Re: [OT] New PC no video

> > That's what I was thinking. > Could be a return or similar. > > Was the box all sealed when you got it? > > I've had an issue with a mobo before where I couldn't boot it. It turned > out the bios version wasn't compatible with my ram, but elevated version > was. > Hello from my new PC! As I

Re: [OT] New PC no video

describe. *From:*ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh *Sent:* Saturday, 23 January 2016 6:04 PM *To:* ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> *Subject:* Re: [OT] New PC no video My friend just rang to say he got the new box working, but in

RE: [OT] New PC no video

otnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh > *Sent:* Saturday, 23 January 2016 6:04 PM > *To:* ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> > *Subject:* Re: [OT] New PC no video > > > > My friend just rang to say he got the new box working, but in a way the > confused and w

Re: [OT] New PC no video

On 23 January 2016 at 19:18, Greg Harris wrote: > Warning tangent alert... > > Back in the day (early 80's) one of my mates to test the boot process of a > new machine, would set his transistor radio going next to the machine. > It would be totally off station so

Re: [OT] New PC no video

"Normal" folk get a mac or a dell and dont build their own ;) On Sunday, 24 January 2016, Greg Keogh wrote: > That's what I was thinking. >> Could be a return or similar. >> >> Was the box all sealed when you got it? >> >> I've had an issue with a mobo before where I couldn't

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Hi Greg, Warning tangent alert... Back in the day (early 80's) one of my mates to test the boot process of a new machine, would set his transistor radio going next to the machine. It would be totally off station so as just to hear static. Then as the machine boots, you listen to the RF

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> > I do not think it would be as valid today with much faster clock speeds. > Oh yeah, processors are so fast now, that only a dog would be able to hear the supersonic squeals of the boot sequence. But seriously, I have a 1982 vintage Sansui G-3500 tuner-amplifier on my desk, and when I have

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> > Weird. > Yeah, just like writing software. You don't know why it doesn't work and then don't know why it does work. What CPU did you get? Is the RAM DDR3 or DDR4? Some boards can run both > types. > > Asus mainboards boast of “audio aficionado” quality chips for > sound/multimedia. My

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net@ozdotnet.com> Subject: Re: [OT] New PC no video My friend just rang to say he got the new box working, but in a way the confused and worried him. He also could get no video out of the motherboard, so in desperation he stuck a video card in, and it worked. Then in the BIOS screen he set it

Re: [OT] New PC no video

My friend just rang to say he got the new box working, but in a way the confused and worried him. He also could get no video out of the motherboard, so in desperation he stuck a video card in, and it worked. Then in the BIOS screen he set it to use "onboard video" (which normally has to be the

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> > Check video card, drivers, faulty cables... If new I'd guess drivers The new motherboard has on-board DVI and HDMI so there is no video card. And this is the first time the thing was powered on, so there is nothing bootable yet. We couldn't even get the BIOS screen to show -- *GK*

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We couldn't even get the BIOS screen to show -- GK That’s tell-tale for RAM not seated, and/or CPU. I’m not sure with these new MBs whether there is a connection to a speaker but it was used as a useful fault detection by a pattern of “beeps”. Your MB’s guide may show a pattern of LEDs for

RE: [OT] New PC no video

Park, Victoria 3206 Australia From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Saturday, 23 January 2016 6:04 PM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: Re: [OT] New PC no video My friend just rang to say he got the n

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Glad it's explainable at least. Would hate to have it magically work suddenly On Saturday, 23 January 2016, Greg Keogh wrote: > My friend just rang to say he got the new box working, but in a way the > confused and worried him. He also could get no video out of the >

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Check all connection are propery connected, cpu, memory, etc. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Saturday, 23 January 2016 1:32 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: [OT] New PC no video Folks, just build

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Check video card, drivers, faulty cables... If new I'd guess drivers On Saturday, 23 January 2016, Greg Keogh wrote: > Folks, just build a brand new PC from parts purchased at MSY. Powered it > up and there's no video from DVI or HDMI with different monitors. I've > never had