On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 22:23 -0500, Denise Brown wrote: > Paul McCool wrote: > > Yes to both. Same problem. > > > > Paul M. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mike Hungerford" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 6:30 PM > > Subject: Re: [Papermodels II 41254] OT- Ongoing computer problem > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Paul McCool <[email protected]> wrote: > >> OK, Folks, here's my dilemna. My wife's computer has been out of > >> commission > >> since Thanksgiving, due to the sudden onset of a condition where the > >> monitor > >> receives no input from the PC. I just installed a brand new video card, > >> making sure to follow the instructions as to grounding myself, > >> disconnecting > >> the power, etc., but the new video card doesn't work any better than the > >> one > >> I removed, so now I'm pretty well certain I've misdiagnosed this problem. > >> > >> Anyone out there have any suggestions about how to fix this?? > >> Paul M. > > > > Presumably you've tried another monitor and/or video cable ... ? > > Hi. > > From the sound of things, you've probably already tried this: > > Is your monitor DVI and/or VGA? Can you switch input source? > > Does your motherboard have onboard video? If so, can you plug the > monitor into it? I'd suggest you get into the bios to enable it, but > could be problematic without video. :-\ > > > > Denise > > -- > Correcto...impossible to get into the BIOS with no monitor...you could reset the BIOS by removing the battery and shift the jumper next to it to the other side to clear the BIOS, be sure to set the jumper BACK to original...about 15 seconds is plenty to clear the BIOS before you put the jumper back to its original setting... which will take it back to default settings. This is assuming that the onboard vid is the default.
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