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Thread ID: 75501 2006-12-31 23:26:00 is my video card stuffed? philip from porirua 24 (11685) PC World Chat
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511434 2006-12-31 23:26:00 hey all,
i go to turn on my pc but my screen does not display anything! My LCD screen just has that box floating round saying "no video input" BUT i can hear my pc booting up. I got my old(8yrs) pc out of the garage and plugged my LCD into that and it is working fine! ( its what im using to send this message). so it seems the LCD is o.k if it workds on the old pc, so does that mean my current pc has a stuffed video card of something??? it is just on 4 years old. please help me
thanks
philip from porirua 24 (11685)
511435 2006-12-31 23:41:00 It is possible that the plug from the monitor to the connector in the card was not seated properly... but I guess you've tried plugging it back in a few times.

It's also possible that the card has worked loose as well. 1st thing would be to unplug the computer, open it up and take the card out/put it back in if you feel comfortable rummaging around inside the box.

I guess if that doesn't work you might be able to swap your video cards in each comp (depending on type of card/motherboards) and you'd soon know if it doesn't work in your old comp.
Shortcircuit (1666)
511436 2007-01-01 00:20:00 Welcome to PressF1 philip from porirua 24 :D & Happy New Year! :) stu161204 (123)
511437 2007-01-01 00:59:00 It could be your video card. But without trying an alternative video source you may find it could be worse then just the video card.

If you have onboard video try that if not try and borrow a video card or buy a cheapy on trademe.

Making sure you get the right slot as well (AGP or PCI or PCI-E)
trinsic (6945)
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