Acer ase380 UD440a

[cmcallan]

Would like to upgrade video but don't know the location of pin to disable onboard video

 

[Guest]

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[cmcallan]

This topic has been moved from the section TomsNetworking to section Graphic & Displays by Grumpy9117

Thanks for the help.

 

[wa1]

pin?
i'm sure in BIOS, u can disable the onboard video card...

 

[cmcallan]

pin?
i'm sure in BIOS, u can disable the onboard video card...

Thanks for response. The problem is that I can't get to the bios to disable the on board video. All the hardware has been tested. Obviously, the problem might also be the cpu or motherboard. When the boot starts it stops with a couple of seconds with nothing on the monitor.

If I had the pin settings, most likely, I could disable the o/b video and boot up with a video card.

Thanks again.

 

[wa1]

It's weird that u can't get in to BIOS..
just pressed Del key repeatedly at the first screen boot...
I don't know about pin settings, sorry...

 

[cmcallan]

Thanks again. The boot doesn't get that far. As soon as it see no video it shuts down.

 

[wa1]

It's a desktop, right?
List the rest of your system here...

 

[cmcallan]

CPU Athlon 64 X2 4000+ 4GB DDR2 400GB HD. M/B MCP61pm-am

 

[wa1]

It won't post anything when u booting?
try reseating the ram and make sure all the cables were attached properly.

 

[cmcallan]

Correct, it won't post. I've also reseated the ram. Can't get the keyboard to light up, therefore, can't get to the bios.

I have another board coming with Socket A. I'll interchange the CPU to see if that's OK. If the CPU is OK, then the m/b is bad. The machine went to sleep on me and I couldn't get it to wake up. I honestly don't believe there's a pin setting on the board. I was surprise when the boot didn't see the new video card when I installed it. That is why I believe it is a M/B failure.

 

[wa1]

okay, u can check it to make it sure...
What about if u boot without the ram?
will it make any sounds?

 

[cmcallan]

no sounds whatever. I've tried the boot without the ram. Even switch them around and tried with each chip. The only thing which almost worked was when I tried to boot with a bootable disk in the dvd. The computer board indicator light went on and off for about 18 seconds, but still no keyboard to access the bios.

 

[wa1]

your board has a speaker or not?
If it have and won't make any sound when no ram inserted then i would say that your mobo is broke...

 

[cmcallan]

Thats exactly what I thought it might be. Thank you for your support. I expect my new m/b to be here this afternoon. If everythings goes cool I expect to be up and running this evening. Thanks again for you support. Acer is OK but as soon as your wattanty is out of date, so is the support. What I'll do is send them the motherboard for service. Companies usually contact you and you can work out a deal with them.

 

[wa1]

okay, try it and good luck..

 

[cmcallan]

Thanks to all for your help. The new mobo didn't work. I'm waiting for a new cpu to arrive. When I get the puter back to operational mode, I'll let everybody know what was the cause. Thanks again.