Older Computer, No VGA Port (How to connect to monitor?!)

[cmp2993]

The single beep is suppose to indicate that the video card itself has passed its own internal Power On Self Test. Usually after the beep you would see the BIOS POST screens appear.

Try the following instructions from the ASUS A7V8X-X Motherboard Manual:

Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) - this jumper is located next to the button cell battery.

These jumpers allow you to clear the Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM in CMOS. You can clear the CMOS memory of date, time, and system setup parameters by erasing the CMOS RTC RAM data. The RAM data in CMOS is powered by the onboard button cell battery.

To erase the RTC RAM:

1. Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord.
2. Remove the battery.
3. Short the jumper by placing the jumper cap to pins [1-2] and replace it to pins [2-3] after 3 seconds.
4. Re-install the battery.
5. Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer.
6. Hold down the <Del> key during the boot process and enter BIOS setup to re-enter data.

Okay I tried that and it still isn't working :/ I don't understand this thing, work already! lol

And to the other guy above, yes I know it was unplugged because I had to switch out the PSU.

 

[ko888]

When this computer was given to you was it in working order?

Or was it given to you because it wasn't in working order?

 

[cmp2993]

When this computer was given to you was it in working order?

Or was it given to you because it wasn't in working order?

One of our friends gave it to my brother, then I needed a new PSU for another computer so my bro just gave me it. So I have no idea if it was working when he got it... that's why I'm trying to get it working now.

Everything sounds good when it's on... the hard drives going, has that one single beep, and it also makes my old computer monitor wake up from it's standby mode when it's plugged in to the computer. But it wakes it up and then just back to sleep mode again so no picture... just the monitors message saying it's going to power saving mode.

 

[JDFan]

At this point I'd try a PCI video card (should be able to find one real cheap at a local pc shop) -- it might be that the AGP slot itself has gone bad and that would at least give you something else to try.

 

[cmp2993]

At this point I'd try a PCI video card (should be able to find one real cheap at a local pc shop) -- it might be that the AGP slot itself has gone bad and that would at least give you something else to try.

Yeah, that's probably the next step I guess.... and just by googling this motherboard I'm finding that when these were big back in 2004 they had a lot of problems. I'm finding a lot of people who had the same issue that I'm having, no signal to monitor. For some it was the picky RAM, for others it was a bigger PSU, and for some it was a bad AGP slot on the board itself. So seems like this is a messed up MOBO overall haha.

But yah any tips you can suggest I'll try... I really want this thing to work, it has a sweet case and a bunch of lights haha.

 

[ko888]

Yeah, that's probably the next step I guess.... and just by googling this motherboard I'm finding that when these were big back in 2004 they had a lot of problems. I'm finding a lot of people who had the same issue that I'm having, no signal to monitor. For some it was the picky RAM, for others it was a bigger PSU, and for some it was a bad AGP slot on the board itself. So seems like this is a messed up MOBO overall haha.

But yah any tips you can suggest I'll try... I really want this thing to work, it has a sweet case and a bunch of lights haha.
http://i1013.photobucket.com/albums/af258/cmp2993/Lights.jpg

But the case and lights are reusable for another build.

 

[cmp2993]

But the case and lights are reusable for another build.

True enough... I know the lights are, but are motherboards standard? So like will this case be able to fit any standard MOBO or are the cases specific to a ceratin board? This case is slightly larger than a normal PC so really the only question is if the screw holes on different boards would line up with the case or not...

 

[Crashman]

True enough... I know the lights are, but are motherboards standard? So like will this case be able to fit any standard MOBO or are the cases specific to a ceratin board? This case is slightly larger than a normal PC so really the only question is if the screw holes on different boards would line up with the case or not...

Dude, you've never heard of form factors, that make motherboards fit no matter what the case looks like? That's an ATX case, just like any new one that held a board roughly that size would be.

 

[ko888]

True enough... I know the lights are, but are motherboards standard? So like will this case be able to fit any standard MOBO or are the cases specific to a ceratin board? This case is slightly larger than a normal PC so really the only question is if the screw holes on different boards would line up with the case or not...

The mounting hole positions are all standardized.

The ASUS A7V8X-X motherboard that is currently in that case is a Standard ATX form factor (i.e. 12 in x 9.6 in (30.5 cm x 24.5 cm) in size) motherboard.

That case is a Standard ATX form factor case.

In theory you can purchase any Standard ATX and even microATX (9.6 in × 9.6 in (24.4 cm × 24.4 cm)) form factor motherboard and it should properly fit in that case.

ATX form factor power supply units will also fit properly.

 

[Crashman]

The mounting hole positions are all standardized.

The ASUS A7V8X-X motherboard that is currently in that case is a Standard ATX form factor (i.e. 12 in x 9.6 in (30.5 cm x 24.5 cm) in size) motherboard.

That case is a Standard ATX form factor case.

In theory you can purchase any Standard ATX and even microATX (9.6 in × 9.6 in (24.4 cm × 24.4 cm)) form factor motherboard and it should properly fit in that case.

ATX form factor power supply units will also fit properly.

The motherboard is ATX. The power supply is PS/2. Newegg gets it wrong simply to serve people who don't know any better, but power supply standard form factors are

PS/2 (aka, full-sized)
PS/3 (aka, low-depth)
SFX (aka, so-called Micro ATX)
TFX (aka, so-called compact Micro ATX)

etc. There's a sideways-version of SFX developed by some OEM that's almost "standard" now but doesn't have an official name AFAIK, and then a few less-common but official form factors and of course, proprietary designs.

 

[nforce4max]

Amazing how people are about older machines

I got: 4 socket 7 rigs, 1 775 rig, 2 am2+, 1 slot 1, a g3, and a socket 370.

 

[Guest]

lol, sorry for the useless post but those lights man!- looks like a 90s high-end gaming rig, are you the original owner of that thing?

 

[cmp2993]

lol, sorry for the useless post but those lights man!- looks like a 90s high-end gaming rig, are you the original owner of that thing?

No, I am the third person this custom rig was given to. It was originally my brothers' friends' computer, but he gave it to my brother, then my bro gave it to me.

And yah the lights are these blue neon rods that line the inside of the case, I shocked the F out of myself on one because I didn't notice the little power boxes inside the case for the neon rods (one of them is missing plastic cover xD). There was originally 4 neon rods but one must of broke because I see the end of it laying in the case, and it also shocked me haha. So now there's only 3 but it's still lit up pretty well.