Hey there, so I work on computers now and then, dont know a whole bunch, but know enough to get by and help others usually... Anyways, a friend is having a problem and I cant seem to figure it out.
They have no display output at all. Zero. Custom built desktop. Been working for a year straight. They say that one day they were listening to music on itunes, the music sounded "funny" they restarted the computer, and havent had a screen since.
I figured video card failure, and swapped theirs out for one of my many spares that I knew worked. Nothing. I checked both video cards in another pc and they both work.
Not painfully knowledgeable in the hardware department, but everything else seemed to work, so I assumed the mobo wasnt busted, but was wondering if the pci / pci express slots could not work while the rest did. Whether or not this could be the case, I dont think it is, because the mobo has red lights next to each slot, and when something is plugged in, like a network card, they light up to show that the slot is working. We've tried the slots with other hardware, and they always light up. We've tried it with three video cards, two express one regular pci, and the mobo lights never light up.
Im sortta at a loss here, theres no on board, so... If I dont have a screen to tinker with things, I dont have much to work with. Normally I go with trial and error on things I dont know exactly what do with, but... Theres nothing else I can think of doing >.< Help? Lol.
Oh. Mobo is this I think.
Oh, and as a side note... Is this in the right thread? Im pretty sure its not the graphics card, since I tried it in another computer and they work... So thats why I didnt put it there... But it is a display issue... Im a long time browser but first time poster... lol.
They have no display output at all. Zero. Custom built desktop. Been working for a year straight. They say that one day they were listening to music on itunes, the music sounded "funny" they restarted the computer, and havent had a screen since.
I figured video card failure, and swapped theirs out for one of my many spares that I knew worked. Nothing. I checked both video cards in another pc and they both work.
Not painfully knowledgeable in the hardware department, but everything else seemed to work, so I assumed the mobo wasnt busted, but was wondering if the pci / pci express slots could not work while the rest did. Whether or not this could be the case, I dont think it is, because the mobo has red lights next to each slot, and when something is plugged in, like a network card, they light up to show that the slot is working. We've tried the slots with other hardware, and they always light up. We've tried it with three video cards, two express one regular pci, and the mobo lights never light up.
Im sortta at a loss here, theres no on board, so... If I dont have a screen to tinker with things, I dont have much to work with. Normally I go with trial and error on things I dont know exactly what do with, but... Theres nothing else I can think of doing >.< Help? Lol.
Oh. Mobo is this I think.
Oh, and as a side note... Is this in the right thread? Im pretty sure its not the graphics card, since I tried it in another computer and they work... So thats why I didnt put it there... But it is a display issue... Im a long time browser but first time poster... lol.
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