general pc probs and fix's

[Draganess]

look what I found on the mir2 forum....... you guys should read that thing more often

boards.legendofmir.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=244864

[Gotrek]

This is a thread for pc probs right well here gose i got a doozy

I treid at 7:30pm thursday 26th of may to install a 3D graphics card (GeForce FX 5200 AGP 128MB DDR incase u need to know) and when i pluged it all in the monitor light stayed orange it didnt turn green as it should to get a feed there was power but nothing transfrring to it via the new graphics card so i made sure it was in properly it went in a little more but when turned power on again no signle still to the monitor.

so i put everythng back to the way it was with no 3D card in it only to find that now it dosn't work at all the same prod as if the 3D card was still in all pluged in right no feed to monitor the screen is just black??

i am going to take the 3D card back to shop tomorow (27th may) to see if it was that but even if it was i still don't know whats up with comp i prob have blown the old graph card as well as new.

all in all i got no comp no mir and can only right this cos of me bro inlaws comp lol so i thnk i wont be on mir for some days doh! till it all fixed this is just typical i miss some days of mir only to brake the comp and now cant play if any1 can see what i did wrong tell me plz as am stumped to see what i did to brake comp

[Draganess]

I know its hard with no monitor but did you uninstall your old graphics card first? AND try taking it to a m8's house and see if its the card or your monitor? It could be the cable from monitor to pc thats @ fault..... Take your pc to a friends house and get him to plug his monitor into yours.... if the prob is still there then it YOUR pc if it works fine then its your montor.... cos it should have worked when you put your old graphics card back in. To me it sounds like a monitor or montir cable prob

hope this helps

[blacklotus]

Sorry Drag but your wrong it isnt the monitor. Assuming the machine actually goes through POST (ie beeps when u turn it on) then it will be either that you've knocked either the hard disk power or ide cables out. If the fan on the cpu isnt spinning (looks like a big aluminium block with a fan on top if you didnt know) then you've knocked out the main power cable from PSU to the motherboard. Its the biggest connector from power supply and connect straight onto the motherboard so should be easy to find. If you've even nudged that a little you'd get exactly the problem you described. IE monitor would power (go orange) but wouldnt go green as there is no power to gfx card as motherboard is unpowered therefore no signal. Id bet anything you knocked a cable inside. Hence why it didnt work when u removed new card as the cable would still be loose. I'll eat my hat and anyone elses if its a monitor problem.

[Draganess]

I siad it sounded like I didnt say for defenate. Its always best to eliminate all posiblitles before dishing out cash....

due to mir2 moving their forum the link on the thread starter no longer works so Im locking this post.