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Offline sean

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Blank Monitor
« on: March 22, 2009, 05:10:34 pm »
Hi, my monitor is giving me this message "No signal recieved" any tips on what the problem might be. I know the monitor is ok so the problem might lie with the cpu

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Re: Blank Monitor
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2009, 06:31:57 pm »
did you put in a new video card if so make sure you have the extra power cable plugged into the card
next I would see if the hard drive is working to try and rule that out
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Re: Blank Monitor
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2009, 06:33:12 pm »
Could be a bad monitor cable or a video card problem.Make sure the cable is screwed tightto the back of the computer. If it is just plugged in you could have a bad connection.

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Re: Blank Monitor
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2009, 10:22:24 pm »
no new video card and i've tried it with 2 diferent monitors with their own cables. Guess it's to the shop i go

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Re: Blank Monitor
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2009, 07:34:33 am »
Unplug the computer, open the cover, and reseat the video card (pull it out a bit, then make sure it fits snugly in its slot). If dusty, blow it out with compressed air. Someone brought me a computer just last week with the exact same symptom description (they had tried 2 monitors) and it turned out to be a loose video card. If that doesn't work and you can hear the hard drive whirring, I'd suspect the video card has gone bad, which can happen without warning.

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Re: Blank Monitor
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2009, 11:30:26 am »
ok thanks will try that