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| Thread ID: 23815 | 2002-08-26 10:06:00 | Monitor Isnt Displaying Anything | contagion (1640) | Press F1 |
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| 74019 | 2002-08-26 10:06:00 | Hey all, I've just finished building my computer which I have been working on for a while, I went to boot it up and everything seemed ok but the monitor isnt showing anything!!!!! I have looked and looked over the motherboard to make sure everything is plugged in, I have just applied thermal compound to the CPU could I have done something wrong here??? Ie- put some thermal goop on one of the wee transistor diode thingys near the core, any suggestions welcome, I bet its a real dumbass thing so post any suggestions. Cheers |
contagion (1640) | ||
| 74020 | 2002-08-26 10:20:00 | I know this isn't your problem, but last time I was called on at work to fix a monitor not going I found they had done a restart, but only the shut down happened. I hit the pc power button and bingo. | wotz (335) | ||
| 74021 | 2002-08-26 10:29:00 | Hi. I'd suspect the graphics first - does the main-board have on-board graphics? If not, is the vid card installed correctly. And of course if you can test the monitor itself on another reliable machine that would be a good check. | Greg S (201) | ||
| 74022 | 2002-08-26 10:30:00 | Your post should probably read "computer fails to boot" as the lack of display is more likely a no-go pc. Start at the beginning. Does the power supply go, any fans run? Have you got your heat sink attached to the cpu ok? Dont ever run it without the heatsink. Only fit the minimum cards, (video) to begin with. Is the motherboard insulated from the case underneath. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 74023 | 2002-08-26 11:04:00 | Cheers for your comments, I know it aint the monitor as It is going on another system at home, don't think its the video card because my mate tested it as going a few months back, I hope it aint the cpu aye, I Thermal greased it about 2hours ago could that have munted everything up:( and yes it has a heatsink attached ill take out everything except the essentials. William |
contagion (1640) | ||
| 74024 | 2002-08-26 11:05:00 | Oh and insulated motehrbaord what do you mean???? Nah I have a tnt2 agp card that isnt onboard |
contagion (1640) | ||
| 74025 | 2002-08-26 11:07:00 | Thermal paste is used on the mating surfaces of the cpu chip and heatsink to improve heat transfer. As far as I know its non-conducting and shouldnt affect anything else. | godfather (25) | ||
| 74026 | 2002-08-26 11:31:00 | Its all good I managed to get it to boot, lol the guy who posted about the compuiter at work was the problem I had:) all I had to do was press reset:) | contagion (1640) | ||
| 74027 | 2002-08-26 11:34:00 | lol never thought I would provide the answer with that one. | wotz (335) | ||
| 74028 | 2002-08-26 11:39:00 | hi godfather some thermal paste is conductive and if you short out the bridges(amd of course) on the cpu you can have all sorts of fun :^O you only need a light film of thermal paste on the processor where it contacts the heatsink. |
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