monitor doesnt get signal

[maxryder]

i was in the middle of an install and shut down on axe adent<🙁 help? i have an e machine vista ready w/ 7enterprise reverting back to vista lets talk

 

[non-smoker pete]

Try this: UNPLUG the system and DISCONNECT all of the hardware that isn't needed simply to make the computer POST. Disconnect the hard drive, the optical drive, any add-in cards you might have, then plug the computer in and turn it on. Does it begin to POST? Can you see the CPU cooler fan spinning? What about the PSU fan? Is anything displayed on the monitor, or does it stay dark?

This could be a simple fix, something approaching nightmare status, or something in between. Do the SIMPLE things first, to see if you can get the display working again. DO NOT RUSH THIS; take your time so you understand what is happening when you try to boot the system.

Good luck, let us know what you learned.

 

[non-smoker pete]

Please post ALL of your replies here, so anyone who reads this thread has the opportunity to learn what steps you've taken to solve your problem.

If you have stripped the system down to the bare essentials but you still have no signal on the monitor, shut the system down again, UNPLUG IT, then remove and reinstall the graphics card, unless your system uses onboard video. Be SURE to DISCONNECT all of the hardware I mentioned in my first reply; DISCONNECT the power AND data cables from the HDD, the optical drive, any cards you might have installed, any external devices connected to a USB or FireWire port, EVERYTHING except the bare essentials. Once you are working with the basic system ONLY, try to boot the system again and let us know what happens. If the system still shows nothing on the monitor, try using a different monitor.

Testing this system will probably require a process-of-elimination method; swap ONE COMPONENT at a time (monitor, graphics card, motherboard, etc.) until the system works again or until you've determined the cause of the failure.