video isn't working anymore on PC

[amheck]

Came up to my desktop (hardware in sig) last week and the monitor wouldn't get a signal. I hit the power switch, rebooted, and still nothing. It's hooked up via a DVI cable. I pulled out a new VGA cable, used a DVI-2-VGA adapter and plugged it into another port on my monitor, and still nothing.

Then I shut down the PC, and installed a (working at the time) 3450, just to test with. Same thing - no signal to the monitor using either the DVI cable, or the VGA cable.

I guess my next guess is to find another monitor. Maybe the wife can bring one home from work. My Dell monitor turns on fine and you can see the self-test scrolling around the monitor, but again, no signal from the PC.

Any other ideas? Is it possible that the PCI-e slot can just go bad?

Thanks!
Aaron

 

[amheck]

Well, got a second monitor and that doesn't seem to work either. So I've tried 2 different video cards, 2 different cables, and 2 different monitors. Should I try to find a PCI video card and see if that works?

 

[chizow]

Originally posted by: amheck
Well, got a second monitor and that doesn't seem to work either. So I've tried 2 different video cards, 2 different cables, and 2 different monitors. Should I try to find a PCI video card and see if that works?

Can try that. Also try completely cycling power and resetting your mobo's CMOS. I'd also try cycling the monitors but it doesn't look like that's the problem since you tried a 2nd monitor. Do you have a speaker attached to the mobo? It could be anything from power, memory, video card etc if its failing to POST.

 

[amheck]

I cleared the CMOS and still nothing. I can't seem to remember if I get a beep at POST - if I had to guess, I was getting one, and now I don't seem to. So maybe this thing isn't even posting.

Sort of a MB related issue, but maybe someone here knows. I have two 7 pin audio jacks that connect up to the front pannel in my case (and I'm guessing the speaker). One is labeled HD Audio, and the other is labeled AC97. I have them connected to the Front-Panel audio on my motherboard. And again, I'm not getting a beep. I'm assuming this hooks up the speaker, but I can't say for sure. Ugh.