monitor wont display

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derek15

Hi,
The display on my monitor isnt working but the monitor itself is as
have tired it on another PC.

The manual that came with the PC said it could be the VGA card and
have replaced it with a brand new one and the monitor still doesn
display anything.

The specifications for the PC are:
Windows XP service pack 2
Intel Pentium 4 processor
128Mb DDR RAM
GeForce FX 5200 8x AGP VGA card

Has anyone got any ideas as to what could be wrong?!

Thanks
Dere
 
It could be an unsupported adapter setting. Have you tried to boot in
VGA mode, i.e. restart, F8 like you're going into safe mode, but select
VGA mode instead. Then you can check your display properties and adjust
resolution and/or refresh rate to see if that solves it.
 
I have tried a different monitor but nothing happens.

Also tried pressing F8 but because nothing will display on the monitor
nothing happens!

Any other suggestions?
 
You should start hitting F8 continuously, or untill you get a sys beep, as
soon as you switch on.
 
The keyboard isn't working either! The lights on the keyboard don't come
on when the computer is switched on. Two keyboards have been tried but
they both wont work.

The power button light on the PC comes on and it seems as though it is
starting to load everything up but it doesnt.
 
You might try,"if it is a usb keyboard", enabling legacy usb keyboard
support in the bios or use a ps2 keyboard.
 
Does the monitor power lite come on green then go back to amber..? You also
need to get some ram, 512 min, you will love the performance increase.
 
The light does go green then amber, but it displays a blank black
screen.

I cant access any bios information due to the lack of display!
 
Have you checked your cable connection and looked down inside to see if you
had pin bent or reseat your video card.
 
derek15 said:
The light does go green then amber, but it displays a blank black
screen.

I cant access any bios information due to the lack of display!
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Derek, I just had a similar problem working on a client's comp. This
solved my problem, temporarily: Unscrew the hold-in brace where the video
card bolts into pci/agp slot. Then insert the vid. card "straight", with no
edges of vc showing above its slot--or at least all evenly showing. This
slight tilt in our card made the video show up. HTH, and good luck. s
 
Tried pressing F8 but nothing happens, also tried what you suggested
with the graphics card but that doesnt work either.

There are no bent pins anywhere.
 
since am not having any luck fixing it myself and going to do the nex
best thing and take it to a man who can thanks to all who try to hel
 
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