Monitor - No signal

Raych · Jul 31, 2005, 07:17 PM

Hi all,
I'm trying to build my own computer without my husband's help so I can learn stuff along the way. My first obstacle is that the monitor has no signal. The computer I am upgrading is my brother's old one and I played cards on it just last week before he gave it to me. When I brought it home and started it up (no modifications yet) there was 'no signal'.
It is not the monitor or the cables as I have tried them on another computer. I swapped the graphics card to another computer and that works fine too. Is there something else that could be loose? This is the stupidist problem to have, but I'm sure I'll learn some good jargon with your answers.

Press2Esc · Sep 6, 2005, 04:24 AM

C'mon folks.... video card, cables/monitor works on a 2nd PC. I posted a question/suggestion in my reply posting (#3) almost 5 weeks ago. This suggestion has been REPOSTED 2 add'l times, by others....

If you don't understand the suggestion - ASK. If you do understand the suggestion - try & respond to the suggestion. If neither applies, take your PC into a shop & pay someone else to try it for you.

P2E

Andrew1234 · Sep 10, 2005, 06:25 AM

Hey Scott and StuMegu I have looked for the extra VGA port on the mother board but without any luck. My motherboard is ASUS P4C800 deluxe. I doubt there is any onboard video to disable however there is an option in bios which enabled can power on the video by setting it to standby,suspend, or shutdown. Since I haven't figured out how to enter bios, manipulating that option is meaningles.

I did some research about system failures on the website TomHardware.com and came to the conclusion that the power failure could have been the cause because of the symptoms being exhibited. So then I decided to buy and new power supply, Antec purepower 2, installed it, crossed my fingers and hope it will work, but to my dissapointment the montior displayed as it did before "no signal" on monitor.

PS: I AM STUCK, HELP!

bicestertown.co.uk · Oct 9, 2005, 03:36 PM

Hello everybody
Same problem here. In fact, even worse.
I have a p4 Celeron 2 GHz, 512 mb ram, MS-6507 motherboard, 128 mb ati graphic card, 160 gb ide hdd, and a pci modem card.
all new, except the motherboard.
The problem in my case is that when I power up the system, I get lights on modem (pci), the fans (processor and graphic card) start spinning, power source is working, but I get no signal on my monitor. It doesn’t even say "no signal"
I have notice that the keyboard lights doesn't flash at all.
Floppy drive light goes on and remains on.
It looks like I got no signal to peripherals. What do you think?

StuMegu · Oct 10, 2005, 12:36 AM

if the floppy light stays on, you've got it connected the wrong way round. Remove the cable and test. If it works replace the cable on the floppy drive. The end with the twist in the cable goes at the floppy end!

bicestertown.co.uk · Oct 10, 2005, 12:42 AM

thanks for your quick replay. i have done this before(you imagine, i have tried nearly everything). If the floppy cable is improperly connected i do not get any lights. what really concerns me is the fact that the motherboard doesn't beep at all.

StuMegu · Oct 11, 2005, 04:03 AM

Just check that the internal speaker connection is still on properly.

The basic test of a system is mobo, cpu (inc. fan) & memory. Remove everything else (not including the case connectors like power switch, speaker etc) and check again!

If that system beeps ok, add the other components until you've found your problem.

If it doesn't boot, one or more of those three components is at fault (or the Power supply of course). If possible, swap these components with known good ones and try again.

bicestertown.co.uk · Oct 11, 2005, 02:45 PM

Hi Stu,

This is exactly what i was looking for... Unfortunately the speaker doesn’t beep at all. At the beginning I have suspected that the internal speaker is not connected. In fact I have no idea where the internal speaker is (if this motherboard has an internal speaker somewhere - MS-6507 motherboard) I have always thought that the speaker that beeps is the case front speaker. In my case, that one is not connected as I couldn’t find where to connect it.
This is the motherboard, (MS-6507 motherboard)
This is the link to the motherboard:
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/produc...ail.php?UID=37
I have read the manual. It doesn’t say where that case speaker connector should be placed on the motherboard...

p.s. have we meet before (experts exchange)?

StuMegu · Oct 12, 2005, 12:33 AM

Hi, dont think we've met, although experts exchange is a brilliant site, I haven't posted there.

I've had a look at the mobo manual and also can't see any reference to the speaker connection. Either this means it is inbuilt into the motherboard or the manual is rubbish.

Does anyone else know about the speaker connection for this motherboard?

Without the speaker option, I would find a known good graphics card and try again. with the floppy light staying on I would remove it completely whilst testing.

Remove the ram and check the slot, once i had a similar problem and someone found a small sliver of plastic in the ram slot preventing the connection working.



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