EquivalentTrade
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Hey all, this is my first real post (figures I'd be asking the community for help 😛)-- been a longtime reader of Anandtech's amazing articles, and I've used the FS forums for a while. If any mod feels this should be in the Video Cards subforum, feel free to move it.
About a year ago I built a low-end desktop for my parents-- used an EVGA e-7050 nForce 610i mobo. It worked fine until a few months ago, when my parents emailed me telling me the computer no longer displayed anything on the monitor. When I came back from college...
-I took a look at the monitor by plugging it into my notebook-- it works fine, so it's not the monitor or the cable
-Switched the RAM modules and tried only leaving one stick in
-Bought an ATI 4350 in case the on-board was the problem
-Reset CMOS
Still haven't been able to get the computer to display. I've read about listening to beeps and figuring out the problem from that, but I dunno what a motherboard speaker is/don't think I have one laying around. Is replacing my motherboard the only thing left to do?
Thanks for reading and for any advice!
About a year ago I built a low-end desktop for my parents-- used an EVGA e-7050 nForce 610i mobo. It worked fine until a few months ago, when my parents emailed me telling me the computer no longer displayed anything on the monitor. When I came back from college...
-I took a look at the monitor by plugging it into my notebook-- it works fine, so it's not the monitor or the cable
-Switched the RAM modules and tried only leaving one stick in
-Bought an ATI 4350 in case the on-board was the problem
-Reset CMOS
Still haven't been able to get the computer to display. I've read about listening to beeps and figuring out the problem from that, but I dunno what a motherboard speaker is/don't think I have one laying around. Is replacing my motherboard the only thing left to do?
Thanks for reading and for any advice!
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