I was playing a game the other night, my comp. froze, there were blue wavy lines on the screen and a "ticking" noise from the speakers. Rebooted. Now, my computer turns on but there's no image on the screen, just blackness. Not even the BIOS info. shows up. Checked monitor, it's fine (brand new). Disconnected & reconnected/reseated all cables, RAM chips, & PCI/video card. Nothing. The computer turns on fine but still no image. It sounds like the hard drive is spinning up just fine. I have an older GeForce4 4600 AGP card (going on 4 yrs. old) What do you think is wrong?
2006-07-09 09:26:50 · 8 answers · asked by med11043 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
I shouldn't say the monitor is brand new, had it for about 6 mo's it has worked fine (17" LCD using DVI). And yes, when I disconnect the monitor from the video card it says there is no connection (why I was assuming it probably wasn't the monitor itself)
2006-07-09 09:35:02 · update #1
I'm going to agree with your determination - it actually sounds like the video card to me. However, it could also be the monitor. Does the monitor show a message about no signal when it's disconnected? If so, I doubt it's the monitor. If it doesn't show such a message, than it's likely the monitor that went bad.
2006-07-09 09:33:18 · answer #1 · answered by Dave 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fire up in safety mode and see if you get an image. You may also have an on-board video that has been disabled. If you do, pull the G force video card and see if the on board video driver makes the monitor work. And, just because the monitor is new does not mean it is working. If you cannot get the monitor to work on your computer, try it on someone elses before you go ripping into your computer. Good luck
2006-07-09 09:31:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok here is how you tell. Frist, when the monitor starts up, does the green light stay green? or does it flash from green solid to a flashing power light? That means your monitor is working just fine. Now, if your video card is off board (not a intergrated part) of your mother board, you are set with just getting a new video card... NOW Keep in mind, its going to hard to get a new AGP card of any good size now that AGP Is being pharsed out to PCIe (express). Yet you can still get a half way decent agp from www.zipzoomfly.com OR, to be dead certain, you can always borrow another montior from a friend, and just check it that way. GOod luck
2006-07-09 11:54:08 · answer #3 · answered by warrior_hamster 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure that your power and video connection on your monitor is tight. Sometimes the power plug comes out just enough to keep the monitor from powering up.
2006-07-09 11:47:14 · answer #4 · answered by sunfell2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-14 07:00:43 · answer #5 · answered by pantle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like you need a new monitor
2006-07-09 09:30:22 · answer #6 · answered by kibbie01 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the computer back to the store that you purchased it from.
2006-07-09 10:58:53 · answer #7 · answered by Balthor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first try adjusting the brightness and contrast, this happened to me before and somehow these options got turned way down.
2006-07-09 09:31:13 · answer #8 · answered by IcePrincess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋