On Friday 25 January 2008 10:44:07 D Henson wrote:
> I now get no display at all, not even the stuff you normally get when
> you boot the system. Correct me if I'm wrong but shouldn't any PC
> monitor display that stuff, regardless of whether or not a driver is
> installed? All that I do get is "No VGA Input" and "Monitor going to
> Sleep". This sounds like a hardware problem. I removed my existing card
> (GeForce 2) and installed a newer one (GeForce FX 5200). No display.
> Reinstalled the older card. Replaced VGA cable. No display. Removed
> power for 20 seconds & reconnected power. No display. Replaced monitor
> with known good monitor. No display. Now I'm really lost.
>
> Anybody have any suggestions on how to proceed?
>
> Don Henson
Do you have a CRT or an LCD laptop? Please check to make sure the monitor's
settings haven't been corrupted. Just this week I had a friend call and say
his big 24" LCD monitor wasn't working anymore - no lights, no display. After
poking a lot of buttons I finally figured out that it had just lots it's
mind - was listening to the wrong input, was set to partial resolution, a
bunch of things. I assume a surge hit the monitor or something.
You are saying, I take it, that you do not see even the BIOS messages
scrolling by when you first boot up. That makes me wonder if the BIOs is set
to send it's output to something other than the AGP/PCIe port.
Is there a built-in VGA on the mainboard that you are not using? If so, plug
your monitor into it and see if it's getting signal. If so you'll have to go
into the BIOS and tell the BIOS to use the AGP/PCIe port (it will probably be
an options called "Init Display First"
You might also need to clear your CMOS memory. How to do this depends on the
specific computer. Its usually done by moving a jumper temporarily.
Is the computer turning on at all? Go you get power lights, do the fans start
to turn when you turn the computer on?
If so and my pervious advice still doesn't work, you might try using a PCI
video card too, at least temporarily.
JW
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