Monitor will not boot

[rokerij]

We had our machine opened to replace some RAM and in doing so, the computer has had something else happen to it. Every time we go turn on the machine the monitor does not respond (no picture). We have tried different monitors with no luck. The monitor worked before but was somewhat fuzzy on the screen.

The video card is on the MoBo, can we simply pop in a new video card to see if this is an issue?

Is it possible the HDD is not fully booting? We seem to have activity on the HDD, but the "working" light on the front of the box does not light up any longer.


Any Help is greatly appreciated.

 

[edfair]

Something was jarred loose, or the memory does not work.
With power off see if the tail of the video card will insert any further into the expansion slot.
And put the old memory back in to see if it is a memory problem.

Ed Fair
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[rokerij]

Removed the 'new' memory and made the machine look "original". There is no place that the vid card is able to be knocked loose, since it came attached to the MoBo. Went and got a new vid card and there is no slot that it will fit into, how is that possible? We have two expansion slots, but neither fit the vid card. We also went around and made sure that all connections were firm and tight. Any other advice?

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[edfair]

You don't need a video card. Unless , of course, you killed the on board chipset. And if that happened you would need to go to an earlier version interface. I overlooked the part of the first post that referred to the on-board.

Did you have the power cord pulled when you replaced memory?
It is possible to fry things on some later machines by unplugging stuff with the power cord in.

In the nonstop race for sales the manufacturers are building them cheaper. So they put the video on the M/B and save an AGP slot, and since they have other I/O on the board they don't need ISA, and who would ever need more than 2 PCI slots. So that is probably what you have. 2 white sockets. And if things burn up, you replace the system rather than replace the burned device.

Still think it is memory. Old sits in sockets with finger tabs on each end? Tabs seated? And pull the power before you check. You probably need to get the memory working before the video does a splash screen, and until the video initializes the hard drive spins, initializes, but goes no further.



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