Rev2k7

I had a similar problem if any you recall.

My video card is ati radeon 1950 pro 512 mb.

When i turn on my pc runs fine but no display black screen any ideas ?

tosh9i

I assume that you already checked all of the cables to make sure that their firmly in place, correct?

When yuo say "no display black screen", do you mean it's like you're looking at a "black picture" or is it like your screen is turned off? I hope that makes sense.

tosh9i

What happens when you boot up in safe mode?

Does it stay black 100% of the time?

Rev2k7

i'm sorry , i posted in a rush. The cables are firmly in i also have a s-vhs cable hooked to my tv to 2 displays none show any picture.

I woke up and there were vertical lines on my computer all over.
so i turned it off and now i cant see anything. I really hope i can fix this with out replacing anything because im broke lol.

tosh9i

for the moment, let's focus on getting one display to work. remove the unnecessary cables (tv, s-vhs etc.) and leave one display hooked up.

Rev2k7

I took out the s-vhs and just the VGA cable no picture

tosh9i

You said you had two displays, hook up one display, if that one doesn't work, then try the other one.

Also, do you have a spare vga cable. Maybe the cable is broken.

Rev2k7

if the card is still runing aka fan etc does it look like its the cable not the card ?

tosh9i

well, it's easy to switch cables, as long as you have a spare one. But not so easy to switch cards. Right now, we're trying to narrow down the possibilities.

Rev2k7

i swicthed to my bro monitor and cables no picture.

tosh9i

Based on everything so far, I think you know as well as I do that it's the video card. Is the warranty still valid?

Rev2k7

ya but i got it fixed once before im tired of it really.

Rev2k7

I just bought a new video card for 50 bucks and SADLY no go no picture. i got http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130288

tosh9i

Well, it can't be Windows XP since since you get a blank screen the moment you turn on your computer.

It can't be the monitors since you already tried two of them.

It can't be the cables since you already tried switching them.

Assuming that you were able to use that original video card before, leads me to believe that it's not the power supply, I think.

I was so sure that it was the video card.

Try resetting the BIOS by removing the battery:

http://www.dewassoc.com/support/bios/bios_password.htm

Rev2k7

lol i tried that 2 lol

Rev2k7

do you think the battery could of died and will it still run if its dead ?

tosh9i

No, the battery can't be the cause of this. If it was dead, you'd bios would just forget the custom settings you made and reset to default settings. And we "wanted" it to be back to default settings.

This one is a tough one. I'm going to do a little more research.

tosh9i

http://www.infohq.com/Computer/help/...en-blank.shtml

Rev2k7

i tried taking out all cards and dis connecting hard drives and no go

tosh9i

Do you have any idea what caused this?