No monitor display

This does not seem to have anything to do with OS but could anyone help?

I am not getting screen display at all including POSTing. I tried a
different video card, resetting BIOS and a different RAM stick to no
avail. All fans can run. HDD appears spinning. Pressing/holding the
power button shuts down the machine.

I would think 1)motherboard, 2)CPU, 3)PSU or 4)BIOS chip has gotten
defective.

Is there anything else I can try?

Try a different monitor.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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"churin" <> wrote in message news:...
This does not seem to have anything to do with OS but could anyone help?

I am not getting screen display at all including POSTing. I tried a
different video card, resetting BIOS and a different RAM stick to no
avail. All fans can run. HDD appears spinning. Pressing/holding the
power button shuts down the machine.

I would think 1)motherboard, 2)CPU, 3)PSU or 4)BIOS chip has gotten
defective.

Is there anything else I can try?

How about the obvious thing before you start ripping through the machine,
try a different monitor.

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"churin" <> wrote in message
news:...
> This does not seem to have anything to do with OS but could anyone help?
>
> I am not getting screen display at all including POSTing. I tried a
> different video card, resetting BIOS and a different RAM stick to no
> avail. All fans can run. HDD appears spinning. Pressing/holding the power
> button shuts down the machine.
>
> I would think 1)motherboard, 2)CPU, 3)PSU or 4)BIOS chip has gotten
> defective.
>
> Is there anything else I can try?

David B. wrote:
> How about the obvious thing before you start ripping through the
> machine, try a different monitor.
>

Thanks to Carey and David for your responses.
I forgot to a include monitor in what I tried. I did tried a different
monitor.

If your video card requires a separate power connection,
make sure the connection cable is directly from the
power supply unit and not from another hardware device.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

---------------------------------------------------------------

"churin" <> wrote in message news:...
David B. wrote:
> How about the obvious thing before you start ripping through the
> machine, try a different monitor.
>

Thanks to Carey and David for your responses.
I forgot to a include monitor in what I tried. I did tried a different
monitor.

churin wrote:
> This does not seem to have anything to do with OS but could anyone help?
>
> I am not getting screen display at all including POSTing. I tried a
> different video card, resetting BIOS and a different RAM stick to no
> avail. All fans can run. HDD appears spinning. Pressing/holding the
> power button shuts down the machine.
>
> I would think 1)motherboard, 2)CPU, 3)PSU or 4)BIOS chip has gotten
> defective.
>
> Is there anything else I can try?


The first thing to check would be the connection between the video
adapter and the monitor. The second thing to check would be the
monitor, itself.

(And then you could start looking at the items you've already
eliminated or mentioned.)


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You haven't mentioned if the display is getting power. Have you tried a
different monitor power cord? Have you tried plugging something else that
you know is working into the same outlet the monitor is plugged into? Does
the monitor display anything when it's powered on and NOT attached to the
computer?


"churin" <> wrote in message
news:...
> David B. wrote:
>> How about the obvious thing before you start ripping through the machine,
>> try a different monitor.
>>
>
> Thanks to Carey and David for your responses.
> I forgot to a include monitor in what I tried. I did tried a different
> monitor.
>

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> If your video card requires a separate power connection,
> make sure the connection cable is directly from the
> power supply unit and not from another hardware device.


Another hardware device? I'm racking my brain here trying to figure out
what you are talking about. Are you referring to splitters for case fans or
something like that? Or are you just talking nonsense again?

ss.

"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> If your video card requires a separate power connection,
>> make sure the connection cable is directly from the
>> power supply unit and not from another hardware device.
>
>
> Another hardware device? I'm racking my brain here trying to figure out
> what you are talking about. Are you referring to splitters for case fans
> or something like that? Or are you just talking nonsense again?
>
He's actually talking sense. Way over your head. Some graphics cards do
require power to be hooked up from a connection that feeds from the power
supply.

"Bill M. Yanaire" <> wrote in
news:HIxyk.97$:

>
> "Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> If your video card requires a separate power connection,
>>> make sure the connection cable is directly from the
>>> power supply unit and not from another hardware device.
>>
>>
>> Another hardware device? I'm racking my brain here trying to figure
>> out what you are talking about. Are you referring to splitters for
>> case fans or something like that? Or are you just talking nonsense
>> again?
>>
> He's actually talking sense. Way over your head. Some graphics cards
> do require power to be hooked up from a connection that feeds from the
> power supply.

And other than a power 'splitter' or a case/older CPU fan, what other
hardware device that accepts power from the power supply has a passthru
for power to connect other devices to ?