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Offline zbblanton

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Need help, my monitor wont respond to the tower.
« on: May 09, 2008, 09:05:57 PM »
Ok so i built a computer out of some spare parts (there all pretty old parts).On the tower everything comes, but the monitor wont work.

I no the monitor works because im using it right now on my other computer.
I no the video card works to because i just had it working on another computer before i put it on the built one.

So does anyone no what wrong?
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Offline pinoyballa

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Re: Need help, my monitor wont respond to the tower.
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2008, 10:45:59 AM »
Uhhh, check to make sure the motherboard works. Make sure the video card is in all the way. Nothing else really that I could think of.
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Re: Need help, my monitor wont respond to the tower.
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2008, 02:16:33 PM »
yea the mothebaord work's everything works except that video card.
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Re: Need help, my monitor wont respond to the tower.
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2008, 04:03:28 PM »
do you have the right drivers? is every thing hooked up correctly
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Re: Need help, my monitor wont respond to the tower.
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2008, 05:49:04 PM »
Yea, everything connected. I think the new case is causing a short on the motherboard, I'm going to look tomorrow.
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Re: Need help, my monitor wont respond to the tower.
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2008, 06:31:51 AM »
It would most likely be something like a short or something due to the case ect. because the components where working before fine
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Re: Need help, my monitor wont respond to the tower.
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2008, 07:30:00 AM »
You activated the GPU in the bios?
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Re: Need help, my monitor wont respond to the tower.
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2008, 12:08:13 PM »
Quote from: MattZani on May 13, 2008, 07:30:00 AM
You activated the GPU in the bios?

Lol I was just about to say that but you beat me to it. I had to do the same thing in my old P3 Gateway, de-activate onboard and activate the AGP port. You'll need to find out how to do it on your mobo since there are diff versions of bios out, but they are all about the same. Thats my best guess. Good luck! :tup:
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Re: Need help, my monitor wont respond to the tower.
« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2008, 07:23:09 PM »
i cant, the the video card doesn't work therefore i cant see what im doing.
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Re: Need help, my monitor wont respond to the tower.
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2008, 09:11:47 AM »
uhh... you plug your VGA cable into the mobo's port....
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Re: Need help, my monitor wont respond to the tower.
« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2008, 12:22:40 PM »
it doesn't have a integrated video card
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Re: Need help, my monitor wont respond to the tower.
« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2008, 12:41:41 PM »
Well then, i dunno, because that means the AGP port is already activated
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Re: Need help, my monitor wont respond to the tower.
« Reply #12 on: May 14, 2008, 07:08:06 PM »
could it maybe be a post boot?
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Re: Need help, my monitor wont respond to the tower.
« Reply #13 on: May 20, 2008, 04:58:02 PM »
This been fixed yet? What no one has asked is HOW far do you get? You turn the puter on and NOTHING appears? Does the light on the monitor change color? Does the computer post when you disconnect the monitor cable? Do you have a speaker on the moboard to hear the post code? Is it the cable on the monitor? What all have you done?

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Re: Need help, my monitor wont respond to the tower.
« Reply #14 on: May 21, 2008, 06:41:46 PM »
well i havnt done anything, because i finally seen what was wrong with it(just forgot to post it) turns out that the motherboard is freid i seen some reisitors and capcitors burnt up on this little corner of the baord.
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Re: Need help, my monitor wont respond to the tower.
« Reply #15 on: May 21, 2008, 07:28:40 PM »
Oh....well theres your problem right there!
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