It happened as simple as this: I powered down my PC to rearrange some power cables at the nearest wall socket. I plugged everything back in, powered up and NOTHING. The PC starts up as usual, but absolutely no video. I unplugged and re-seated my video card. Nothing. I bought a new card and nothing. I even changed the PSU. I upgraded it from 500 watts to 600. Nothing. Can someone suggest something I'm leaving out?
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If no start at all.... sure the circuit is giving power ?
Does the PSU have a switch ?
Is there another slot to try the video card in ?
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Thanks for the quick response.
How do check to see if the circuit is giving power?
Regarding the PSU, what type of switch? Watts? Other than Voltage and on/off?
I did try the other pci-e slot. Nothing there either.
Tks again.
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and turned on ?
You could plug a lamp into wall socket to make sure the circuit is giving power.
More detail is needed here.
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Oh yeah. Full power. The PC goes through its motions and runs as if there were no problem. Just no video signal to a monitor. The monitor actually scans for a signal and cant find one. I even took the whole unit to my job, plugged it in using vga and dvi, neg results. I'm thinking of maybe doing a rebuild on it and going through each piece of hardware to make sure it's properly seated. But as I said initially, the problem started when I powered down to flip out a power strip. Upon powering back up, nothing.
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you tried new PSU, different video cards in different slots, monitor works but still no video.
Does the video card require direct power from the PSU ?
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My original card does require power of the PSU. The one that I bought to see if replacing the video card would work did not require PSU power. Nothing. I've been avoiding the thought of my MB going out on me.
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I was on the doorstep of buying a new MOBO when a little light came on: play with the RAM?
I had two 2GB sticks in my mobo. I pulled one out and slid the remaining one into the appropriate slot. Cranked it up and....................... I sending this message from my problem unit. At least I have a new power supply to show for. Now I have to go get some more RAM. No Prob!!
Thanks for the advice. Always appreciated.
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