Boots ok (probably) but NO VIDEO

[swamysk]

Hi

Hope to get some help with this problem that has plagued me for the
past
2 months

PC Specs
========
Pentium II MMX 233MHz
Mobo Procomp PM-B689 (I think this is it - from a label on the mobo)
Samsung 15" monitor
128MB SDRAM (2 x 64MB)
Matrox Millenium G200 AGP Video Card
Network card
PS/2 mouse
Normal keyboard

About 2 months back, the display started acting weird - when the PC
was restarted or started from cold there would be no display - the
usual lone beep, lights come up on the keyboard, CD ROM and HDD lights
come up and the boot would follow. No display. If left switched off
for say a couple of hours and tried again, the display would work.
Next time I restart, same problem again. After trying again and again
I gave up and put it into storage. Read through a lot of posts on
this and other newsgroups, pulled the PC out yesterday and tried again
- same problem, this time after the lights no boot.

I have done the following
- tried the monitor on other PC - works fine
- tried another monitor on this PC - no display
- pulled out the RAM and put it back in
- pulled out the video card and put it back in
- booted with just the video card, RAM and CPU - no display, but
lights come up

I'm at a loss. IS it the video card? or the mobo? or the RAM? No
funny beeps either.

Thanks for helping.

 

[Bob]

Download memtest86 and run a test on your memory (www.memtest86.com). The
test takes about 30 minutes to run, so I would run it and forget it. Let it
run a few passes.

 

[Michael Hawes]

Hi

Hope to get some help with this problem that has plagued me for the
past
2 months

PC Specs
========
Pentium II MMX 233MHz
Mobo Procomp PM-B689 (I think this is it - from a label on the mobo)
Samsung 15" monitor
128MB SDRAM (2 x 64MB)
Matrox Millenium G200 AGP Video Card
Network card
PS/2 mouse
Normal keyboard

About 2 months back, the display started acting weird - when the PC
was restarted or started from cold there would be no display - the
usual lone beep, lights come up on the keyboard, CD ROM and HDD lights
come up and the boot would follow. No display. If left switched off
for say a couple of hours and tried again, the display would work.
Next time I restart, same problem again. After trying again and again
I gave up and put it into storage. Read through a lot of posts on
this and other newsgroups, pulled the PC out yesterday and tried again
- same problem, this time after the lights no boot.

I have done the following
- tried the monitor on other PC - works fine
- tried another monitor on this PC - no display
- pulled out the RAM and put it back in
- pulled out the video card and put it back in
- booted with just the video card, RAM and CPU - no display, but
lights come up

I'm at a loss. IS it the video card? or the mobo? or the RAM? No
funny beeps either.

Thanks for helping.

Sounds like the video card.
Mike.

 

[DaveW]

Sounds like the video card died.

 

[Pegallion]

Hi:

I happen to have the same problem with a hp Pavilion 8665e with an
Asus MEW-AM mobo with 128 SDDRAM (video card integrated in the mobo).
At first, we thought it was the power supply. But when we changed it
and turned it on, the "On" light and the HDD light turn on, but the
machine beeps 4 times and doesn't boot up or show the bios....it
doesn't do anything at all. I checked about the beeps and it looks
like a timer error in the mobo....Is that the problem? If so, How do I
fix it? Or.... :shock: do I have to replace the mobo?

Feedback on this matter is appreciated.

 

[Pegallion]

Hi:

I happen to have the same problem with a hp Pavilion 8665e with an
Asus MEW-AM mobo with 128 SDDRAM. At first, we thought it was the
power supply. But when we changed it and turned it on, the "On" light
and the HDD light turn on, but the machine beeps 4 times and doesn't
boot up or show the bios....it doesn't do anything at all. I checked
about the beeps and it looks like a timer error in the mobo....Is that
the problem? If so, How do I fix it? Or.... :shock: do I have to
replace the mobo?

Feedback on this matter is appreciated.

 

[JAD]

reseat the ram

 

[-Alby Hewlet]

i agree with jad.

also, when you have it out, using an eraser, bernish the contact fingers

 

[swamysk]

Sounds like the video card died.

It was indeed the video card - got a replacement and the system is
back up and running.

Thanks to you all who helped.