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Did my video card die? Or was it something else?

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mikekazik1   09-04-2009 at 06:26:21 PM

Just last night, I was using my desktop (you can see the specs below). Everything was working perfectly. This morning when I tried to turn it on, I simply could not get anything to come up on the screen. :??: On my LCD, it kept saying that there was no signal from the computer. I checked to see if any cables had somehow gotten disconnected (everything was connected properly). Just to be sure, I disconnected all the cables and reconnected everything. Still no luck. What could possibly be causing this problem? If the video card was fried, wouldn't the image on the screen be distorted (it clearly displayed the "No Signal" image)? I'm really lost on this one. Did any of you ever encounter a similar issue?

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spinny   09-04-2009 at 10:04:32 PM

It sounds like your video card probably went kaput. The only way to tell for sure would be to get a different one and try it.

Make sure your monitor is looking for the signal on the right port (digital/analog, if applicable) and try removing and reseating the video card itself. You could also try a different cable just to be sure, though the cable being bad is unlikely.

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drums101   09-04-2009 at 10:10:34 PM

Yea it most likely is the gpu but it is possible that its something else I would try throwing the card into another pc to see if that works and if not then try a different card in this pc and if that works then it is for sure the current gpu u have in this pc

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mikekazik1   09-04-2009 at 10:15:50 PM

spinny wrote :

It sounds like your video card probably went kaput. The only way to tell for sure would be to get a different one and try it.

Make sure your monitor is looking for the signal on the right port (digital/analog, if applicable) and try removing and reseating the video card itself. You could also try a different cable just to be sure, though the cable being bad is unlikely.



Yes, I already made sure that the monitor was looking for the signal on the right port. I'll try to reset the video card and see if that does anything. When I opened up the case (while the computer was turned on), the fan on the video card was running. Is it possible for the gpu to fail but for the fan to keep on going?

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jsc   09-04-2009 at 10:27:09 PM

"No video signal " means the computer is broken. You just cannot assume that it's the GPU. It might be. And might not.

A dead PSU or motherboard would give the same symptom. Although unlikely, so would a dead CPU.

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megamanx00   09-04-2009 at 11:28:04 PM

Does the compute beep? If it gives you a beep code then you can use that to figure out what's wrong. If you don't get a beep code it could be the PSU or the motherboard.

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mikekazik1   09-05-2009 at 12:24:20 AM

megamanx00 wrote :

Does the compute beep? If it gives you a beep code then you can use that to figure out what's wrong. If you don't get a beep code it could be the PSU or the motherboard.



YES!!! There was some sort of strange beep coming from the computer when I was starting up. What could it possibly be?

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mikekazik1   09-05-2009 at 03:36:16 AM

imrul wrote :

depends on the pattern...



Where can I find out what the signal/beep means?

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mikekazik1   09-05-2009 at 03:52:00 PM

Where can I possibly find out what the beep means? Does the beeping sound vary by motherboard?

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mikekazik1   09-07-2009 at 01:59:12 AM

imrul wrote :

varies by motherboard vendor...



No krap :heink: I'm asking WHERE I can possibly find out what the signal means. You might as well not bother responding if you are going to reply with useless 4 word answers. I need DETAILS!

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imrul   09-07-2009 at 02:07:31 AM

hear are some decoding of beeps:

http://www.pchell.com/hardware/beepcodes.shtml

however, you may want to check the vendor's website...

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mikekazik1   09-07-2009 at 03:17:55 AM

imrul wrote :

hear are some decoding of beeps:

http://www.pchell.com/hardware/beepcodes.shtml

however, you may want to check the vendor's website...



My mobo is a really old D850MV that was made by intel.

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