JohnHawaiinGoodheart
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No video imput, Help Please
I have a E-machine model W6409. I have 3 ghz processor, 1.5 ghz of RAM, 720 gb of hard drive. It came with 128mb on board video card. I upgraded the sound card to go with my 7.1 surrond system.
Everything worked fine for along time, One day I tried to turn it on and it would not work. The monitor said that there was no imput. I tried another monitor and the same problem. I tried another video card and the same problem. Please help me find a solution for my puter. I miss it.
Everything worked fine for along time, One day I tried to turn it on and it would not work. The monitor said that there was no imput. I tried another monitor and the same problem. I tried another video card and the same problem. Please help me find a solution for my puter. I miss it.
2PiFL
Do you get any indication of power - power on light, caps lock light on the keyboard, hard drive spin, any led's on the motherboard, any beep codes?
ASKER
power on lights turns on, cpu fans turns on, i see the dvd drives both light up, and the keyboard lights up,. I don't hear any beep codes.
John
John
Did you try a different monitor cable?
ASKER
yea. I tried 2 monitors. each has its own cable. I also tried both monitors with both video cards. nethir will work
Did you disable the onboard video card in bios?
ASKER
I cannot get bios up because the monitor says there is no imput. This is the whole problem. I wonder if it some problem because its an e-machine. Could it be the CPU?
Sorry about that. eMachines are extremely proprietary, that's their biggest problem. If it were the cpu you'd get a beep code. Of course a bad video card should give you a beep code, so that tells me that the video card is bad on the output side. It seems our options are limited.
ASKER
yea. its probley not the video card because I tried a second video card that I know works. but something still isn't working. Any suggestions ?
The 2nd video card won't work until the onboard card is disabled.
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ok i will try this today. I will leave some info about the results as soon as Im done. Thank you
ASKER
Ok. Problem is fixed. It was the sound card. Computer booted with the minumum. Mobo +ram+cpu=video card. I added others until the sound card. Then the computer would not boot
This means the sound card is bad? Should I throw it away?
I will wait for you to anwer this question (if you can) then I will award you the points. Thanks for you help 2pifl and nobus.
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This means the sound card is bad? Should I throw it away?
I will wait for you to anwer this question (if you can) then I will award you the points. Thanks for you help 2pifl and nobus.
:)
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Good Work thank s a million. Johngoodheart@cox.net
>> This means the sound card is bad? Should I throw it away? << yes to both