No Video!!!!help

[gar598]

Alright so I leave my computer for 2 days and for some reason now the video isnt working -

I can hear it running but for some reason the video doesn't work

-I have removed all the other cards
-tried clearing the bios
-disconnected everything except the power and the video

It worked one time and said "Low CMOS battery" or something to that effect

could the battery possibly be causing this to occur?

 

[XPac]

Go to Radio Shack and buy a new battery for the CMOS. I had that happen with a friend's machine a few years back, he had the same problem. Video worked fine when I replaced the battery.

 

[gar598]

Picked up a new battery and I still seem to be having the same problem....I'm going to get a pci video card today to see if that works?

any other sugguestions?

 

[Tbirdkid]

yea dont keep throwing parts at it first off. when it boots up hold the insert key and see if it comes up. if it does then it is software problems...

 

[XPac]

Were you ever able to pull up the BIOS screen? You mentioned that you got a "low CMOS battery" error. Have you been able to see the BIOS recently?