mehguy Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 when I booted up this computer, it seems fine with all the fans going but it won't output any signal to vga. The monitor only says "No signal". PLEASE HELP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Post beeps? And try a new video card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mehguy Posted November 9, 2014 Author Share Posted November 9, 2014 well i dont have the beeper speaker connected. im not exactly sure on how to connect one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Then the next step is to learn how to do that, get a manual or instructions, and read up. Or get your local geek to do it for you. Thenyou listen to the diagnostic beeps. Or you can start swapping parts at random, beginning with the videocard and monitor and cable. Working your way through the system till whatever isn't working becomes working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 There should be a connector someplace on the motherboard labeled SPKR or SPEAKER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mehguy Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 (edited) I got a the speaker connected (which I hope i connected it correctly...) and no beeps. Also, I tried making a lan with my other computer and the pentium, my other computer recognized it. Edited November 10, 2014 by mehguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Well then it seems the computer is working. next step, try a different video card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 (edited) option B is another monitor I have had some LCD's refuse to show anything if its set to 640x480 or higher than the LCD res, too high of a resolution could apply to a CRT as well so plug it in another monitor if it shows, set it to something safe like 1024x768 or 800x600 Edited November 10, 2014 by Osgeld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 It's hit/miss diagnosing without a speaker or one of the old cards that displays the POST code. Minimal config is the best bet, ie video card, least amount of Ram supported which in some cases will mean 2 modules and there might be requirement to populate the slots in a certain order. At least you could test the speaker by powering on without video card and/or Ram - there's usually a beep sequence for both those error types. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 If none of these suggestions are working, then tell us what hardware you're using, videocard, ram, cpu, mobo, monitor, power supply.. I got a the speaker connected (which I hope i connected it correctly...) and no beeps. Also, I tried making a lan with my other computer and the pentium, my other computer recognized it. Could it be that the other computer is just recognizing the physical layer network interface card/chip? Can you actually transfer a file or see the computer name? I want be sure the operating system is really starting up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mehguy Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 If none of these suggestions are working, then tell us what hardware you're using, videocard, ram, cpu, mobo, monitor, power supply.. Could it be that the other computer is just recognizing the physical layer network interface card/chip? Can you actually transfer a file or see the computer name? I want be sure the operating system is really starting up. In order to do that, I would need to see what is happening on the pentium 4 machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Does the HDD light flicker and indicate activity for any length of time? Such as a boot-up sequence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mehguy Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 Does the HDD light flicker and indicate activity for any length of time? Such as a boot-up sequence? Only once and that's at boot up. It flickers no other time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Then the HDD is not running long enough to start the OS. Sounds like the computer's NIC hardware is being detected on the physical layer only. Best get a different graphics card and/or monitor and go from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mehguy Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) I got it fixed. Apparently, it was a mobo issue. Thanks anyways. Edited November 11, 2014 by mehguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Good. What was the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulon Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Some motherboards automatically switch to either the PCI or AGP slot by default. So one way to trouble-shoot an issue like this is to try the other type of video card to find out which slot is active. Some allow switching in the BIOS. Others use a motherboard jumper. Anyway, you've got it working, so what I'm writing is just trivia for anyone in a similar situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Are you using an onboard video card? I assume that's the case if it was a mobo issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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