startup help

musicfan87 · 06-29-2006, 10:43 AM

I don't fully know whether this is my monitor, my card, or my motherboard. Let's see what you come up with. Okay, the problem is that my monitor stays in its hibernated mode when my other computer is turned on. It has worked before, and nothing is newly installed on it. I took the monitor cable and tried it on my laptop(what Im on now) and that worked, I took another monitor and tried connecting it to the non-starting computer that didn't work. Last ditch effort I took an old video card and plugged it into this beast...nothing there either. What Im thinking is that its the AGP slot thats screwy. Anyone have any suggestions?

Im out of ideas...

dai · 06-29-2006, 10:58 AM

power supply going

**gamerman0203** · 06-29-2006, 10:59 AM

I'm not exactly an expert on something like this, but all logic points to the motherboard, specificly AGP slot, being bad. Does the computer start up at all and not show graphics, or is it just not starting?

edit: dai brings up a good point I overlooked

musicfan87 · 06-29-2006, 03:58 PM

yea it starts, I can hear the fans whirling and the hard drive being accessed, it just doesn't boot to the monitor..

I mean, I'd rather replace the motherboard as its really not good by today's standards, 933mhz, but ill test out the powersupply elsewhere first..

dai · 06-29-2006, 04:07 PM

see if you can borrow a larger psu to swap in
list your system specs

musicfan87 · 06-29-2006, 04:11 PM

I have another PSU that I can use. I was going to try that the next chance I get..
Specs:
Proccessor: 933mhz
Ram: 512 (256x2)
Drives: CD-R/RW burner, DVD reader
40 gb Hard Drive
ATI Radeon 9200

..Its also got a NIC, floppy and a soundcard.
The computer itself I would say is a 2000ish one. Iunno the exact date a friend gave it to me :) . Its a Dell Dimension 4100 with replaced video, hard drive, and cd/dvd drives.

dai · 06-29-2006, 04:23 PM

suspect the psu and it is propriatary which means it may be difficult to borrow one
if you can use a multimeter to check it
http://www.ochardware.com/articles/p.../psuvolt2.html

musicfan87 · 06-30-2006, 08:50 AM

I didn't replace anything, I just unplugged everything that was unneccessary. All I left power connected was the motherboard, and the hard drive and it works.

06-29-2006, 10:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
musicfan87 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 4 OS: Linux (Kubuntu, Knoppix, geexbox)	startup help I don't fully know whether this is my monitor, my card, or my motherboard. Let's see what you come up with. Okay, the problem is that my monitor stays in its hibernated mode when my other computer is turned on. It has worked before, and nothing is newly installed on it. I took the monitor cable and tried it on my laptop(what Im on now) and that worked, I took another monitor and tried connecting it to the non-starting computer that didn't work. Last ditch effort I took an old video card and plugged it into this beast...nothing there either. What Im thinking is that its the AGP slot thats screwy. Anyone have any suggestions? Im out of ideas...

06-29-2006, 10:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,797 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	power supply going __________________

06-29-2006, 10:59 AM	#3 (permalink)
gamerman0203 Retired Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 2,144 OS: XP MCE, Ubuntu Gutsy My System	I'm not exactly an expert on something like this, but all logic points to the motherboard, specificly AGP slot, being bad. Does the computer start up at all and not show graphics, or is it just not starting? edit: dai brings up a good point I overlooked __________________ Follow These Steps First! CPU-Z \| SensorView \| WinXP Clean Boot \| Latest DirectX \| ATI Catalyst \| Nvidia ForceWare Posting System Specifications

06-29-2006, 03:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
musicfan87 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 4 OS: Linux (Kubuntu, Knoppix, geexbox)	yea it starts, I can hear the fans whirling and the hard drive being accessed, it just doesn't boot to the monitor.. I mean, I'd rather replace the motherboard as its really not good by today's standards, 933mhz, but ill test out the powersupply elsewhere first.. Last edited by musicfan87; 06-29-2006 at 04:08 PM. Reason: addition of complaint

06-29-2006, 04:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,797 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	see if you can borrow a larger psu to swap in list your system specs __________________

06-29-2006, 04:11 PM	#6 (permalink)
musicfan87 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 4 OS: Linux (Kubuntu, Knoppix, geexbox)	I have another PSU that I can use. I was going to try that the next chance I get.. Specs: Proccessor: 933mhz Ram: 512 (256x2) Drives: CD-R/RW burner, DVD reader 40 gb Hard Drive ATI Radeon 9200 ..Its also got a NIC, floppy and a soundcard. The computer itself I would say is a 2000ish one. Iunno the exact date a friend gave it to me :) . Its a Dell Dimension 4100 with replaced video, hard drive, and cd/dvd drives.

06-29-2006, 04:23 PM	#7 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,797 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	suspect the psu and it is propriatary which means it may be difficult to borrow one if you can use a multimeter to check it http://www.ochardware.com/articles/p.../psuvolt2.html __________________

06-30-2006, 08:50 AM	#8 (permalink)
musicfan87 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 4 OS: Linux (Kubuntu, Knoppix, geexbox)	I didn't replace anything, I just unplugged everything that was unneccessary. All I left power connected was the motherboard, and the hard drive and it works.