Hello, I recently was returning from college and setting my computer back up. I had everything plugged in, Turned it on and the screen was black. At first I thought the problem was with the monitor, but I tested it on my laptop and it worked flawlessly. I also tried a different monitor on my computer and the same results, nothing. I had thought it might be the ATI Radeon 9600XT AIW graphics card I have. I took it out and plugged the monitor into the Intel Motherboard to use the onboard graphics card. I get the same results. Nothing but a black screen. No chance to even see bios or anything like that. I also took the battery out of the mobo to reset the bios thinking maybe that would fix it. Yet, I have no luck. Has anyone here experienced a problem like this and if so how have they corrected it?
It is a custom built computer and I am running Ubuntu Hardy Heron as my main OS with XP as my alt. If I could get even a little output on my screen, it may help me figure out what is going on. Also, I hear no beeps indicating that there was a problem. Everything seems to be on and working, but just no output. Lights, fans, cooling system etc.
The processor is a P4 3.0. 2G Ram, 2 HDs, and 2 CD drives.
Any information about how to possibly check and find out whats wrong would help me a great deal.
Thanks,
Not sure its the card, especially since you tried the onboard graphics. But it could be, go buy a $20 PCI gfx card to see if that is your problem. If not, idk what to say.
No sound when I boot. Thus I don't believe it passes post. I did however remove the jumper for the bios on the motherboard while the graphics card was out. Then I booted up, and there was a sequence of beeps. Which turned out: " . . . . . . ." So, Two followed by five. I checked and the two is a parity, the five is related to the processor I think and seven is similar to five. I believe five stated about the processor being not properly put in, so I took it out, and replaced it with no luck.
Thanks, for responding so quickly.
Any help is welcome.
