[seoz]

Hello i have a dell b110, and i believe that the on board video card is messed up. The reason for that is that there is no image on the monitor, it just stays black. If i buy a pci slot video card, could that solve the problem?

 

[A-Nick4me]

Providing the problem is the on board video card, Yes a PCI video card should work.

However I had an on board video card go on me, and the screen did not go black. It went blue. I trust you have checked all of your connections? I have had the screen go black due to a loose connection.

 

[dai]

when you start it are the fans running and the drive lights flashing as it starts

 

[seoz]

yeah i checked all my connections, and i disconnected everything internally and connected back and the ram too. the moniter has no response. the fans turn on, and i can hear the hard drive and i can eject the cd tray. but putting a video card in the pci slot, i can get it working again?

 

[kodi]

Have you checked the monitor on another computer?
Can you borrow a card from a friend to try before you buy one?

 

[seoz]

yeah i used the moniter with other computers and it works. as for borrowing a card from a friend, i tried two already, and the cards were agp, and i only have pci slots. mmmm.......

 

[TheMatt]

There are some PCI cards with various budgets. You can pick up an FX5200 for pretty inexpensive, or a newer X1300Pro. But remember that all PCI cards will be low performance, so don't expect a huge gaming experience. If you have a PCIe x1 (really short compared to PCI), then that will be better than PCI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814170065
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814103016

 

[seoz]

but what i wanna know if its possible to get an image on the monitor if i put a pci card when the integrated card doesn't work?:4-dontkno

do u think no boot hangs at post has anything to do with it?

 

[dai]

the onboard and a card are seperate one does not need the other
if you put a card in you have to disable the onboard
it hangs when it finishes post because that's where it hans the computer over to the video

 

[seoz]

how do i disable the on-board... if i get no image when i connect the monitor to it? if i install the pci will i get an image on the moniter... then i disable the onboard in bios/cmos?:4-dontkno

 

[dai]

you should get an image with the card providing the problem is not caused by a faulty power supply

 

[seoz]

the power supply is good. i have many of them.