No monitor display

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Thanks to Carey and David for your responses.
I forgot to a include monitor in what I tried. I did tried a different
monitor.
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It sounds like you've done the basic troubleshooting. If you have one
available, try an old 1999 vintage PCI video card. If you don't have
one around, the local surplus computer store is a good source. See if
that works.

If that's a no go, try removing all the cards from the system.
Disconnect the IDE & floppy cables. Remove the memory chips. Put the
video card back in and one memory chip. If you're capable, remove the
CMOS battery or use the reset jumper. (This will force the board to a
basic start mode). Reboot. See if you get video. If not, you have a
motherboard problem or possibly a BIOS problem. The only way to
diagnose at that level is to buy a dedicated card or start swapping
parts.
 
churin said:
This does not seem to have anything to do with OS but could anyone help?

I am not getting screen display at all including POSTing. I tried a
different video card, resetting BIOS and a different RAM stick to no
avail. All fans can run. HDD appears spinning. Pressing/holding the
power button shuts down the machine.

I would think 1)motherboard, 2)CPU, 3)PSU or 4)BIOS chip has gotten
defective.

Is there anything else I can try?
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That is most symptomatic of a bad CMOS (BIOS) chip.
I've had this same experience at least 1/2 dozen times.
 
From you posts it doesn't seem like it - retard. Better take the rest
of the day off. You are cranky.
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So, you didn't answer teh question......

Name one hardware device, other than a case/old CPU fan, that has a pass-
thru power connection to connect another device to.
 
Bruce said:
The first thing to check would be the connection between the video
adapter and the monitor. The second thing to check would be the
monitor, itself.

(And then you could start looking at the items you've already
eliminated or mentioned.)
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Thanks everyone responded. My replies to all those above are as follows:
Two things I forgot to mention in my OP:
1) There was NO beep sound generated.
2) The monitor and its cable worked with another working machine.
3) The machine(eMachine) have been working for the last 4 years and has
just ceased to work.
4) I unplugged and plugged the 20pin power cable to check possible
intermittent connection.

Next my replies:
The video card is GeForce 6200LE and it does not have any power
connector on it.
In my OP I stated I tried a different video card. I did this by
unplugging the external video adapter and tried an integrated video
controller which was working before.
 
Frank said:
That is most symptomatic of a bad CMOS (BIOS) chip.
I've had this same experience at least 1/2 dozen times.
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Thanks for your response.
I myself have never seen CMOS chip going bad. I forgot to include this
in the problem symptom in my OP: There was no BEEP sound generated.
No screen display and no beep appears to point to CMOS as you suggested.
I will try to get a replacement CMOS but the machine(eMachine) being 4
years old, I am not so optimistic.
 
churin said:
Thanks for your response.
I myself have never seen CMOS chip going bad. I forgot to include this
in the problem symptom in my OP: There was no BEEP sound generated.
No screen display and no beep appears to point to CMOS as you suggested.
I will try to get a replacement CMOS but the machine(eMachine) being 4
years old, I am not so optimistic.
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Call tech support for the mobo. They should have a replacement chip for
you although I've had to actually send a chip (only once) back thru US
Mail and they repaired it and send it back.
Good luck.
 
Two things I forgot to mention in my OP:
1) There was NO beep sound generated.
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See my other post first, then, while you have all the cards and memory
chips out and cables disconnected, boot the system and see if you get
the "no memory installed" beeps (typically three or four). Then boot
with no video card. You should get (typically) one long beep.

A lack of any beeps means that the speaker is disconnected, or one of
the wires is broken (usually at the speaker end). If the speaker
checks out, you're in bad mobo territory. There's little left at that
point to be bad (nothing plugged in) except the CP or mobo and while
I've seen bad older mobos more than once, I've never seen a bad CPU.
 
try an old pci video card instead of a pcie or agp?
I have found that a pci card will sometimes initialize when an agp or pcie
won't.
Then I can get into the bios and change settings.
 
Synapse Syndrome said:
And they lie so much, especially about themselves, and everybody can see
it. They even lie about their politics. It's clear to me that Frank and
Bill Yanaire are Republican voters. Why are they too ashamed to admit it?
I bet BY has a Sarah Palin blow-up doll.

ss.
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I am no fan of BY or Frank, but you are now as far out of line as Frank &
Bill get.
There are morons in both parties.
Personally, I'd rather have Palin in there than get what Frank does from his
sheep from Obama.
 
Synapse said:
And they lie so much, especially about themselves, and everybody can see it.
They even lie about their politics. It's clear to me that Frank and Bill
Yanaire are Republican voters. Why are they too ashamed to admit it? I bet
BY has a Sarah Palin blow-up doll.

ss.
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ss=still stupid.
 
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