Problem: My aging AMD 64 X2 build will not trigger a response from the monitor, "wake it up" so to speak.
Details: I had it off for a long time and booted it up the other day. It literally froze at Windows right when it got there. Can't remember if it powered off or I did a hard reset. Ever since it wouldn't wake up the monitor. The fans are spinning, the drives are spinning. Sounds fine, just no video output. My mobo does not have on board vid, so couldn't try that.
What I've done: First thoughts were video card. I swapped my 3870 out and the 570 from my new build in, same problem. Typing this using that 570 now, so it works.
I played with my 2 sticks of 2gb Geil. Tried each one separately in both DIMMs, no joy.
I bought a new mobo for like 50 bucks, figured it was worth a shot. Just put it all together and exact same thing.
So I took out my very old Antec 480 True Blue PSU out for a Thermaltake 480 (which was retired from its last comp in working order) and still the same issue. Everything's spinning.
Edit: The monitor too is fine. Use it to dual on this new build.
Bottom Line: I guess I'm down to my AMD 64 x2 5000+ or the RAM. It's just hard for me to believe both sticks would have failed instantly after 3 years. I'm really just asking if the problem even sounds like a RAM or a CPU issue? Would hate to replace both and be back to the drawing board.
Any suggestions are really appreciated.
Details: I had it off for a long time and booted it up the other day. It literally froze at Windows right when it got there. Can't remember if it powered off or I did a hard reset. Ever since it wouldn't wake up the monitor. The fans are spinning, the drives are spinning. Sounds fine, just no video output. My mobo does not have on board vid, so couldn't try that.
What I've done: First thoughts were video card. I swapped my 3870 out and the 570 from my new build in, same problem. Typing this using that 570 now, so it works.
I played with my 2 sticks of 2gb Geil. Tried each one separately in both DIMMs, no joy.
I bought a new mobo for like 50 bucks, figured it was worth a shot. Just put it all together and exact same thing.
So I took out my very old Antec 480 True Blue PSU out for a Thermaltake 480 (which was retired from its last comp in working order) and still the same issue. Everything's spinning.
Edit: The monitor too is fine. Use it to dual on this new build.
Bottom Line: I guess I'm down to my AMD 64 x2 5000+ or the RAM. It's just hard for me to believe both sticks would have failed instantly after 3 years. I'm really just asking if the problem even sounds like a RAM or a CPU issue? Would hate to replace both and be back to the drawing board.
Any suggestions are really appreciated.
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