Computer system is as follows
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (venice)
MSI K8N Neo Platnium socket 939
80GB 7200RPM Western Digital IDE HD
16XDVD ROM Lite-ON IDE
XFX 7800GT 256MB
430 Watt Thermaltake PSU
The other day I had hooked up my computer to my LCD TV through D-SUB. My brother ran into the computer while it was turned on (I wasn't there at the time). This nearly knocked the computer over and caused it to rock back in forth violently until it finally remained motionless. During this time the LCD picture went a shade of yellow. Then no signal. Now I know the yellow shade of the screen was from the D-SUB come lose. I am curious as to whether my graphics card could of fallen partially out of the PCI-E slot some what scratching it or something awful.
However now when I try to start up my computer it begins the motion (Drives fire up, fans turn on, everythings go!), the screen remains black while the computer tries to POST. Then after maybe nearly 10 seconds it gives a long uninteruppted beep (about 2-3 seconds long). Then the monitor displays "no signal" and that is that. However all the fans in the computer continue to spin, including the one of my video card.
I am wondering what this could possibly mean? I have no 2nd system to try my graphics card, ram or anything else in at the moment (I can do this on the weekend however) so I was curious if that beep signified anything wrong with my computer in particular. My suspiscion is that the graphics card is toast (some parts of the "gold fingers" have been stripped off partially. However its been like this for a while now, I think it just got worse possibly) but I am obviously not sure.
If anyone could give me some insight into what might be the problem with my computer I would be more than enthused to listen. If there is anything I left out or wasn't specific enough about feel welcome to ask. Thanks to anyone who spent the time to read this!
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (venice)
MSI K8N Neo Platnium socket 939
80GB 7200RPM Western Digital IDE HD
16XDVD ROM Lite-ON IDE
XFX 7800GT 256MB
430 Watt Thermaltake PSU
The other day I had hooked up my computer to my LCD TV through D-SUB. My brother ran into the computer while it was turned on (I wasn't there at the time). This nearly knocked the computer over and caused it to rock back in forth violently until it finally remained motionless. During this time the LCD picture went a shade of yellow. Then no signal. Now I know the yellow shade of the screen was from the D-SUB come lose. I am curious as to whether my graphics card could of fallen partially out of the PCI-E slot some what scratching it or something awful.
However now when I try to start up my computer it begins the motion (Drives fire up, fans turn on, everythings go!), the screen remains black while the computer tries to POST. Then after maybe nearly 10 seconds it gives a long uninteruppted beep (about 2-3 seconds long). Then the monitor displays "no signal" and that is that. However all the fans in the computer continue to spin, including the one of my video card.
I am wondering what this could possibly mean? I have no 2nd system to try my graphics card, ram or anything else in at the moment (I can do this on the weekend however) so I was curious if that beep signified anything wrong with my computer in particular. My suspiscion is that the graphics card is toast (some parts of the "gold fingers" have been stripped off partially. However its been like this for a while now, I think it just got worse possibly) but I am obviously not sure.
If anyone could give me some insight into what might be the problem with my computer I would be more than enthused to listen. If there is anything I left out or wasn't specific enough about feel welcome to ask. Thanks to anyone who spent the time to read this!