Hi everyone! I originally had this posted under the General Hardware section...my bad! Figured the forum titled Computer Help in much more appropriate.
I'm trying to figure out a problem with a co-workers home PC, HP Pavilion with an AMD 64 X2 CPU. PC turns on, but no signal goes out to the monitor. Her PC has a dedicated Asus-branded nVidia PCI-Express card (not sure what model, but looks like an 8400 GS). When you turn it on, all fans spin and the hard drive begins working like it's loading the Vista. Just no video. So I figure her video card's gone bad.
So tonight, I went to Best Buy and bought a Galaxy 8400 GS. Swapped the new card in. Same problem, no video, but looks like the rest of the PC's working fine. I use an old-but-reliable Viewsonic 20" CRT Professional display as my repair/testing rig monitor and it works just fine with my test-bed rig.
Is it possible that the PCI-E slot has failed, but the rest of the M/B works just fine? I get no error beeps or anything during the start-up, so I figure her PC is making it to and past the POST with no problem. Just no damn video signal...
Thanks for any thoughts or suggestions!
Arvin
I'm trying to figure out a problem with a co-workers home PC, HP Pavilion with an AMD 64 X2 CPU. PC turns on, but no signal goes out to the monitor. Her PC has a dedicated Asus-branded nVidia PCI-Express card (not sure what model, but looks like an 8400 GS). When you turn it on, all fans spin and the hard drive begins working like it's loading the Vista. Just no video. So I figure her video card's gone bad.
So tonight, I went to Best Buy and bought a Galaxy 8400 GS. Swapped the new card in. Same problem, no video, but looks like the rest of the PC's working fine. I use an old-but-reliable Viewsonic 20" CRT Professional display as my repair/testing rig monitor and it works just fine with my test-bed rig.
Is it possible that the PCI-E slot has failed, but the rest of the M/B works just fine? I get no error beeps or anything during the start-up, so I figure her PC is making it to and past the POST with no problem. Just no damn video signal...
Thanks for any thoughts or suggestions!
Arvin