monitor help

[insadraon]

unsure where to put this exactly doesn't seem to be a right hardware forum for it, i got an emachines runing XP, we just moved it from house to house and i hadn't had a chance to check it before it was moved, i plugged it in and i can't get a signal to my monitor, i tried a second monitor, i tried switching video cards no luck, the comp has power, any ideas/suggestions?

 

[CHEEZball]

check your cable and your video card slot on the MB

 

[insadraon]

i've alrealy tried switching monitors they have thier own cables and i've tried an apg card a pci card and the onboard input with no vid cards installed no luck any other ideas? and thx for trying and for future help

 

[CHEEZball]

sounds like you got a nice cache of spare parts!

Swap your Motherboard if you can. It's the next thing down the chain.

 

[CompTIA_Rep]

Ya.
If either your memory or CPU is a bit dislodged from the move, you will get power, but nothing else, no beeping no video.


Reseat the memory first (most likely) then the CPU.

 

[CHEEZball]

CPU shouldn't have budged... should it? Should be pretty well locked in with the heatsink

 

[CompTIA_Rep]

No it shouldn't, but I have seen it.

Plus, the primary cause for no video, AND, not beeps, is either a loose ram chip, or CPU.
Most everything else will cause beeping.

The other options are less inviting.

If the CPU is dead (or the mobo), a scanner will show 00/FF, there ususaly will not be any beeps.

 

[VBDude]

Well, it is an emachine. Could be anything, even voodoo. We had one of those once. Only machine I ever saw fry a PSU...three times. :x

Hmmm, maybe my pin cushion is working...

 

[CompTIA_Rep]

Naw. The black Emachines (owned by Gateway) are rather good. Computers frying PSU after PSU is not unheard of actually. The most common cause of that is a short on the motherboard or component that draws too much amps, or causes heavy fluctuation in power requirements. Either way, that is not an Emachine exclusive issue.

 

[VBDude]

It is in my house. This was back when they were new. Celeron 333 it was... *enters Memory Ln*

It was likely the proprietary mobo. They did send us a brand new machine after the first blow out. We purchased a stronger PSU after the second. The last one blew in record time. 🙁

 

[audiovoodoo]

Don't blame me for this one

 

[insadraon]

i got it figured out seems its something wrong with the harddrive, got another comp and hooked it up slave and comp did the same thing, so bought a new comp and sold the old one to a friend so he could fix it up to have a comp of his own, thx to everyone 4 their help

 

[CompTIA_Rep]

Note to OP


Just checked out Consumer Reports and they think highly of the Olivia brand TV.