When I start it up, all of the peripherals do what they normally do, but I get a NO VIDEO INPUT DETECTED on the monitor. It beeps/chirps lights up normally, but without the monitor display.
Paul M. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bones" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 6:42 PM Subject: Re: [Papermodels II 41257] OT- Ongoing computer problem > On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 18:27 -0800, Paul McCool wrote: >> OK, Folks, here's my dilemna. My wife's computer has been out of >> commission since Thanksgiving, due to the sudden onset of a condition >> where the monitor receives no input from the PC. I just installed a >> brand new video card, making sure to follow the instructions as to >> grounding myself, disconnecting the power, etc., but the new video >> card doesn't work any better than the one I removed, so now I'm pretty >> well certain I've misdiagnosed this problem. >> >> Anyone out there have any suggestions about how to fix this?? >> >> Paul M. >> >> > Paul..first up is the computer POSTing ? Do you get the initial POST > beep when she fires up ? If not then the problem is more serious, and > could be something like a failed optical drive which can stop the Power > On Self Test that is the first step in bringing Mr PC to life. This > needs to be confirmed one way or the other before any more diagnostic > stuff can be proceeded with. Also occasionally a flat BIOS battery on > the motherboard will stop the POST but this only happens rarely and is > more to do with the motherboard brand/model than anything, some it > matters and some it doesn't. > If it's POSTing but still no output then you need to check that the vid > card is seated properly. Also reseat the RAM chips. > At this point all you can do is unhook everything from the motherboard > and see if it fires then hook one thing up at a time to try and find out > what is stopping the startup > Other than these couple of things you might have to get it to a workshop > where they have maybe a POST test card which would tell just what the > POST problem is and can also point toward which piece of hardware has > failed. Could be Mrs Motherboard has shed her mortal coil or Mr Hard > Drive has crapped out. > > Bones > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Papermodels II" 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/papermodels?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" 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/papermodels?hl=en.
