Heartofgold Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 I'm running PIII 733E with 256 memory. I have two hard drives - 3.8 and a 40 gig.I have a 17 inch Acer Monitor.A couple days ago, I restarted my computer and I couldn't see anything on the monitor. Then I left it for a couple hours and restarted it and then the monitor came on and I could use the computer.Yesterday I restarted again and nothing.I had a ATI Radeon Vidoe card in it. I took it out and put in an ATI 128 Radeon Vidoe card with TV in&out. I still could not see the monitor, as if it wasn't turned on.I replaced the monitor with a regular 15 inch monitor and again nothing.Any ideasHeartofgold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yusmol Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Try took out the display card and cleen the lead (feet) with eraser and slot back on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofgold Posted March 13, 2005 Author Share Posted March 13, 2005 I have clean and reseated the card a number of times. I have checked the pins on the cable coming from the monitor. There is power coming to the monitor, but nothing, I repeat nothing shows up on the screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofgold Posted March 13, 2005 Author Share Posted March 13, 2005 I have now tried three different monitors and two different video cards and still nothing shows up on the display.Anyone out there can help me pleaseThis has never happened before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofgold Posted March 13, 2005 Author Share Posted March 13, 2005 Thanks yusmolI took the old card (the original one) out of the slot. I then blew the slot with air and some dirt came out. I then used an eraser on the tips of the card and then reseated it.WOWIt works now with no problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofgold Posted March 14, 2005 Author Share Posted March 14, 2005 CRAP!!!!I was using the computer to scan pictures, after scanning about 60 pics all of a sudden the screen froze. I tried everything including the three finger salute, but nothing would restart it, so I shut down the computer and restarted it and now I'm back to no display at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofgold Posted March 20, 2005 Author Share Posted March 20, 2005 Well its workin again. I took the card back out, cleaned it again, blew out the slot and then reinstalled it makin sure that it seated properly. It's been workin great now for over a week.Thanks all for your suggestions etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofgold Posted March 23, 2005 Author Share Posted March 23, 2005 Well it's F#$@ked again. Don't know what to do now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasinwa Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Is the card agp or pci? If agp, I figure you only have the one port...if pci, try other positions.if agp, look at the connector pins on the board....do they all look straight, any bent etcertera? If bent, try to straighten them out to align them with the other pins - unplug power of course...If that doesn't help or it's intermittent,you may just need to change out the mb.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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