Hey all
overnight my PC has stopped sending a signal to the monitor, so when I boot up the monitor just displays "No Input Signal".
I have performed the usual logical checks and can confirm that the monitor and cable are working OK (I plugged them into my laptop).
I then took apart the tower and checked the graphics card (8600GT) and it looks to be working OK, i.e the fan is working and there is no obvious sign of damage. I took out the graphics card and cleaned it out (it was very dusty) and plugged it back in but no joy.
Now I could order a new graphics card ....but how do I know it's this that is broken, and not something else like a component on the motherboard? Are there additional checks I can perform?
C
overnight my PC has stopped sending a signal to the monitor, so when I boot up the monitor just displays "No Input Signal".
I have performed the usual logical checks and can confirm that the monitor and cable are working OK (I plugged them into my laptop).
I then took apart the tower and checked the graphics card (8600GT) and it looks to be working OK, i.e the fan is working and there is no obvious sign of damage. I took out the graphics card and cleaned it out (it was very dusty) and plugged it back in but no joy.
Now I could order a new graphics card ....but how do I know it's this that is broken, and not something else like a component on the motherboard? Are there additional checks I can perform?
C
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