Im building a computer, Thinking my computer is complete, i booted my computer but to realize that its booting but the screen is still black "VIDEO CABLE CONNECTED" i tried to use 3 different video cards and 2 different screens but still the same problem.. i can hear the fans, and the power light is on which means the CPU must be fine. i cant think of anything to do, if you know what im not doing right, please tell Me
2006-07-26 05:20:32 · 8 answers · asked by Sad Monkey 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
You know I was reading your description and you never said anything about the beep. when you start a computer up and everything is fine, your computer beeps before you get your bios screen. Do you get that beep? If not, you're missing something.... just an FYI
2006-07-26 05:26:23 · answer #1 · answered by DarkWolf_1st 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually, just because you are getting a power light and the fans are turning doesn't mean the CPU is fine. It just means you are getting power to your system.
First off, if you have a machine that is working....put your video cards in it and see if you experience the problem. If they work in the working machine you can eliminate them as the problem.
Second, do the same thing with the monitor.
This will eliminate your monitor/video cards from the troubleshooting process.
2006-07-26 12:28:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have onboard video then you are needing the drivers for it. if you are using a PCI or AGP card you could have a bad card or still need drivers. You wouldnt by any chance be trying to use a Gateway flat screen monitor on a tower that has NVidia Graphics on it? There is a conflict between the 2 and you wont get a picture. I am going through that right now. Email me at anginfla@yahoo.com and we can go through this if you want. I have the patch on floppy to fix that issue if thats what you have. I can send it via link if you need it. Here to help.
2006-07-26 12:26:34 · answer #3 · answered by anginfla 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Disconnect all the disks and remove all unneeded cards like modems, if you have integrated graphics on the motherboard make sure you use that vga connector. Now check if you can see the startup screens from system bios. If it still does not work, check the bios jumpers to make sure they are in normal position. try setting bios jumper to revert back to factory settings. If all that fails, you probably have a bad motherboard.
2006-07-26 12:30:02 · answer #4 · answered by Interested Dude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
listen to the beeps... read the manual and see what the problem is, if you cant and have onboard screen port use that and then change your bios setting to agp... hope it helps... also take out everything and go slow, installing part by part. after each part try the computer and if it works you eliminate that part...
2006-07-26 12:35:47 · answer #5 · answered by bruinveldmuis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your disks are installed poorly on the IDE or other chains, it may never get far enough to display. Make sure everything you have plugged in (disks, memory, etc) are correct. Experiment there.
2006-07-26 12:24:25 · answer #6 · answered by Rjmail 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when it boots up keep hitting the delete button and see if you can get into the bios
2006-07-26 12:25:22 · answer #7 · answered by SeaSea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a professional opinion.
2006-07-26 12:23:14 · answer #8 · answered by Angela 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋