Lok
Member
Registered: 10-2004
Posts: 18
|
 
|
|
is there a computer genius around?
well i dont know that i need a genius... just someone more intelligent that i heh
a while back i discovered my processor was overheating as i played games, this would lock up my pc
ive mediocre computer skills, but i know hot to take apart and put together a computer, so i took my computer apart and cleaned the processor fan, got it running nice and cold... well when i got done hooking everything back up i went to turn the monitor on and it wouldnt get a signal. i tried another monitor... nothing, i switched from my video card to just motherboard video...nothing, i took out the motheroard battery to reset ... nothing... any ideas what i might need to do?? please dont say buy a new motherboard and processor  heh
---
i hate computers...
msg me as Mortikhi, Lok, Nihilist, Muleface McGee, or Chip the Monk
MY-T LOK!
|
|
5/Jan/05, 2:28
|
|
d3ath3ss3nc3
New Member
Registered: 09-2004
Posts: 1
|
|
|
|
Re: is there a computer genius around?
ahh, agreed... ram would be the culprit... but from your description, i wouldn't say bad ram off the bat. Possibly loose ram is more likely (or loose something). Could also be something as simple as a backward IDE cable (cable to the hard drive, or cd drives). Old IDE cables didn't have a jumper block that would allow it to be plugged one way and not the other. Anyhoo... my suggestion? Unplug anything that's not needed to get video (Leave only motherboard, 1 stick of ram, video card, power supply (of course plugged to mobo) and last but certainly not least CPU and cpufan. If you get video this way, then turn the comp off and connect additionals one by one... power on, c if it still posts and gets video. This way you can eliminate something connected improperly or find out if somethings bad. Btw... if you have any trouble, PM me, I've been an programmer/engineer/network admin for a long time. Hope this helps.
---
|
|
10/Mar/05, 4:44
|
|
