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Help! No video

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CrazySaint

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I was removing a RAM stick out of my old P233, in order to access the RAM slots, I had to remove some power and IDE cables, so I removed the cables and the RAM stick, and put it all back together. I turned on the machine and the fan and HD started up like normal, but I got no video output. I tried swapping video cards, but still no video. I tested the video card in a different system and it worked fine, so its not the graphics card. Any idea what could be causing it or how to fix it? I would think I somehow fried the motherboard, except the CPU fan and HD start up, and judging from the HD sounds, its going through a normal bootup except for the lack of video. I even tried moving the card to different PCI slots in case that slot went bad, but it didn't help.
 
bump...

Btw, I realize that this is an ancient machine, and it normally wouldn't be a big deal, except that this system has already been promised to my sister (she only wants to read e-mail and surf, so a P233 is enough for her), so if I can't fix it I may have to upgrade the motherboard and CPU or find a "new" old system for her.
 
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