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[CU]

A friends HP xt963 computer turns on (fans spin), but the monitor doesn't get a signal. The monitor works. I tested it. I put in a old but working pci video card and the monitor still doesn't get a signal. I don't see a jumper to clear the cmos anywhere, so I have took the battery out and plan to leave it out for 24hours to clear the cmos. My guess is either the cpu or MB died. Probly the MB since I don't think cpu's die that often. I cannot test the MB or cpu since I don't have anything that will run a celeron 1.2ghz or a cpu to put in the 810e MB. Is there anything else I should try?

 

[Kishan]

God, this happened to me. What did I do? RMA everything including the mobo. Got a new mobo/RAM/Video Card from RMA< still didn't work. Then bought a new case and power supply (Antec SLK3700BQE) and a new mobo DFI NF3. Worked fine. But I would like to know what causes this. If you boot into safe mode, you will see something called VGAsave instead of your drivers.

 

[CU]

Well leaving the battery out didn't fixed it, so I unhooked everything and it work. After hooking up everything back up one thing at a time and testing it, it all works fine now. I guess something was just loose.