Monitor/graphics card problem

[wenchkin]

Hi all,

Need some help figuring out what bit of my system is going wrong.

My monitor started to not find a signal when I turned my PC on a few days ago. I tried re-inserting the cable umpteen times, turning it and the PC on and off and so on. Then connected it to our laptop to see if it worked and the monitor was fine connected to the laptop. When I hooked it back up to the PC it started to work again and I had no trouble for 2 days.

This morning it's not getting a signal again. I've tried every wiggle I can on the cable, opened the case to check the graphics card was ok, but no luck. When I connect another monitor to this PC I'm having the same problem. I suspect the motherboard or graphics card but would like some advice before we start disecting said PC

So what do I do from here?

My system is a home built one, specs from memory are:
Mobo - Asus K8NE deluxe
3000 athalon 64 proc
Graphics - XFX Nvidia GeForce 5700 LE
Monitor - Acer AL1716

OS is Mandriva Spring 2008 but I've also got Win XP on there. Not that the system gets far enough to notice

Thanks in advance,
Wenchy

 

[S_D]

I had this exact problem and just this weekend have had the refund on my 3870 as it died. I suspect the GFX card, but it could be the power supply too...

 

[S.T.F.U]

I too have had this problem with a old OLD Nvidia graphics card, as soon as I upgraded and put a new GFX card in the problem was gone.

 

[wenchkin]

Thanks for the fast reply guys. I think we'll try a different card in the PC and see what happens.

Wenchy