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pc starts but no signal to monitor

Jan 8th, 2005

Hi all I just built my own pc everything went great and as far as im aware everything is working although i cant be to sure as the monitor has no signal
going to it as i said.The motherboard is an infinity 865pe and my monitor is an AOC 9G1rs i was wondering if they was compatable.Anyway everything else seems to be working the mouse the cd drives etc but also i am using a second hand p4 1.8 i was also wondering if there is anyway to check this.

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Jan 8th, 2005

It wouldnt be the processor, either the graphics card or the mobo, but im unsure on the mobo, cause most monitors did not work with my old video card.

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Re: pc starts but no signal to monitor

Jan 9th, 2005

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Originally Posted by Sphyenx

It wouldnt be the processor, either the graphics card or the mobo, but im unsure on the mobo, cause most monitors did not work with my old video card.

Actually...it very well could be. Sometimes the processor isn't seated right, or there is a bad pin, or something else. I'll update this post should I find any other causes.

For now, make sure it's all seated in there real tight. :mrgreen:

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Re: pc starts but no signal to monitor

Jan 10th, 2005

Also, you gotta check your basics. Cables, connectors, etc. I know this is a bit obvious but you would be surprised at the multitude of people who dont do this

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Re: pc starts but no signal to monitor

Jan 11th, 2005

Do you hear any beeps when you power up...

2 then 4 then 2 any groups of three

Powerup should give you one beep....
((Not one long beep))

You cant assume anything is working just because the power supply fan spins up...

Start by stripping the system down to the bare essentials... unplug drives...
Remove all but one ram chip (if you have multiple)
Remove all cards exept the video card and try it again....

And NEVER power it up without a CPU fan in place....

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Re: pc starts but no signal to monitor

Jan 12th, 2005

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Originally Posted by Thong_Ispector

Do you hear any beeps when you power up...

2 then 4 then 2 any groups of three

Powerup should give you one beep....
((Not one long beep))

You cant assume anything is working just because the power supply fan spins up...

Start by stripping the system down to the bare essentials... unplug drives...
Remove all but one ram chip (if you have multiple)
Remove all cards exept the video card and try it again....

And NEVER power it up without a CPU fan in place....

Funny you should say that i spoke to my bro in law and he asked the same
thing which led him to the conclusion that the processor is fried as its 2nd hand. Im taking it to a shop to test it on saturday to make sure it not.
Thanks for your reply Pike

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Re: pc starts but no signal to monitor

Jan 12th, 2005

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Originally Posted by slayd86

Also, you gotta check your basics. Cables, connectors, etc. I know this is a bit obvious but you would be surprised at the multitude of people who dont do this .

Thanks for the reply but no i have checked all the connections

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Re: pc starts but no signal to monitor

Jan 12th, 2005

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Originally Posted by pcpalct

Actually...it very well could be. Sometimes the processor isn't seated right, or there is a bad pin, or something else. I'll update this post should I find any other causes.

For now, make sure it's all seated in there real tight. :mrgreen:

Thanks for reply im taking the cpu down a shop saturday to have it checked as its second hand.

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Re: pc starts but no signal to monitor

Jan 12th, 2005

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Originally Posted by Sphyenx

It wouldnt be the processor, either the graphics card or the mobo, but im unsure on the mobo, cause most monitors did not work with my old video card.

Tried 2 different cards same with both also tried 2 monitors.
Thanks for the reply.

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Re: pc starts but no signal to monitor

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Jul 13th, 2006

can someone also help me i have a similiar problem but i have a new monitor and new graphics card it says no input signal and then says going to sleep the comp is working great but i cannot check anything now bc the monitor says no input signal what should i do