Monitor won't boot

Preciousia · 06-06-2008, 07:12 AM

HI I don't know if this is the right spot to post this thread but if not could someone please point me in the right direction. I went to log into my computer this morning (which stays on all the time) but when I moved the mouse to wake it up it never came on the computer was running so I did a hard reboot once the computer came up the monitor still didn't pop on it the light remained orange. I than disconnected my computer and put on another computer turned it on and the monitor popped on. Could this be my Graphics card had gone bad?

**vladimirb** · 06-06-2008, 09:07 AM

Yes it could be but that does not means that is broken...
Check the cable and try to start PC again...
Also open the case and take out your Graphic card. Clean conectors with rubber and also clean PCI-E slot with brush or compressed air... Maybe graphic card is moved a bit from PCI-E... Take back graphic card and try to start a PC...
But first, tell me your system specs... Do you have an intergrated graphic card or non-integrated builted inside the case...
Hope this help you mate...

dai · 06-06-2008, 09:28 PM

Power Supply – Ultra / X-Finity / 350-Watt
your underpowered
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...corsair%2b550w
Power Supply Information and Selection

Preciousia · 06-06-2008, 09:50 PM

ok Thank you so I will look at the links

ok I looked at the links and I saw the 550 would you suggest going any higher like 600 or do you suggest going no higher than the 550? Thank you so much for all of your help

dai · 06-06-2008, 10:25 PM

if money is not a problem i would go with the 750 to allow for future upgrades without having to pay out again on the the psu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...corsair%2b750w

Preciousia · 06-06-2008, 10:43 PM

ok thank you so much. Now with the 750 that won't be to much for my MOBO? I just want to make sure I don't blow out the MOBO now that would HURT hahha

THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THE HELP!

dai · 06-06-2008, 11:20 PM

it's only underpowered psu's that will cause a problem the more power you have the better it will only draw what it requires

Preciousia · 06-07-2008, 12:22 AM

Thank you so much Dai! You were a tremendous help! I'll let you know if this works I sure hope so I hate to keep spending money trying to figure out what is wrong. thanks again

dai · 06-07-2008, 12:38 AM

always do as much checking as you can before spending so as to isolate the problem first or you end up buying what is not needed

Preciousia · 06-10-2008, 09:17 PM

Thanks Dai I got the new graphics card nothing, I got the new power supply 650 nothing, I am now replacing my MOBO I had to take it in finally because I need my computer for homework Best Buy did a free diagnostic and found it to be my MOBO the one guy also told me not to get a new processor because one of the other girls there was telling me that my processor was bad to but the guy said no try the MOBO first because my processor/computer is not that old only a couple of years therefore my processor should still be warrantied and if changing out the MOBO doesn't work I can get my processor replaced for free. however I still needed the upgrade on the power supply and the return policy at Best Buy I was able to return my graphics card if I wanted to but opted to stay with the better graphics card too. So basically I think I am rebuilding my system all over again. But hopefully won't need any upgrades for a while yet. So as of right now I am sitting waiting for my MOBO to come in. thanks for all of your responses to my message it all helped.

dai · 06-10-2008, 10:12 PM

let us know how you get on

Preciousia · 06-13-2008, 07:13 PM

ok well took my computer to best buy to do a diagnostics found it to be my motherboard. So got a new motherboard msi P6n Diamond installed it checked it over installed and updated the drives and now when it boots up it locks up on me I am getting so frustrated that I am about to throw my computer right out the door and it's taking forever to boot up I am getting so frustrated and am at my wits end with this dang thing please HELP

Preciousia · 06-13-2008, 09:52 PM

Nope I have no lights on my front panel for some reason they don't light up now but the computer does boot up it just locks up once my desktop shows up. Than I can't move a thing but my mouse still moves across my screen just can't click on a darn thing :( I am hoping to get some help soon

dai · 06-13-2008, 11:38 PM

after installing the m/b did you run a repair install of windows

Preciousia · 06-14-2008, 08:39 AM

yes I did and it looks as if it deleted my whole HD now I am not sure what happened now b/c when it boots up it goes through the whole mobo and things but it won't get past that it just keeps still now on a black screen with a small white blinking cursor and if I recall from my computer building class that isn't a very happy sign :( so I am about ready to take it off line and take it back to best buy tell them to fix it for me I don't know what else to do with it. Any suggestions?

Preciousia · 06-14-2008, 08:42 AM

when I did the repair on my windows when it booted back up it still stalled so I did a hard boot and when it came back up I got the chkdsk blue screen saying to strike any key if you don't want to do this tried striking nothing happened so I let it run its course and when it got to step two I noticed it was deleting and moving all sorts of files some I recognized and some I didn't even know what they were and once it did that it finish on check 3 rebooted itself and I got the repair windows alert again so I reinstalled the CD did the repair and now I am at a black screen with a white cursor so I don't know what happened there at all.

dai · 06-14-2008, 09:22 AM

tap f8 when booting and try
last known good configuration
if no good boot into the recovery console and run
fixboot

Preciousia · 06-15-2008, 12:29 AM

I have tried all of that and all I get is a black screen nothing more it loaded and reloaded windows and still nothing. What I did notice is that after I loaded all of the disc from the new mobo it rebooted and when it started back up I got the blue screen with chkdsk needed to be done and it wouldn't let me strike a key to stop it so I let it go through its thing and during step 2 I looked up and it was deleting deleting deleting and deleting all kind of stuff didn't know what half the stuff was but did notice windows being deleted and when I tried recovering it didn't even recognize my hd that was installed as my main drive as a matter of fact it didn't even have that drive on there as a choice to reformat or anything. thank you so much Dai for everything I really enjoy that when I have a question I know someone knowledgeable is out there especially on this forum thank you so much.

dai · 06-15-2008, 01:00 AM

you have the new psu in?
do you have the normal xp disk or a restore disk
if the normal disk clear the drive with killdisk
http://www.google.com/url?q=http://w...tKHMcX57GZrCPQ
then try the format and install again
check and see if the drive is listed in the bios
if it's sata set it to run as ide in the bios

06-06-2008, 07:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
Preciousia Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 10 OS: WinXP	Monitor won't boot HI I don't know if this is the right spot to post this thread but if not could someone please point me in the right direction. I went to log into my computer this morning (which stays on all the time) but when I moved the mouse to wake it up it never came on the computer was running so I did a hard reboot once the computer came up the monitor still didn't pop on it the light remained orange. I than disconnected my computer and put on another computer turned it on and the monitor popped on. Could this be my Graphics card had gone bad?

06-06-2008, 09:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
vladimirb Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Banja Luka, Serb Republic Posts: 3,681 OS: xp pro sp3, Server 2003, Windows 7 Professional x64bit My System	Re: Monitor won't boot Yes it could be but that does not means that is broken... Check the cable and try to start PC again... Also open the case and take out your Graphic card. Clean conectors with rubber and also clean PCI-E slot with brush or compressed air... Maybe graphic card is moved a bit from PCI-E... Take back graphic card and try to start a PC... But first, tell me your system specs... Do you have an intergrated graphic card or non-integrated builted inside the case... Hope this help you mate... __________________ MCP - MCSA Cisco SMB Account Manager

06-06-2008, 09:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,614 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Monitor won't boot Power Supply – Ultra / X-Finity / 350-Watt your underpowered http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...corsair%2b550w Power Supply Information and Selection __________________

06-06-2008, 09:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
Preciousia Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 10 OS: WinXP	ok Thank you so I will look at the links ok I looked at the links and I saw the 550 would you suggest going any higher like 600 or do you suggest going no higher than the 550? Thank you so much for all of your help Last edited by dai; 06-13-2008 at 11:32 PM.

06-06-2008, 10:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,614 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Monitor won't boot if money is not a problem i would go with the 750 to allow for future upgrades without having to pay out again on the the psu http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...corsair%2b750w __________________

06-06-2008, 10:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
Preciousia Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 10 OS: WinXP	Re: Monitor won't boot ok thank you so much. Now with the 750 that won't be to much for my MOBO? I just want to make sure I don't blow out the MOBO now that would HURT hahha THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THE HELP!

06-06-2008, 11:20 PM	#7 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,614 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Monitor won't boot it's only underpowered psu's that will cause a problem the more power you have the better it will only draw what it requires __________________

06-07-2008, 12:22 AM	#8 (permalink)
Preciousia Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 10 OS: WinXP	Re: Monitor won't boot Thank you so much Dai! You were a tremendous help! I'll let you know if this works I sure hope so I hate to keep spending money trying to figure out what is wrong. thanks again

06-07-2008, 12:38 AM	#9 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,614 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Monitor won't boot always do as much checking as you can before spending so as to isolate the problem first or you end up buying what is not needed __________________

06-10-2008, 09:17 PM	#10 (permalink)
Preciousia Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 10 OS: WinXP	Re: Monitor won't boot Thanks Dai I got the new graphics card nothing, I got the new power supply 650 nothing, I am now replacing my MOBO I had to take it in finally because I need my computer for homework Best Buy did a free diagnostic and found it to be my MOBO the one guy also told me not to get a new processor because one of the other girls there was telling me that my processor was bad to but the guy said no try the MOBO first because my processor/computer is not that old only a couple of years therefore my processor should still be warrantied and if changing out the MOBO doesn't work I can get my processor replaced for free. however I still needed the upgrade on the power supply and the return policy at Best Buy I was able to return my graphics card if I wanted to but opted to stay with the better graphics card too. So basically I think I am rebuilding my system all over again. But hopefully won't need any upgrades for a while yet. So as of right now I am sitting waiting for my MOBO to come in. thanks for all of your responses to my message it all helped.

06-10-2008, 10:12 PM	#11 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,614 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Monitor won't boot let us know how you get on __________________

06-13-2008, 07:13 PM	#12 (permalink)
Preciousia Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 10 OS: WinXP	Re: Monitor won't boot ok well took my computer to best buy to do a diagnostics found it to be my motherboard. So got a new motherboard msi P6n Diamond installed it checked it over installed and updated the drives and now when it boots up it locks up on me I am getting so frustrated that I am about to throw my computer right out the door and it's taking forever to boot up I am getting so frustrated and am at my wits end with this dang thing please HELP

06-13-2008, 09:52 PM	#13 (permalink)
Preciousia Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 10 OS: WinXP	Re: Monitor won't boot Nope I have no lights on my front panel for some reason they don't light up now but the computer does boot up it just locks up once my desktop shows up. Than I can't move a thing but my mouse still moves across my screen just can't click on a darn thing :( I am hoping to get some help soon

06-13-2008, 11:38 PM	#14 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,614 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Monitor won't boot after installing the m/b did you run a repair install of windows __________________

06-14-2008, 08:39 AM	#15 (permalink)
Preciousia Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 10 OS: WinXP	Re: Monitor won't boot yes I did and it looks as if it deleted my whole HD now I am not sure what happened now b/c when it boots up it goes through the whole mobo and things but it won't get past that it just keeps still now on a black screen with a small white blinking cursor and if I recall from my computer building class that isn't a very happy sign :( so I am about ready to take it off line and take it back to best buy tell them to fix it for me I don't know what else to do with it. Any suggestions?

06-14-2008, 08:42 AM	#16 (permalink)
Preciousia Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 10 OS: WinXP	Re: Monitor won't boot when I did the repair on my windows when it booted back up it still stalled so I did a hard boot and when it came back up I got the chkdsk blue screen saying to strike any key if you don't want to do this tried striking nothing happened so I let it run its course and when it got to step two I noticed it was deleting and moving all sorts of files some I recognized and some I didn't even know what they were and once it did that it finish on check 3 rebooted itself and I got the repair windows alert again so I reinstalled the CD did the repair and now I am at a black screen with a white cursor so I don't know what happened there at all.

06-14-2008, 09:22 AM	#17 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,614 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Monitor won't boot tap f8 when booting and try last known good configuration if no good boot into the recovery console and run fixboot __________________

06-15-2008, 12:29 AM	#18 (permalink)
Preciousia Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 10 OS: WinXP	Re: Monitor won't boot I have tried all of that and all I get is a black screen nothing more it loaded and reloaded windows and still nothing. What I did notice is that after I loaded all of the disc from the new mobo it rebooted and when it started back up I got the blue screen with chkdsk needed to be done and it wouldn't let me strike a key to stop it so I let it go through its thing and during step 2 I looked up and it was deleting deleting deleting and deleting all kind of stuff didn't know what half the stuff was but did notice windows being deleted and when I tried recovering it didn't even recognize my hd that was installed as my main drive as a matter of fact it didn't even have that drive on there as a choice to reformat or anything. thank you so much Dai for everything I really enjoy that when I have a question I know someone knowledgeable is out there especially on this forum thank you so much.

06-15-2008, 01:00 AM	#19 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,614 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Monitor won't boot you have the new psu in? do you have the normal xp disk or a restore disk if the normal disk clear the drive with killdisk http://www.google.com/url?q=http://w...tKHMcX57GZrCPQ then try the format and install again check and see if the drive is listed in the bios if it's sata set it to run as ide in the bios __________________