No Display

[TGSoldier]

So had a working old board, chip and memory home. Needed to setup another machine for other purposes. Bought a little cheap case.

Specs

Asus P5ND2-SLI
Mushkin 2GB (2X1GB) DDR2 667
Intel Pentium 4 630 3.0GHZ
Geforce 9500
Stock fan + heatsink


So i set everything up as normal with hdd's connected.

The board gets power. ( The power light on it is lit)
The GPU gets power. ( The fan is spinning)
The Heatsink and fan gets power ( The fan is spinning )
But I get no display.

D/c'd the hdd's and cd rom drive and tried again, same thing.

Tried with one stick of ram, with no ram. Same thing

Removed the Heatsink and fan to make sure the chip was working. It was getting hot so yes, it was.

Tried the GPU in another machine, it works.

Reset CMOS Battery.

Tried it out of the case, same thing.

Tried a diff PSU, blew a resistor.. lol.. oops..

Kept trying but.. that's about it...Everything is showing signs of power but no display.

The only think I could think left of is the PSU.

Also,the board has a 8pin CPU power connector. Only got 4 pins plugged in there..

I'm pretty much out of ideas here, so now I turn to you guys.

Anyhelp is much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

P.S - I used to use these parts before, so I know they are working. Probably just been idle for some months in a box.. under my bed.. somewhere >_>

 

[xxxxsh4d0wxxxx]

I've got the same problem, during my installation my video goes out, but my fans still spin, etc.

It goes out at 25-30% of the "Expanding Files" stage.

 

[zigzag3143]

TGS

You try another video card?

 

[TGSoldier]

Negative. Don't have a spare one around here.

But like i mentioned, the card works.

Also, there is no onboard video on this board.

Could probably buy a cheap PCI-e card tmr because graphics aren't really required...

 

[Antman]

I've got the same problem, during my installation my video goes out, but my fans still spin, etc.

It goes out at 25-30% of the "Expanding Files" stage.

YOU DO NOT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. Return to your thread so you may receive the professional assistance being provided to you.

 

[zigzag3143]

I second that

Ken

 

[TGSoldier]

Hey! Don't spam my thread

LOL

 

[TGSoldier]

Anything?

 

[TGSoldier]

Update.

Just tried a totally different setup. The only thing constant was the Case ( which means the PSU ) and the location.

The exact same problem occurs... Everything shows signs of power but nothing is shown on the screen. Tried with an AGP card and the onboard card on the board.

This is just weird -.-

 

[TGSoldier]

And before any of you decide to get smart with me.. Yes, the monitor is on.

 

[Antman]

Does the board beep when powered on.

No video is indication of bad video or bad ram.

 

[TGSoldier]

No the boards do not beep.

The ram is good.

The 9500 is good, because like I said, it works on another machine.

On the next setup, you REALLY think the onboard video AND Video card not good?

It's got to be something else..

 

[Antman]

That is not exactly what you said, as it pertains to the RAM.

"...P.S - I used to use these parts before, so I know they are working. Probably just been idle for some months in a box.. under my bed.. somewhere >_> "

Allow me to re-phrase my response:

If system hardware contains either a bad video component or a faulty RAM component, it is not atypical for the system to POST and present no video. The same presentation can also be indicative of a failed CPU. Failed CPUs can still get hot.

 

[TGSoldier]

Failed CPUs can still get hot.

Interesting..

 

[TGSoldier]

ANOTHER setup. Before plugging it in the case, it came on. Put it in the case, did not come on. Took it out the case, did not come on. Played around with it outside the case, came on. Put it back. Didn't come on. Tookit out. Came on.

Put it back in and just screwed it down, inserting RAM, and video card only. It came on. Plugged in other devices. It doesn't come on.

By "come on" I mean power up but no display.

Also, all the tests taking it out and putting it back on, only ram and video card were attached...

Sigh.

 

[Dwarf]

Hi TGS,

Do you have a monitor with VGA input and are you using an DVI-VGA adapter? If so, you might need to replace the adapter. I had a similar situation on mine, and it turned out that a couple of the pins in the adapter were bent, rendering the adapter defective.

 

[TGSoldier]

I am using two different monitors, swapping between VGA and DVI.

Thanks though.

 

[Dwarf]

ANOTHER setup. Before plugging it in the case, it came on. Put it in the case, did not come on. Took it out the case, did not come on. Played around with it outside the case, came on. Put it back. Didn't come on. Tookit out. Came on.

Put it back in and just screwed it down, inserting RAM, and video card only. It came on. Plugged in other devices. It doesn't come on.

By "come on" I mean power up but no display.

Also, all the tests taking it out and putting it back on, only ram and video card were attached...

Sigh.

So you're saying that it worked and that you got a display when it was out of the case? If that is the case, then it looks as though it could be an alignment issue. Try putting it back in the case, insert the mounting screws but DO NOT tighten them until you have plugged the graphics card in.

 

[TGSoldier]

So you're saying that it worked and that you got a display when it was out of the case?

That's the thing. SOMEtimes.