no signal on monitor with new card after old card died

[rdukeman]

Hi just noticed this section of the forums and I've been having a lot of difficulty narrowing down a problem I've been having. I still don't know what is wrong and I've just decided to get a whole new system. I still would like to know what parts I have are okay and what exactly went wrong.

The story: The past few months I would get random lock ups. My CPU fan would have to be flicked on with my finger and my temps were higher than normal. I should have narrowed this down to needing a better PSU but I didn't. While playing a game (heroes of newerth) my game froze and started to get artifacts. I turned off my machine and waited 15 minutes then tried again. I got the same artifacts now at the win xp load screen. Tried yet again and my screen didn't get a signal.

Fast forward to getting a new video card and psu. My screen still won't get a signal from the new card. The old card was used on an old machine and it gave a signal on it before giving it artifacts. My old machine boots up okay, no beeps or errors are coming from it. When the video card went bad, could it have taken other parts along with it? Maybe the pci-e slot got damaged which is why the new card doesn't work still and everything else is okay?

 

[tonyyy]

Don't want to sound like a broken record but...

Do you have another PC to test the new video card?

what do you mean you have to flick on the fan for the CPU? Does the fan not spin by itself?

Do you notice any fried/burned/melted circuits on the CPU or socket?

Is your motherboard under warranty?

I had a similar problem with my computer going bad and there were artifacts playing WOW. I had RMA'ed the video card and my computer was working fine again. 1 year later I started getting artifacts again and then my comp froze and would not post. Luckily I have tons of spare parts and I began troubleshooting.

1. Check video card. - no post?
2. Check ram. - no post?
3. Check CPU. - no post?
4. Try all parts on another PC.

I determined that my motherboard died and so I ended up buying a new motherboard. I was however suprised that Vista allowed me to just plug and play the new motherboard without reinstalling Vista. I ended up saving all my data and installed my Windows 7 eval. Working great ever since.

If you still have warranty I would try and get a RMA.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

I had a similar issue when I replaced my video card. Basically, no matter what I did with the computer, the monitor would not come on with the new card. I tried it in a second computer, no dice (that computer's monitor worked, mine didn't). Tried a new motherboard. Still no dice. Tried a different card in my comp, monitor still wouldn't work.

Then I turned the monitor off. When I turned it back on it worked. WTF???? This was 3 year old Acer LCD that has since died and been replaced.

 

[rdukeman]

Yeah I tested the video card on another PC and it gave artifacts although the signal went through.

yes. The fan didn't start to spin on it's own.

no fried parts are visable.

going to check on mb warranty...

Thanks for the help

Don't want to sound like a broken record but...

Do you have another PC to test the new video card?

what do you mean you have to flick on the fan for the CPU? Does the fan not spin by itself?

Do you notice any fried/burned/melted circuits on the CPU or socket?

Is your motherboard under warranty?

I had a similar problem with my computer going bad and there were artifacts playing WOW. I had RMA'ed the video card and my computer was working fine again. 1 year later I started getting artifacts again and then my comp froze and would not post. Luckily I have tons of spare parts and I began troubleshooting.

1. Check video card. - no post?
2. Check ram. - no post?
3. Check CPU. - no post?
4. Try all parts on another PC.

I determined that my motherboard died and so I ended up buying a new motherboard. I was however suprised that Vista allowed me to just plug and play the new motherboard without reinstalling Vista. I ended up saving all my data and installed my Windows 7 eval. Working great ever since.

If you still have warranty I would try and get a RMA.

 

[tonyyy]

was that the new card that produced artifacts? or the old one? haha
probably the old one right?

good luck!