Recently, I turned on my PC to find no signal to either of the monitors attached to my ASUS/nVidia 9600GT. However, there was still a signal from the integrated graphics (I have an ASUS P5N-MX which has the nVidia 610i/7050 chipset).
The default video adapter is set to PCI-E in the BIOS. I have also tried clearing the CMOS. I swapped with my brother's almost identical 9600GT. Both cards worked in his PC, and neither in mine so it seems the graphics card isn't the problem.
I guess that means its either the motherboard or the power supply. Oh, and whenever the computer is turned on it fails POST, asking me to "press F1 to continue" etc, etc. The graphics card did not show up under display adapters in device manager.
Does anyone have any ideas for a fix? Or should I just replace the motherboard? I'm looking at a few cheap refurbished boards on eBay which will save me replacing any other hardware in the case.
Also, the boards on eBay are all missing I/O shields. Is there any problem (aside from dust getting in) with not having an I/O shield? I've read conflicting information about static discharge...
Thanks in advance,
Xander
The default video adapter is set to PCI-E in the BIOS. I have also tried clearing the CMOS. I swapped with my brother's almost identical 9600GT. Both cards worked in his PC, and neither in mine so it seems the graphics card isn't the problem.
I guess that means its either the motherboard or the power supply. Oh, and whenever the computer is turned on it fails POST, asking me to "press F1 to continue" etc, etc. The graphics card did not show up under display adapters in device manager.
Does anyone have any ideas for a fix? Or should I just replace the motherboard? I'm looking at a few cheap refurbished boards on eBay which will save me replacing any other hardware in the case.
Also, the boards on eBay are all missing I/O shields. Is there any problem (aside from dust getting in) with not having an I/O shield? I've read conflicting information about static discharge...
Thanks in advance,
Xander