no video output to monitor, but computer is on...

cgkang · 01-25-2008, 06:36 PM

To start, my computer broke about two months ago to continuous beeping (there was no pattern, just continuous), so I was really confused about that, but after my break, I installed a new PSU and everything powered on fine with that, but there was no video response.

So, I took my monitor and my video card to my friend's place and tried both of them on his desktop and both of them worked fine on his desktop. I thought one of them would be the problem, but now I'm stuck. I turned on my desktop and I heard it booting up into windows, so I don't think its my CPU or whatnot. Any ideas?

Thanks for any kind of help guys :-\

Thimble · 01-26-2008, 06:42 AM

specs?

cgkang · 01-26-2008, 08:01 AM

AMD FX 60
MSI KN8 mobo
Thermaltake 500 Watt PSU (brand new...don't remember model #)
EvGA 6800 Ultra
2 GB RAM (forget what speed...I think 400 or less?)
2 NEC DVD Dual layer drives (3540 & 3550?)
Western Digital 7200 320GB (internal, SATA)
Maxtor 7200 200GB (internal, SATA)
Lacie 1TB (external, USB)
Lacie 500GB (external, USB)
WD 500GB (external, USB)
Windows XP sp2

what more does one need to know?

dai · 01-26-2008, 11:03 AM

have you plugged the aux power plug into the m/board
Thermaltake 500 Watt PSU
only the toughpower model are quality

Thimble · 01-26-2008, 11:51 AM

wow, that's a lot of drives!! have you tried disconnecting everything except the OS drive?

correct me if i'm wrong, but i think each drive takes up between 15~30w.

might want to try this calculator:

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/p...ulatorlite.jsp

01-25-2008, 06:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
cgkang Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp sp2	no video output to monitor, but computer is on... To start, my computer broke about two months ago to continuous beeping (there was no pattern, just continuous), so I was really confused about that, but after my break, I installed a new PSU and everything powered on fine with that, but there was no video response. So, I took my monitor and my video card to my friend's place and tried both of them on his desktop and both of them worked fine on his desktop. I thought one of them would be the problem, but now I'm stuck. I turned on my desktop and I heard it booting up into windows, so I don't think its my CPU or whatnot. Any ideas? Thanks for any kind of help guys :-\

01-26-2008, 06:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
Thimble Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 52 OS: windows vista 32bit	Re: no video output to monitor, but computer is on... specs?

01-26-2008, 08:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
cgkang Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp sp2	Re: no video output to monitor, but computer is on... AMD FX 60 MSI KN8 mobo Thermaltake 500 Watt PSU (brand new...don't remember model #) EvGA 6800 Ultra 2 GB RAM (forget what speed...I think 400 or less?) 2 NEC DVD Dual layer drives (3540 & 3550?) Western Digital 7200 320GB (internal, SATA) Maxtor 7200 200GB (internal, SATA) Lacie 1TB (external, USB) Lacie 500GB (external, USB) WD 500GB (external, USB) Windows XP sp2 what more does one need to know?

01-26-2008, 11:03 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,646 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: no video output to monitor, but computer is on... have you plugged the aux power plug into the m/board Thermaltake 500 Watt PSU only the toughpower model are quality __________________

01-26-2008, 11:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
Thimble Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 52 OS: windows vista 32bit	Re: no video output to monitor, but computer is on... wow, that's a lot of drives!! have you tried disconnecting everything except the OS drive? correct me if i'm wrong, but i think each drive takes up between 15~30w. might want to try this calculator: http://www.extreme.outervision.com/p...ulatorlite.jsp