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Monitor prob - please advise..

  • 25-10-2004 1:27pm
    #1
    TemplarBarna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 111 ✭✭


    HI,

    just got a call about a prog with a pc - maybe someone can shed some light...

    the hard drive went bad and he swapped over an old one(working) froma spare machine.

    SInce swapping, the system 'sound' like it's booting up fine, but the monitor doesn't come on. ...the 'flashing' led is there....and he's reseated the cable ...

    Is there anything else obvious to check??.....it was working yesterday...

    He has a spare montor to check with, maybe someone has other suggestions.

    Thanks,

    T.


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  • #2
    Optikus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,415 ✭✭✭Optikus


    Has he the Molex connector and IDE/SATA cable connected properly? Really when swapping over a HHD with an OS already installed you will need to reformat it for it to work, but you can't even see the screen, strange. Can you her the machine POSTing?


  • #3
    kmb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭kmb


    Maybe he needs to reseat the graphics card.He might have moved it fractionally to get hard drive out


  • #4
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,172 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Could be also worth checking RAM is seated properly (something similar happened me and it was RAM not seated properly) and that the HDD jumpers are in correct position.


  • #5
    TemplarBarna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 111 ✭✭TemplarBarna


    thanks folks...I'll check these things out...


  • #6
    Prior Of Taize
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 603 ✭✭✭Prior Of Taize


    I had a problem like this before. The pc would turn on but the monitor wouldnt display anything. it turned out to be a CMOS battery on its last legs.

    Its worth replacing it to see if if works...its a c1003 or something battery...about €2...


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  • #7
    TemplarBarna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 111 ✭✭TemplarBarna


    cool thanks....em...where would that be located then...motherboard I assume??
    and where could I pick one of these up??


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