Graphics card won't show monitor

osborne3 · 07-21-2008, 11:21 PM

Hey everyone i've got a problem you see i was at a freinds house laning it up playin some games when i cam up with the dumb idea of trying to connect the computer to hes T.V screen using the s-video whilst already having two screens already conected via the 2 slots and it then just whent blank the computer was still runing but the monitors was not recieving the signal and after trying a few difernent things to fix it like getting rid of the s-video switching the screens using one screen and using another seperate screen and reseting the mobo it still would not recieve anything so i came here for help.
plzzz helpme or my brothers gonna bash me : )

wrench97 · 07-22-2008, 01:16 PM

Can you post your specs.
If OEM IE Dell, HP brand and model and any up grades
If Custom built Motherboard,Video card,PSU brand and models.

osborne3 · 07-22-2008, 11:39 PM

Yeh my spec is
MOBO-ASUS p5ld2
VIDEOCARD- Nvidia 8600GTzzcpu-zint
CPU-Intel P4
PSU-Thermaltake TR2-470W
And i think it might be the Graphics card is faulty. So if that is the case would u be able to sugest any afordable graphics card that would be able to play WOW and CS which aint askin for much hehe.

dai · 07-23-2008, 12:29 AM

your power supply is low quality and underpowered for the system
this is the minimum you need
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...corsair%2b550w

osborne3 · 07-23-2008, 01:40 AM

are you sure because i dont wanna go and replace stuff i don't need plus my mom wouldn't wanna spend that much so what im gonna do is replace the old Video card with this http://www.umart.com.au/newindex2.phtml?bid=4 and then just let my brother and mom just use the internet and then buy the parts for another LAN comp and see if the graphics card works and if it doesnt i'll no its faulty. And just buy another one but one more thing are you sur on that because in this stickie http://www.tech-forums.net/pc/f76/gu...builds-149038/ it recomends a 8800 GTX and the PSU is only 520 watts.

dai · 07-23-2008, 02:20 AM

the maximum load of your dual rails is 29a which equates out to have available approx 22-23amps
pcie requires a minimum of 26amps
Power Supply Information and Selection

osborne3 · 07-23-2008, 04:20 PM

I see your point but i've been running this comp for about a year now no problems. So do u reckon when i tried using the s-video it needed more power so it stoped workin

osborne3 · 07-23-2008, 05:03 PM

Ok lets say the PSU wasn't giving the GPU enough power it would be able to supply enough to this though http://www.umart.com.au/newindex2.phtml?bid=4 which is a Asus EN8400GS 256M HDTV DVI PCI Express. By the way my psu at the moment has two
+12 v rails ones got 14 a the others got 15 a wouldn't this be alright because the
8600GT requires a minimum of 22 amps?

dai · 07-23-2008, 09:55 PM

nvidia says the min is 26amps for pcie

07-21-2008, 11:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
osborne3 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 8 OS: vista	Graphics card won't show monitor Hey everyone i've got a problem you see i was at a freinds house laning it up playin some games when i cam up with the dumb idea of trying to connect the computer to hes T.V screen using the s-video whilst already having two screens already conected via the 2 slots and it then just whent blank the computer was still runing but the monitors was not recieving the signal and after trying a few difernent things to fix it like getting rid of the s-video switching the screens using one screen and using another seperate screen and reseting the mobo it still would not recieve anything so i came here for help. plzzz helpme or my brothers gonna bash me : )

07-22-2008, 01:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
wrench97 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3,429 OS: XPSP2	Re: Graphics card won't show monitor Can you post your specs. If OEM IE Dell, HP brand and model and any up grades If Custom built Motherboard,Video card,PSU brand and models. __________________

07-22-2008, 11:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
osborne3 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 8 OS: vista	Re: Graphics card won't show monitor Yeh my spec is MOBO-ASUS p5ld2 VIDEOCARD- Nvidia 8600GTzzcpu-zint CPU-Intel P4 PSU-Thermaltake TR2-470W And i think it might be the Graphics card is faulty. So if that is the case would u be able to sugest any afordable graphics card that would be able to play WOW and CS which aint askin for much hehe.

07-23-2008, 12:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 42,012 OS: vista 32x ultimate retail	Re: Graphics card won't show monitor your power supply is low quality and underpowered for the system this is the minimum you need http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...corsair%2b550w __________________

07-23-2008, 01:40 AM	#5 (permalink)
osborne3 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 8 OS: vista	Re: Graphics card won't show monitor are you sure because i dont wanna go and replace stuff i don't need plus my mom wouldn't wanna spend that much so what im gonna do is replace the old Video card with this http://www.umart.com.au/newindex2.phtml?bid=4 and then just let my brother and mom just use the internet and then buy the parts for another LAN comp and see if the graphics card works and if it doesnt i'll no its faulty. And just buy another one but one more thing are you sur on that because in this stickie http://www.tech-forums.net/pc/f76/gu...builds-149038/ it recomends a 8800 GTX and the PSU is only 520 watts.

07-23-2008, 02:20 AM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 42,012 OS: vista 32x ultimate retail	Re: Graphics card won't show monitor the maximum load of your dual rails is 29a which equates out to have available approx 22-23amps pcie requires a minimum of 26amps Power Supply Information and Selection __________________

07-23-2008, 04:20 PM	#7 (permalink)
osborne3 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 8 OS: vista	Re: Graphics card won't show monitor I see your point but i've been running this comp for about a year now no problems. So do u reckon when i tried using the s-video it needed more power so it stoped workin

07-23-2008, 05:03 PM	#8 (permalink)
osborne3 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 8 OS: vista	Re: Graphics card won't show monitor Ok lets say the PSU wasn't giving the GPU enough power it would be able to supply enough to this though http://www.umart.com.au/newindex2.phtml?bid=4 which is a Asus EN8400GS 256M HDTV DVI PCI Express. By the way my psu at the moment has two +12 v rails ones got 14 a the others got 15 a wouldn't this be alright because the 8600GT requires a minimum of 22 amps?

07-23-2008, 09:55 PM	#9 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 42,012 OS: vista 32x ultimate retail	Re: Graphics card won't show monitor nvidia says the min is 26amps for pcie __________________