannot boot to Dos ,safe mode, no response at all from, mouse, > > keyboard, meaning I cant boot to anything. I can hear and feel the > > Hard Drive working,hear,see fan on MoBo and pwr.supply working,put cd > > in drives and floopy,working- but still black screen. Note: there is a > > reacurring single beep , beep coming from MoBo (ABIT KV-85 w/ > > Athlon64=3000 Proc.) HD is western digital WD600. Is there any way to > > find out electrical specs that come off the pwr supply into the Mo Bo > > tin order to check my pwr supply for correct specs. Iv changed out the > > hard drive ,same. if the MoBO is blown how can i make sure , and what > > are the reasons why the board blew w/ all the safe guards,no warning > > telling me to shut down before major damage happens . what could i > > have done to have made my computer to react with this no response, > > black screen situation . Please dont tell me to ok change mobo that > > fixes it or put in new pwr supply that fix it. I dont want those kind > > of answers, if thats it dont botherwith me. Id like the reasons behind > > the theory of why this happened. and prevention of so it wont happen > > again. i dont have multiply MoBo,HD Fix money Thanking in advance for > > the , i know the proper fix, help i can get. Yours Truly Gordon > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
