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Old 11-18-2008, 03:42 PM
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Computer help- no display to monitor
Pulled out a computer that was in storage. Connected the monitor to the vga connection (motherboard), but the screen is blank. I tried an old crt monitor and same thing with that one. When the lcd isn't connected, it says 'no signal'. When it is connected, the power led blinks as if it and/or the computer is in stand-by. I can hear the computer working properly through it's onboard mini speaker, windows loading et al. Any ideas? It's got a DVI connector off the video card, but I don't have a DVI-VGA adapter. Any ideas before I go buy one?
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Old 11-18-2008, 03:44 PM
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Sounds like a bad video card

That is what's been wrong for me in the past when monitors wouldn't come on that worked on other computers. You have tested these monitors on other computers right
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Old 11-18-2008, 04:05 PM
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Are you saying you have an onboard video and a video card as well? If so, you may have turned off the onboard video in the BIOS. Try hitting Del or F2 before it starts to boot, or try removing the video card.
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Are you saying you have an onboard video and a video card as well? If so, you may have turned off the onboard video in the BIOS. Try hitting Del or F2 before it starts to boot, or try removing the video card.
Or better yet if you have a video card installed in addition to the on board video card, (since you said the system was in storage) open it and make sure the video card is sitting correctly in the slot (I assume older agp video card) try to take it out, use an eraser to rub the golden connecters and then clean them with a brush, re seat the card and try. Good luck.
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Old 11-18-2008, 04:27 PM
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I removed the video card and all is good now, need that one PCI slot for wifi anyway. Thanks fellas!
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