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I recently brought my Desktop from Singapore to Australia.. now it can turn on fine, fans spinning LED lights on and such, but when i connect to a monitor, it doesnt show up on the monitor. I have tried removing all the RAMS and troubleshooting it, but that doesnt work. Also took out and replugged in my Graphics card. It was brought over in a samsonite case with adequate padding and all that.. but maybe it could have been damaged. Also, the NB LED light does NOT light up when it turns on, only the SB LED light.

Other things to note, I am not able to shut it down by holding down the ON button, I have to remove the power. My mouse lights up indicating that there is power going into it.

Ps: Sorry about the title I only realised that it wasnt related AFTER I posted... sorry

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Following the thread between and , here is a compact, practical checklist that fills some common gaps when a PC shows power but no video and replies so far have not resolved it. Focus on isolating subsystems safely, avoiding risky shortcuts, and collecting evidence to decide whether a component needs replacement.

First, avoid improvisation with live wiring unless comfortable and experienced. A small, inexpensive PSU tester or borrowing a known-good PSU is the safest quick check for the power supply. If using a multimeter, measure the main rails at the PSU connectors (not while poking around the motherboard) and only after reading a simple meter-safety guide. If a PSU swap shows the same behaviour, move on.

Next, do a true minimal boot on a bench: unplug everything nonessential, use one known-good RAM stick in the manufacturer-recommended slot, the CPU with cooler, and a single video output (or the discrete GPU if no onboard video). Attach a case speaker to the motherboard POST header and listen for beep codes; those codes narrow down CPU/DRAM/graphics problems and are faster than trial-and-error. If available, swap the GPU, a RAM stick, or the monitor/cable to rule out external display faults.

Also inspect the board physically for shipping damage: bulging capacitors, cracked solder joints, loose standoffs, bent CPU-socket pins, or a shifted cooler that could short small parts. Check the front-panel power/reset connector for a stuck switch by temporarily disconnecting it and powering the board using the header short method only if comfortable with the procedure. Clear CMOS (remove battery briefly) as a low-effort step before escalating.

If none of the above isolates the fault, document each test and consider a local bench technician for bench testing with spare parts or RMA for suspected motherboard/CPU/GPU failure.

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Btw, my motherboard is an MSI 890FXA-GD70

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The first thing you need to do is check your power supply unit (PSU for short). Unplug the main motherboard connector and short the green wire to any black one with a bit of wire or a paperclip. Do you have a digital volt meter and know how to use it? If so I can give you instructions on how to test all the different voltages.

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The first thing you need to do is check your power supply unit (PSU for short). Unplug the main motherboard connector and short the green wire to any black one with a bit of wire or a paperclip. Do you have a digital volt meter and know how to use it? If so I can give you instructions on how to test all the different voltages.

What do you mean by the main mobo connector? Do you mean the one from the PSU to the mobo? And no I do not have a voltage meter and I do not know how to use it.

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Do you know someone that has got a meter perhaps? It's the one from PSU to mobo. It's the only connector that has a green wire in it!

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I want to need a articles about how Computer Not powering up?

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I have another problem. I have problem with my sound. I can't hear anything coming out of my speakers when i plug them in back of my pc. If I plug head phones into my pc into my usb port in front of my pc i do get a sound. So if i want to hear a video or music i need to wear head phones. I checked my speakers, and the power cord they are fine.

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So, it's up and running now? What windows version have you got and have you checked to see if the sound card driver is installed and working in device manager?

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Yes, my computer runs great, I have windows 7. matter a fact ever since i installed windows 7 that's when my speakers had no sound. i deed checked the sound card driver and it says it's running properly.

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That's not uncommon with windows 7 and older computers. What you need to do is go to your computer makers website and download the audio driver that they supply. If they don't have a windows 7 driver then a vista driver should work ok. Make sure you get 32bit or 64bit depending on your windows 7 version. I fix computers for a living and that's exactly what I do when sound doesn't work on 7.

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thank you i will look into that and get back to u later today if not tomorrow.

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Cool. What did you do to get your system working?

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im the person with the sound problem. i can hear videos or music with earphones by contecting to an ubs connector but can't hear out of my speakers. turns out that i installed windows 7 and hp is saying that my system doesn't except or recognize the new version of windows 7. the drivers or not funtional and i guess if i down grade or reinstall windows vista what it had before, it will be compatible. now does that make any since. new at this stuff.

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