Hmmm, I switched monitors and monitor cables to ones that are known to be working...NO signal to the monitor at all. The monitor is working, just no signal. The PC turns on, the CD ROM drive opens and closes upon pressing the button , so something on the PC is working. Since the video is on the motherboard I am not sure if there is anything to poke and prod, nothing obvious anyway. I wiggled the monitor connector to no avail.
Maybe I'll pick up a cheap video grahics card and see if that will work, knowing my luck it may not work until I get inside the BIOS and switch from the onboard video to PCI card. I'd be really stuck then. Mayne I'll remove the HD and stick in another PC. Andy K3UK On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Andy obrien <k3uka...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions, I suspect a monitor related issue. I just > put in a Linux boot disk (FL-Digi) and I do not even get a signal to > the monitor, nothing displayed at all, same when i try to boot the HD > with Windows XP. . The video is on the motherboard so there is no > video CARD to reseat. I'm going to switch video cables and see if it > is a cable issue. > > Andy K3UK > > > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 7:16 AM, Andrew <es...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Andy, >> >> I would suggest reseating (thats seat not set!) all the cards, >> especially the memory chips. Had that one before myself. >> >> If that fails I would guess the HD might has taken the knock. >> >> Andrew >> LY/ES2DY >> >> --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew O'Brien" <k3uka...@...> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Please excuse the non-radio question... >>> >>> We have a PC that just stopped working, looking for some possible >>> ideas. The PC (a desk top) was knocked over by a frustrated >> teenager >>> , when plugged back in the power light comes back on but nothing is >>> seen by the monitor , no Windows attempting to boot or anything, no >>> beep codes. The fans are going, I do not see the HD LED light up, >>> and after a few seconds at boot-up, I hear a slight click like the >> HD >>> is trying without success. If the HD has gone kaput, would I not >> get >>> some indication from the PC rather than just nothing at all ? >>> >>> Andy K3UK >>> >> >> >
