HELP... Onboard video non-functional!!!

[DanTheMan73]

I just bought an Intel OEM WL810E from Overstock. Thought it was a great deal, but I'm beginning to wonder...

Put all the parts together, plug in monitor - no video. Computer powers up, drives and fans spin, no beeping from POST (I'm just using a Win98 startup disk for now). However, the monitor I've plugged in get's no signal from the built-in video. I don't have a PCI video card to plug in right now. Am I hosed? If there is no video, how could I even troubleshoot, install drivers, etc??? What was supposed to be a very exciting morning of building a new computer has turned out to be quite discouraging...

Any help? Ideas? The hard drive has a Linux install (Mandrake 7.2 - new this morning) from another computer on it. I was hoping I could just move the drive over and reconfigure some of the drivers...

Dan

Intel WL810E, old Samsung 2GB HD, Generic Floppy and CD, Celeron 600, 128MB Ram, built-in video and sound, Linksys 10/100 card...

 

[Jaraxal]

Have you checked the bios settings? Most motherboards with on-board video have an option in the bios to initialize an add-on PCI/AGP card.

Just check to make sure that is say "on board" and not "add on"

 

[DanTheMan73]

That's a great idea... Except that I can't see anything on the monitor! It's a chicken/egg dilemna: I need to get in the BIOS to try to turn my video on, but without the video on, I can't see the menus in the BIOS...

Am I missing something important? Is there a well-known key combo to "return to defaults" or some such thing?

Dan

 

[Bartman39]

Might try the shorting jumper for the bios (with power disconnected of course) reset the bios and you might get video... Also disconnect or take everything out (other supporting cards) and even recheck your mouse & keyboard connectors (being swapped around can prevent booting). Also is the floppy drive light on as soon as power is applied??? (just asking questions) With no beep it means not boot not just no video... Recheck memory for being seated correctly also... Let us know...

 

[DanTheMan73]

Great ideas Bartman... It's too late tonight but I'm gonna give this another go tomorrow afternoon. I'll report the results then.

Dan