Any Computer Geeks

[S1NN3R]

Hey My Pc decided not to Post,
It will turn on, CDR HDD all boot up (well hear them) but the Monitor wont turn on, If I take the cable out the monitor will say Signal output missing, I know it could be the Vid card, but can I take the card out to see if it would boot up and then log into it via remote DEsktop/?? or does the computer need the vid card to POST???
call me a n00b, but I have no idea

[delsol]

did u hear some "beep" when the pc boot up?

[pedestrain A]

I had a similar problem, I somehow fixed it by vaccumming the inside of the computer (and anywhere round the box etc) and just taking out the vid card and give the connector pins and socket a good clean..... God knows how many years have passed since I last opened it up, it was literially covered in dust balls 8O

hope it solves your problem

[S1NN3R]

Originally Posted by delsol

did u hear some "beep" when the pc boot up?

nope..
Tho I have never heard my computer beep for at least a year,

Originally Posted by pedestrain A

I had a similar problem, I somehow fixed it by vaccumming the inside of the computer (and anywhere round the box etc) and just taking out the vid card and give the connector pins and socket a good clean

Yeah I will give that a go,

[trend.whore]

Find a cheapie video card, whack it in and bobs your uncle

[Disinfo]

Definately check the video card is seated properly - if it's a PCI card you could try moving it to another slot even.

Is it actually trying to load the o/s (ie is there much disk access), or is it just dying before if gets that far?

[Horny_Devil]

if u have a pci video card make sure the monitor isnt plugged into the onboard video card

[mrmeal]

my suggestion would also be to pop the lid and re-seat the video card. When you remove the card fro mthe slot give the slot a blow out so you don't force any dust into the contact area and reseat the card. If it's PCI try another port if one is spare, if it's AGP you're pretty limited on the spare port front

Try that as it's a free easy solution as a first off.

[timmay556]

IF you have a pci video card, you need a new computer.

[EVLEVO]

Originally Posted by timmay556

IF you have a pci video card, you need a new computer.

LOL

Do you see the BIOS load at all or is the screen completely black? I had this problem the other day on a machine I was building and the processor was dead.

[Hayce]

Originally Posted by timmay556

IF you have a pci video card, you need a new computer.

seconded .

Have you disturbed the machine recently? I.E moved it.

Do you have on-board graphics? IF so try switching to that. What do you get in safe mode?

Edit: try super VGA mode too.. had a similar thing when someone had put the refresh rate of the monitor above what it could handle so it displayed ning. Pretty sure XP auto corrects this tho

[Disinfo]

Originally Posted by Hayce

Edit: try super VGA mode too.. had a similar thing when someone had put the refresh rate of the monitor above what it could handle so it displayed ning. Pretty sure XP auto corrects this tho

This won't help if there is no video during the post sequence though - that runs entirely indepedently of windows.

[memphis]

Onboard graphics or AGP/PCI video card?

Have you checked connections within your computer case? (Between graphics card and motherboard)

It can be to many things need some more information.

[S1NN3R]

I got it going, I Bashed the side of the case and now it boots up something may have been loose....

but thanks for ya guys help

[vtec_junky]

Originally Posted by S1NN3R

I Bashed the side of the case

makes ya wonder why it was not going in the first place

PC's + "bashing" dont really mix, normally = fekked

[aazaa]

Originally Posted by S1NN3R

I got it going, I Bashed the side of the case and now it boots up something may have been loose....

but thanks for ya guys help

LOL that always works as long as you dont hit it when its running.. disturbing the HDD while Spinning at 5400rpm or more = NOT GOOD....

[trend.whore]

Originally Posted by aazaa

LOL that always works as long as you dont hit it when its running.. disturbing the HDD while Spinning at 5400rpm or more = NOT GOOD....

My hdd musta hardened up LOL i bash mine all the time to stop my fan making a fucking annoying noise.

[Benhnz1]

Originally Posted by pedestrain A

I had a similar problem, I somehow fixed it by vaccumming the inside of the computer (and anywhere round the box etc) and just taking out the vid card and give the connector pins and socket a good clean..... God knows how many years have passed since I last opened it up, it was literially covered in dust balls 8O

hope it solves your problem

I would not suggest vacuming your computer, it can discharge a lot of static electricity onto the componets.

Just use compressed air next time. Works better too.

[Disinfo]

Originally Posted by vtec_junky

makes ya wonder why it was not going in the first place

If probably just reseated something.

Watch out when bashing PCs though, my flatmate hit his really hard so if decided to take revenge by sucking the a cd-rom somewhere up inside the drive and scrathing the heck out of it, lol

[wazzza]

good old percussive maintenance at work again.