Hi, Im trying to find a way to help my hubby out since he wont ask anyone for it... trying to be sneaky and kinda smart.....

His old motherboard crashed on him 4 days ago and got a new one from his brother. He bought a new processor for it and hooked it all up with the manual. Everything turns on BUT the monitor.... could he possibly need a new operatin system?
His new mother board is Kt 400 with a amd athalon Xp processor (if this helps)
his old system is WIndows Xp
Im goin crazy with his pouting since he cant play his games on it and chat with ppl. Please help and thank u tons in advance for responding with this

Welcome to PCHF lilkitty!

Have you tried another monitor - just to check?

Chris

oh boy. this sounds familiar. Is it an MSI board? If so, i would say that you are probably not in hopes of fixing it. I had this exact problem the MSI KT400V Board, as have several people i know. BUT, the good folks here will do everything they can to help. I would suggesting to try clearing CMOS and then try again.

as above really, unless the monitor is faulty, or the graphics card (unless its on board)

He has tried another monitor, same thing. how do u clear the CMOS and where is it (sorry trying to learn this stuff as i go also)
He had the motherboard tested and processor and it works fine.

The graphics card is Nvidia Gforce and the hard drive is from the last computer.
He has a new op he wants to use but the monitor wont turn on. (sigh)

ok... should be a jumper to fit/change to clear the cmos...

It will say how to clear CMOS in the motherboard manual.