pc help pls

ethan · 17 Jul 2007 at 21:08

Went out to replace my monitor as the old one was on its last legs. unfortunately the pc will not boot at all. There is not even any bios details on the screen etc as it does not detect an inpput signal. There is also nothing coming from the keyboard or the usb lazer mouse. There is power getting to the mobo and the cd and dvd led's light up. The harddrive light remains on red. Wondering if the graphics card is borked? Incidently the cooler is still working on the graphics card. Can anybody help with some info? Thanks

Ak!ta · 17 Jul 2007 at 21:10

What Gfx card are you using, and what Monitor have you bought / replaced?

ron3003 · 17 Jul 2007 at 21:11

Put the old monitor back on and check the pc is working still.

Ak!ta · 17 Jul 2007 at 21:16

My first thought would be that the new monitor can't display at the resolution the old monitor was set at?
Put the old monitor back on and reset everything down to the lowest settings and try again...

ethan · 17 Jul 2007 at 21:18

replaced an old faulty crt with a 22 inch brand new tft. Computer would not work on the crt either. This is the mrs's pc and she was using an old ati 9800 agp. I have a pci-express and so I cannot check this with my card.

Cupra · 17 Jul 2007 at 21:18

Ak!ta said:
My first thought would be that the new monitor can't display at the resolution the old monitor was set at?
Put the old monitor back on and reset everything down to the lowest settings and try again...

if it was crt to tft that is very possible

also check the refresh rate as most tft's max out @ 60-75hz

ron3003 · 17 Jul 2007 at 21:35

Well if there's no display on the old monitor either then you've maybe zapped the gfx card. Did you switch everything off at the wall before changing the monitor? I remember I swapped a monitor on a 9800pro some years back without switching the monitor lead off at the wall even tho the pc was off and the gfx card was borked after.

ethan · 17 Jul 2007 at 21:38

Yeah! Mrs just said she switched on and presto-absolutely nothing on the screen: which is wy I thought it was the monitor as the rgb was going etc. Having replaced the monitor and still getting nothing I am assuming it is the graphics card?

Ak!ta · 17 Jul 2007 at 21:44

Try re-seating the Gfx card, and check cables. You may have pulled on it when removing the cable ?

ethan · 17 Jul 2007 at 21:46

Done all that?

ron3003 · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:01

So the pc had no display before you even got a new monitor? Sounds like gfx card is gone west, still got the molex connected has it?

Nebzor · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:03

ron3003 said:
So the pc had no display before you even got a new monitor? Sounds like gfx card is gone west, still got the molex connected has it?

I sincerely hope his graphics card doesn't have a molex connected to it o.O

But yeah, sounds like your GPU is gone.

ron3003 · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:09

Ati 9800 needs a molex mate.

ethan · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:11

ron3003 said:
Ati 9800 needs a molex mate.

Molex was connected quite tight

ron3003 · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:13

No other agp card about you can try then I suppose?
Your motherboard doesn't have any onboard gfx by any chance?

ethan · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:30

ron3003 said:
No other agp card about you can try then I suppose?
Your motherboard doesn't have any onboard gfx by any chance?

unfortunately no. 2 other pc's in the house and both are pci-express Lol