[SOLVED] monitor

[Davie]

Friend recently moved computer and when everything was reconnected the monitor stayed orange says he banged computer on moving it when power is on computer makes all the right nosises but nothing happens on monitor no boot up sequence nothing he has on board graphics is it possible he has damaged the connection on moving,there are no fault beeps and his motherboard(make un-known sorry) only has pci slots my graphics card is agp so un-able to test it what should be his first trial a graphics card? or do you think it is something more sinister any help would be appreciated thanks guys.

 

[~Candy~]

Check to be sure he's reconnected the monitor tightly......and you might pop it open and take a look, it could be a VGA extension card built into the motherboard and he may have jarred it loose.

 

[Davie]

Tried both of these do you agree that it appears to be a graphics fault cheapest option may be a new pci graphics card ? thanks for your help

 

[Lurker1]

Hi Davie
If you are getting no boot up sequences, then something inside is probably loose. If the unit is not under warranty just unplug the computer, open it up and reseat everything inside. (be sure to touch the case frame to ground yourself. It might be a good idea to buy a can of air and blow out the computer while you have it open.

 

[~Candy~]

I agree with Lurker, it could be something else inside as well.....while you have it open, you may as well test everything.

 

[Davie]

Computer in front of me right now all leads and connections are in tact but not working with my monitor so does seem to be the graphics connection?

 

[~Candy~]

You have YOUR monitor connected now and it still doesn't work?

Did you try pulling the ram and cpu and reseating them?

 

[Davie]

tried the ram but cpu is buried under a huge heat sink do you think it could be the graphics or am i way off the mark?

 

[~Candy~]

It could be, but I find it pretty hard to believe that it would be damaged that easily.

If you have more than one ram chip, try pulling the others out.....what you might do with the cpu is try pressing on it gently to be sure it didn't wiggle a little loose. Also, check the power supply connector to the motherboard.

 

[Davie]

Thanks tried the ram and power supply still nothing any other suggestions

 

[~Candy~]

My last suggestion would be to pull everything that isn't necessary, modem card, nic card, disconnect cdrom, try booting to the floppy drive.....is that light coming on?

 

[Davie]

THANKS GUYS MANAGED TO FIX THE PROBLEM BY RESEATING THE CELERON PROCESSOR AND INSTALLING NEW GRAPHICS CARD(ON BOARD GRAPHICS KNACKERED) AND PROCESSOR LOOSE SO THE COMBINATION OF BOTH WAS THE PROBLEM THANKS ONCE AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR HELP