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crystalfenix · 11:34 AM

I have recently bought a new pc, and it arrived with a few problems, firstly the power and reset buttons were not connected. I have managed to sort that out, but when it came to plugging in the monitor it comes up with no connection.
Any help would be greatly appriciated.

Many thanks in return

Bluefish

Hi crystalfenix!
Welcome to PC Helpforum!

What kind of PC have you bought?
Have you been able to try another monitor?

Are there multiple connections where you can put the monitor on?
Make sure you try them all.

Blue

crystalfenix

I have tried another monitor which works doesn't work either, but both of them work on this pc (which i am currently using)
There are two ports, and neither work.
The pc i bought was an Xblade
This is basically what i was told i was getting with it:

AMD Athlon Dual Core 4200+ CPU

- FAST Dual Core X2 With 939Pin Design

- 64Bit Design Actual Mode 4200+ With L2 Cache

nFORCE4 & nVIDIA Geforce 6100 Chipset
- 2 x PCI Slots, LAN Port & 6 x USB2.0 Ports
- DDR400, IDE, SATA, Dual Core & PCI-Express

- 7.1 Intergrated Sound & Superb nVIDIA 6100 Graphics

2GB DDR400 PC3200 RAM Memory
- Major Brand Used For Awesome Performance
- Fully Upgradeable (Larger Size, Faster)

200GB MAXTOR Hard Drive
- 7,200 RPM, ATA133 & 8MB Cache
- Major Brand Used For Awesome Performance
- Fully Upgradable (Larger Size, Faster Connection)

16X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer & Dual Format
- DVD+/-RW, DVD-ROM & CDRW All In One
- Fastest DVDRW Available, Burns 8GB Dual Layer DVDs
- Compatible With All Packages, Nero, PowerDVD Etc
- Fully Upgradeable (Extra Drive For Disk2Disk Copying)

ConnectivityRange
- 6 USB2.0 Ports (Inc 2 On The Front)
- LANPort For Networking/Broadband
- 7.1 Quality Intergrated Sound (8 Channel Sound!!)
- 56K Modem (Optional Extra)
- 3 Port Firewire Card (Optional Extra)

3.5'' Floppy Disk Drive
- Still Widely Used & Still Included In All Palicomp PCs

nVIDIA 7300 512MB 16XPCI-Express
- nVIDIA GeForce 16X PCI-Express Graphics Card
- Introducing Turbo Cache Technology
- VGA Out, DVI Out & TV-Out
- Shader Model 3.0 & Direct X9.0

crystalfenix

I have also tried removing the GPU and resetting the CMOS and trying to use the Connection from the motherboard. I haven't been able to test the Graphics card or another card in that machine as i don't have any other compatible computer...
There is a connection for TV out which i can't connect and a connection for DVI out. I don't know what kind of connection that is...

Cheers

mintedjo

hi,
i think dvi is a connection for tft monitors or sumthing.
I have one but i dont use it cos i put my graphics card in the wrong slot and the cable doesnt fit in place :-(

GaRHaR

Hi crystalfenix...i'm just curios...can you please post a photo of the video card? Those photos you posted regarding the front panel connectors really helped, and i just want to see the video card (while it's plugged in) and how they had it set up.

And what kind of connection is DVI? Well...

Short for Digital Visual Interface, a digital interface standard created by the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG) to convert analog signals into digital signals to accommodate both analog and digital monitors. Data is transmitted using the transition minimized differential signaling (TMDS) protocol, providing a digital signal from the PC's graphics subsystem to the display. The standard specifies a single plug and connector that encompass both the new digital and legacy VGA interfaces, as well as a digital-only plug connector. DVI handles bandwidths in excess of 160 MHz and thus supports UXGA and HDTV with a single set of links. Higher resolutions can be supported with a dual set of links.