Re: [OT] New PC no video

2016-01-24 Thread Greg Keogh
> > That's what I was thinking. > Could be a return or similar. > > Was the box all sealed when you got it? > > I've had an issue with a mobo before where I couldn't boot it. It turned > out the bios version wasn't compatible with my ram, but elevated version > was. > Hello from my new PC! As I

Re: [OT] New PC no video

2016-01-24 Thread Les Hughes
+1. It's not new. If you want to test the theory, reset the bios to factory default, and see what the video defaults to. Cheers, Les On 24/01/16 16:23, Ken Schaefer wrote: Could it be that someone’s already had a play with the board? Seems like an odd configuration, and if it were normal,

RE: [OT] New PC no video

2016-01-24 Thread Grant Molloy
That's what I was thinking. Could be a return or similar. Was the box all sealed when you got it? I've had an issue with a mobo before where I couldn't boot it. It turned out the bios version wasn't compatible with my ram, but elevated version was. Grant On Jan 24, 2016 3:24 PM, "Ken Schaefer"

Re: [OT] New PC no video

2016-01-24 Thread Thomas Koster
On 23 January 2016 at 19:18, Greg Harris wrote: > Warning tangent alert... > > Back in the day (early 80's) one of my mates to test the boot process of a > new machine, would set his transistor radio going next to the machine. > It would be totally off station so

RE: Have Surface Pro 4 multi monitor Display issues been resolved?

2016-01-24 Thread Christopher Walsh
Greg, “trying better cables” doesn’t solve the issue. It is a firmware issue and has been identified by Microsoft ☺ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Wood Sent: Monday, 25 January 2016 12:03 AM To: ozDotNet

Re: Have Surface Pro 4 multi monitor Display issues been resolved?

2016-01-24 Thread Greg Wood
Hi All, I guess a few days have passed and you might have all of this solved! One thing is try better cables. Not sure if this is going to help anyone but I have an SP3 running 3 Dell U2414H (rev3) monitors running straight off the tablet, no docking station. But i lose the Sp3 display when

Re: [OT] New PC no video

2016-01-24 Thread Bec C
"Normal" folk get a mac or a dell and dont build their own ;) On Sunday, 24 January 2016, Greg Keogh wrote: > That's what I was thinking. >> Could be a return or similar. >> >> Was the box all sealed when you got it? >> >> I've had an issue with a mobo before where I couldn't