How to reset graphics?!

JoshBrowne · 29 Oct 2010 at 14:12

I've been trying to repair a computer, and after a hardware change I lost the video output signal from the on board VGA output. Is there a key I can press on boot or anything else I can do to force it back to a condition where I can actually see something? Thanks

JoshBrowne · 29 Oct 2010 at 14:33

AsRock g31m-gs R2.0. Yeah. CMOS is the next step. No dedicated graphics card.

JoshBrowne · 29 Oct 2010 at 14:47

Trying to find a tv card that I could get to work. Repairing it for an old man that after doing a system restore could no longer watch ANALOGUE tv through his aerial plugged in the back of the tower. Mad.

JoshBrowne · 29 Oct 2010 at 15:25

Yeah it is. It's not in there any more. I popped the CMOS battery out just over half an hour ago and just put it back. Still no joy. Any ideas?

JoshBrowne · 29 Oct 2010 at 16:17

They were installed correctly, but the psu had failed. It was giving power to the board but not enough apparently. Tried a new psu and it worked, went back and tested the old one again, gave nothing. Problem solved ey!? Thanks for your help!

And hell yeah I had to do the old school method because I don't know the jumper method. I presume you need to short the pins with a specially designed cap? I haven't got one here to work with so it's always old school.

Thanks again for your help. Josh