[Akhen]

So I just got my video card back from rma and a new PSU to go with it, so I pop in my P4 550 into my ECS pf21 mobo and startup everything.
But although everything powers on I dont get any video input on the monitor.

There are no bios beeps so I tried resetting the cmos, switching the ram modules, and finally putting everything in my new P5DW2 Premium mobo I got from sladesurfer but still the exact same problems.

I really not sure whats wrong, any ideas?

PS the video card works, I tried it in my brothers 939 rig and everything working fine.

 

[Murlocke]

First step is to make your monitor is plugged in and turned on.

2nd would be make sure you got your PCI-E connected to your card.

I'm not sure about that board, but make sure you have all the power cables connected to the mobo..

Its a step i've forgotten, I admit

 

[ENTERPRISE]

Make sure that the Card is fully seated in the PCI-E slot and secured and that all extra power is connected.

CMOS reset never goes a miss either.

 

[Akhen]

Well the PCIe card is well plugged in and is getting power from a shielded 6pin connector so it should be getting some solid power, the fan is spinning to.
The monitor is on but the light is on power saving I guess (orange light), and finally I got the 8 pin and 24 pin power mobo connectors plugged in along with a 4 pin molex (the mobo light turns on too).

did a jumper and battery cmos reset and still nothing.

 

[ENTERPRISE]

Blow the VGA/DVI connection on the Video card and the same for the monitor and make sure its properly connecte to the card..Give the card a wiggle too to see if you get anything up.

 

[Akhen]

done that but still nothing

 

[adam144]

Anything shorting out on the back of your mobo?

 

[Akhen]

how so, just got a keyboard and a mouse plugged both via ps/2

 

[ENTERPRISE]

Quote:

Originally Posted by adam144 Anything shorting out on the back of your mobo?

Shouldnt make any difference to the G-card. Its not intergrated.

 

[Akhen]

could my cpu be dead? That would be getting lame, but how would I know

 

[Akhen]

what really gets me as I dont get any bios beeps so everything should be working right?

 

[Higgins]

thats what happened to my friend who got a bad mobo, the fans come on, lights, everything, but no video... if nothing else works, RMA it.

 

[Akhen]

I have tried it on two different mobos!

 

[riddler2k6]

do you get fans / lights ? if you dont its most likely you psu

 

[ENTERPRISE]

With the Second Motherboard you tried did you get any Beeps if you dont insert the RAM ?

 

[Akhen]

Funny thing happened before I was going to test the other mobo. I went ahead and plugged in my psu voltage reader and got no 12v2 rail for the SATA and molex connectors but got it on the PCIe and 8pin mobo connector.
I would explain this due to the fact that the video card has its own rail for stability but I really dont know much when it comes to PSU's, so what do you guys think?

Also if my cpu was dead my computer shouldnt turn on right?
Cause what I get are fully functioning PSU fans, video card fans and HSF's along with mobo lights.

 

[Akhen]

no beeps on either mobo, strange!

 

[Tyrker]

If you let it run (if you have it auto logon, or if you can 'guess' where to click to log on) , can you hear it log on? Or try taking out all the ram to see if it actually does beep.

 

[Akhen]

dont have auto logon and the sounds are disabled. Tried 2 different monitors both of which work fine with another computer.

Removed the ram on both and got nothing.

 

[Akhen]

im stoked I have tried everything and not even an bios beep!