Thread: vid card help / advice

so computer wont start up again sorta I mean all the fans are spinning and the light to the mother board is on but no display and fan speed isn't increasing like usual when things load sooo I dunno if its the vid card or wtf is going on is there anyway I can know forsure its the vid card that's fucked? my brother will lend me money for a new one but what if that's not the cause so my limit is like 200-250$ so I need something equal to or better then my radeon hd 5770 2 gig so I could use some sugestiona on what to buy and only electronics store I can think of is best buy or radio shack I only got use of this laptop for another half hour or so

Disconnect everything but RAM/CPU. Also, make sure to use a VGA cable to your monitor. IF it boots, enter your bios and restore default settings.

so disconnect the hard drive dvd drive and vid card ? but what WOULD I CONNECT MY MONITOR TO? sorry damn caps laptops keys to small

Lol, sorry. No, keep the HDD, DVD, in there. No vid card though. Hook the monitor to your mobo.

don't see a spot on the motherboard where a cABLE FOR MONITOR WOULD PLUG IN THIS IS MY SET UP http://www.teamplayergaming.com/pc-h...part-duex.html

ALSO LOOKS LIKE I MAY NOT HAVE A VGA Cable

Originally Posted by moving-target

ALSO LOOKS LIKE I MAY NOT HAVE A VGA Cable

Use a DVI cable......

Looks like you've got no outs on your board. Have you cleaned out your cards and case for dust?

found a vga but no where to plug it

Originally Posted by Guyver

Use a DVI cable......

Some bios's don't like anything other than VGA if there are problems.