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bumjabber · 09-12-2005, 10:30 PM

Hi everyone, sorry if this is in the wrong forum but I didn't know which one to put it in, well I am a newbie after all.

I got this problem, my monitor doesn't turn on, so at first I thought it was the monitor cause it was really old so I tried a different monitor one that worked and it didn't help, so I replaced the video card and that didn't change anything. So then I thought it might be the hard drive so I tried it in a different computer and windows wouldn't load, then I reloaded windows on the hard drive and it works fine on my computer but when i put it back in the orginal it's the same crap I get no screen the m,onitor doesn't get a signal. Anybody know what could be causing this, I'm thinking the motherboard what do you guys think? Any help would be appreciated.

ebackhus · 09-12-2005, 11:26 PM

Have you tried the video card in your spare PC?

bumjabber · 09-13-2005, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by ebackhus

Have you tried the video card in your spare PC?

yeah I bought a brand new one and it still didn't work any other ideas?

dai · 09-13-2005, 11:13 AM

post your system specs including the p/supply would suspect this is the problem

**keymaker** · 09-13-2005, 11:30 AM

you can try a differ power supply on the computer and see if its a power issue. also if the computer doesnt post, try booting up the computer with one ram stick at a time if the computer has multiple sticks of ram.

bumjabber · 09-13-2005, 12:41 PM

it's a compaq with a 950 AMD athalon 128 MB ram 8 mb video card and a 30 gig hd,

when I turn it on the the fans spin and the lights at the front turn on but I can't find a light on the motherboard. If this helps. Also the monitor doesn't get a siganl at all from the tower.

dai · 09-13-2005, 03:21 PM

see if you can borrow a p/s to swap in to check,it is a pretty old system so a 250-300w supply should suffice
one of your friends probably has one they have upgraded as current systems use double this amount of power

bumjabber · 09-13-2005, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by dai

see if you can borrow a p/s to swap in to check,it is a pretty old system so a 250-300w supply should suffice
one of your friends probably has one they have upgraded as current systems use double this amount of power

if that doesn't work then would you say the motherboard bit it?

**linderman** · 09-13-2005, 07:56 PM

no I would say the PSU bit it ???????

bumjabber · 09-13-2005, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by linderman

no I would say the PSU bit it ???????

no I tried a different power supply and still the same thing, what's a PSU?

09-12-2005, 10:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
bumjabber Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 10 OS: xp	Help Hi everyone, sorry if this is in the wrong forum but I didn't know which one to put it in, well I am a newbie after all. I got this problem, my monitor doesn't turn on, so at first I thought it was the monitor cause it was really old so I tried a different monitor one that worked and it didn't help, so I replaced the video card and that didn't change anything. So then I thought it might be the hard drive so I tried it in a different computer and windows wouldn't load, then I reloaded windows on the hard drive and it works fine on my computer but when i put it back in the orginal it's the same crap I get no screen the m,onitor doesn't get a signal. Anybody know what could be causing this, I'm thinking the motherboard what do you guys think? Any help would be appreciated.

09-12-2005, 11:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
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09-13-2005, 12:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
bumjabber Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 10 OS: xp	it's a compaq with a 950 AMD athalon 128 MB ram 8 mb video card and a 30 gig hd, when I turn it on the the fans spin and the lights at the front turn on but I can't find a light on the motherboard. If this helps. Also the monitor doesn't get a siganl at all from the tower. Last edited by bumjabber; 09-13-2005 at 12:42 PM.

09-13-2005, 03:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,487 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	see if you can borrow a p/s to swap in to check,it is a pretty old system so a 250-300w supply should suffice one of your friends probably has one they have upgraded as current systems use double this amount of power __________________

09-13-2005, 07:56 PM	#9 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,429 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	no I would say the PSU bit it ??????? __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial