rob123 Posted December 5, 2011 Posted December 5, 2011 Was updating my printer drivers when the screen blinked, went to blue screen with text I couldn't read before it went blank and then screen turned off. When I turn on the pc it doesn't start up the screen, I manually switch it on and it says No Signal. Tried to use the fix suggested in this forum elsewhere but that involves starting it up in safe mode after pressing F8 at start up. But this doesn't work as the screen doesn't come on. I've tried all the cables etc. Any suggestions ? Cheers.
MrMoran Posted December 5, 2011 Posted December 5, 2011 I have an agp and a pci express graphics card i could try in your board.
rob123 Posted December 5, 2011 Author Posted December 5, 2011 Pc turning on normally, sounds fine etc but can't start in safe mode (or tell if it's in safe mode) as I've no visuals on the monitor. OS is Vista and the printer is Pixma iP4200. Was re-installing it from the cd at the time.
fake Posted December 5, 2011 Posted December 5, 2011 Try discharging the bios and reset it to default if you are not using the on-board graphics and then plug the monitor into the on-board port and boot up. I have had a similar problem where it somehow switched from a pci-e card to on-board graphics and as the monitor was plugged into the pci-card when booting it said no signal.
rob123 Posted December 5, 2011 Author Posted December 5, 2011 It's a Philips desktop but not sure about the graphics card. How do I recharge the bios and reset it, don't I need a monitor to see how to do that ?
x_lyns_x Posted December 5, 2011 Posted December 5, 2011 if you have 2 connectors on the back of your pc that your monitor plugs into try switching to the other one, also open up your computer and remove the card that the monitor was plugged into, should you just have "onboard graphics" and only have one connector for the monitor, to "reset the bios" otherwise known as cmos, open up the computer and look at the motherboard and look for 3pins (2 will be covered by a plastic "jumper") it will be printed on the board as rst cmos or just cmos move the jumper from pins "1 and 2" to "2 and 3" for several seconds then back to "1 and 2" that will reset bios also other settings like time and date... etc
x_lyns_x Posted December 5, 2011 Posted December 5, 2011 oh and do that with no mains power.... you wouldnt want a nasty shock
rob123 Posted December 5, 2011 Author Posted December 5, 2011 Bloody hell, computers, dontcha just love 'em ! The cable from the monitor to the pc is horizontal, but there is only one place to connect it to the pc.
x_lyns_x Posted December 5, 2011 Posted December 5, 2011 its confused me, oem tend to have on-board or both, some of the new i3/5/7 boards dont have onboard, do any connectors have a plastic cover on them? a hp i used to have had the onboard graphics blanked off becuase it was fitted with dedicated card
rob123 Posted December 5, 2011 Author Posted December 5, 2011 Philips Freevents LX2000 mini Pc. Think I need a lie down in a darkened room !
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