Normal Beep but Blank (black) screen

[ayuni]

AM having problem with my coputer, I could here a normal beep but the screen is blank. First I thought it was a monitor problem and I change the monitor but the problem still persist. If it was a card problem, then I could not get the normal beep. So what is the problem? Please help.

Thank you.

 

[garebo]

Make sure your keyboard and mouse and video cable are plugged in tightly, also hard drive cable and power to the hard drive.

Sometimes you have to re-set the bios. If you have a manual you can look there. You will find, on your mobo, 3 pins and there will be a jumper on 2 of these pins, and you should find the word "cmos" right beside the pins.
If you have found that then take the battery out, then move the jumper so that it moves over one pin, so you take the jumper off and put it on the 2 end pins on the other side.

... ...
original move jumper to last 2 pins
jumper is on
first two pins


Leave it that way for a half hour, then move the jumper back to its original position, on the first two pins, then put the battery back in and check all your cables and then start up the computer.

Make sure monitor is turned on too.

If that does work then you may have to go into bios and change some settings back to where they were before the problem began.

Also, you need to let us know what make and model motherboard you have, and other info like what kind of cpu, etc.
Do you have a manual for the mobo?

 

[paparazi]

Sometimes all is needed is to move the graphics card in it's slot.
My daughter always used to get this everytime she came back from a lan party, , just reseated the video card and all was well.
Martin

Replying helps further our knowledge, without comment leaves us wondering.

 

[garebo]

Friend of mine just brought his puter in with the same prob, talk about co-incidence.
I will follow this if i cant get it going for him, or go openmy own thread if needed.

ayuni
How are you doing with yours?

Actually, before you go and reset the bios, perhaps you should go into bios on bootup and see if there have been any changes made.
Do you know how to do this?
If not, turn puter on and press delete or F1, whatever it says on the bottom of the black and white screen you get when you turn it on.

 

[BadBigBen]

garebo - LOL! the guy doesn't have display and you're saying to him "...press delete or F1, whatever it says on the bottom of the black and white screen you get when you turn it on."

suggestion : when you hear it beep, hit the DEL key repeatedly... there is a possibility that he has an AGP card installed and in the BIOS it says to boot up with PCI instead... CLEARING CMOS should though take care of this...

reseating the GFXcard is a very good suggestion...

Ben

 

[garebo]

To bigbadben

I know that but often you can still get into your bios regardless! So I know what i am doing and i know what i told this person to do!

 

[BadBigBen]

Garebo - sorry if I touched a bad nerve there... it wasn't meant as an insult, just pointing out that what you suggested wasn't quite up to par... that's all...

ayuni - make sure that the CMOS clear jumper isn't set, should be in the position of Standard/Normal...

Ben