Hi,
Just recently built my first PC comprising of the following :
Shuttle SB86i Barebone PC (Socket 775 Intel 915G PCI-E BTX G) *
Crucial 2x512MB 184Pin DIMM PC3200 Unbuffered Non-ECC
Pioneer DVD+-R/RW Dual Layer 16x IDE Silver - Drive Only
Intel Pentium D 930 Socket 775 3GHz 2x2MB FSB800
Western Digital Caviar RE 160GB S150 16MB
Samsung 940BW 19' Monitor
* shuttle PC has an inbuilt graphic card.
Powered on the PC and is fine, but there's no signal on the monitor i.e. message on monitor "check signal cable" (I should see white lines at least, correct?). Connected the VGA cable and Samsung monitor to my laptop which works fine so eliminates problem with this end.
Also tried the CMOS reset, but still no signal between PC and monitor.
When I insert the OS disc, the reader kicks in, but still nothing on the monitor except the same message as before.
Took everything out and re-seated all the components, but still no luck.
Speaking to a collegue, the barebone PC should "speak" to the monitor even if there was no memory, cpu or dvd installed. Does this point to a faulty inbuilt graphic card or motherboard or possibly dodgy VGA connection on the PC? Are there anyways to test each of these parts without taking the pc to a pc specialist to take a look?
Rgds
Tom
Just recently built my first PC comprising of the following :
Shuttle SB86i Barebone PC (Socket 775 Intel 915G PCI-E BTX G) *
Crucial 2x512MB 184Pin DIMM PC3200 Unbuffered Non-ECC
Pioneer DVD+-R/RW Dual Layer 16x IDE Silver - Drive Only
Intel Pentium D 930 Socket 775 3GHz 2x2MB FSB800
Western Digital Caviar RE 160GB S150 16MB
Samsung 940BW 19' Monitor
* shuttle PC has an inbuilt graphic card.
Powered on the PC and is fine, but there's no signal on the monitor i.e. message on monitor "check signal cable" (I should see white lines at least, correct?). Connected the VGA cable and Samsung monitor to my laptop which works fine so eliminates problem with this end.
Also tried the CMOS reset, but still no signal between PC and monitor.
When I insert the OS disc, the reader kicks in, but still nothing on the monitor except the same message as before.
Took everything out and re-seated all the components, but still no luck.
Speaking to a collegue, the barebone PC should "speak" to the monitor even if there was no memory, cpu or dvd installed. Does this point to a faulty inbuilt graphic card or motherboard or possibly dodgy VGA connection on the PC? Are there anyways to test each of these parts without taking the pc to a pc specialist to take a look?
Rgds
Tom