No Display !
if you have no display
and your Pc tries to boot
Here is brief summary of thing's you can try
- Check Pc , monitor have power supply and Vga cable
connections are good
- Temporary disable power management in your cmos and monitor
to prove this is not the cause.
- Try your Pc with a different monitor if possible or try
your monitor with a laptop .this will establish if the problem is your monitor
or a problem with the pc.
- If it is proven to be a pc problem do you hear any bios
beeps from pc speaker on start-up i.e. 1 long 2 or 3 short beeps If so then
turn off pc and remove case cover with a anti-static wrist strap remove card
Check you are inserting the correct type of card for the slot type (some AGP
4x slots will only accept 1.5 volt cards and not previous 3.3 volt cards)
clean card connections with a pencil eraser and re-insert card making sure it
seats fully home in its slot .Replace cover.
- If problem persists check the vga display adaptor fan is
running when system tries to boot (if fitted) and the card is not overheating
due to poor case ventilation . (leave off see if it will boot up the display
from a cold boot and thus prove a heat problem)
- If this does not work there may be
a conflict between a addin Pci card and the AGP card which are sharing a
system resource. Remove all unnecessary cards not needed to boot pc and
check cmos is set to bios plug and play configuration and add the cards back to
system one by one testing start-up after each card added . Either the problem
will go away as the cmos reconfigures each card or the conflicting card will
prevent display working properly again ,if so check configuration of card against manufactures info
or seek their advise.
- If you still have the problem see if you can try the card
in another pc .This will prove if the problem is related to the card or the
computer.
- If it is found to be the card check the configuration
settings of the card against manufacturer info or you may have a corrupt Vga
bios see if you can restore the bios with a bios programming floppy disk
from the adaptors manufacturer . If this does not solve the problem the
card is likely to be faulty.
- If it is found to be the Pc .Check all motherboard
configuration and jumpers
are correct check especially AGP Bus speed and Voltage setting.
- If all this fails it is possible it is the motherboard its
self . is faulty .Recommend it is checked out by a expert.
I hope this helps .If you are not confident with the tasks
above .Leave it to a expert !!
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