800mhz Celeron (Video Problem could be MB?)

**Real_Bullet** · 05-04-2005, 11:58 AM

I have a 800mhz Celeron CPU with 1 problem which I aint sure if its motherboard or what.

But upon plugging in 3 different PCI Video cards, the CPU turns on as if its running normally but I get nothing on the monitor. I thought could be possible the PCI slot got fryed?

This all happened one night when I left the CPU on and everything, next morning I get up notice CPU still on, but nothing on monitor and nothign would come on, one thing I did notice though was after I opened up the Case the Video card was pretty hot, tested out other video cards and still got nothing.

question is what could be the problem?

**Sarkast** · 05-04-2005, 12:10 PM

Take a close look at all the capacitors on the board to see if any of them are leaking or have bulging tops. Also inspect the board for anything else that looks discoloured or otherwise unusual.

**Real_Bullet** · 05-04-2005, 12:18 PM

Well if the capacitors were leaking I would prolly see some residue on it like battery acid wouldnt I? whatever the case I didnt see nothing much like bulging capacitors or nothing discolored.

dai · 05-04-2005, 01:17 PM

have you tried it in another slot,if it still running the original power supply it could have failed,try another power supply

**Real_Bullet** · 05-04-2005, 02:09 PM

Well its got a PCI slot which only video cards will go into that slot unless its AGP.
I did however use a very very old AGP card and it didnt work but I am doubting it would of worked regardless of the problems anyway.

Power Supply seemed to worked ok, fan moving, getting power to the keyboard it look like plus fan was moving. So I dunno.

dai · 05-04-2005, 02:19 PM

agp is brown coloured and is on top of the pci white slots
the fans moving does not mean the p/s is ok the only way to check is with a multimeter or swap the supplies

05-04-2005, 11:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
Real_Bullet TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2005 Location: Lumberton, MS Posts: 517 OS: Windows Vista Home Basic My System	800mhz Celeron (Video Problem could be MB?) I have a 800mhz Celeron CPU with 1 problem which I aint sure if its motherboard or what. But upon plugging in 3 different PCI Video cards, the CPU turns on as if its running normally but I get nothing on the monitor. I thought could be possible the PCI slot got fryed? This all happened one night when I left the CPU on and everything, next morning I get up notice CPU still on, but nothing on monitor and nothign would come on, one thing I did notice though was after I opened up the Case the Video card was pretty hot, tested out other video cards and still got nothing. question is what could be the problem?

05-04-2005, 12:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Sarkast TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: NY Posts: 2,715 OS: WinXP	Take a close look at all the capacitors on the board to see if any of them are leaking or have bulging tops. Also inspect the board for anything else that looks discoloured or otherwise unusual. __________________ P4 2.4@2.9 / XP-90 / Albatron PX865PE Pro V2.0 / Kingston Hyper-X 512MB Dual Channel CL2-2-2-5 / Geforce4 MX440x8 64MB / WD80GB 7200RPM 8MB / Thermaltake 420W PSU --> SEE IT ALL GLOW <-- MBM5 - SpeedFan - PSU Calculator - MemTest86 - ThrottleWatch

05-04-2005, 01:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,240 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	have you tried it in another slot,if it still running the original power supply it could have failed,try another power supply __________________

05-04-2005, 02:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,240 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	agp is brown coloured and is on top of the pci white slots the fans moving does not mean the p/s is ok the only way to check is with a multimeter or swap the supplies __________________

05-04-2005, 12:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
Real_Bullet TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2005 Location: Lumberton, MS Posts: 517 OS: Windows Vista Home Basic My System	Well if the capacitors were leaking I would prolly see some residue on it like battery acid wouldnt I? whatever the case I didnt see nothing much like bulging capacitors or nothing discolored.

05-04-2005, 02:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
Real_Bullet TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2005 Location: Lumberton, MS Posts: 517 OS: Windows Vista Home Basic My System	Well its got a PCI slot which only video cards will go into that slot unless its AGP. I did however use a very very old AGP card and it didnt work but I am doubting it would of worked regardless of the problems anyway. Power Supply seemed to worked ok, fan moving, getting power to the keyboard it look like plus fan was moving. So I dunno.