is my MOBO dead?

[GuyMartin]

I think I probably know the answer to this but what the heck LOL

for a long time I occasionally put together really basic home PC's for friends or family (usually for their kids to bash away on!) they often already have a high spec job for their main PC

Anyway i digress, I put together a basic system the other day and when I power up all the bells and whistles work fine, in the case! but nothing happens on the monitor! it just keeps telling me no signal received. Perhaps more accurately I should have titled the thread "is my agp socket dead?"

a few details:

AOpen N250a-FR socket 754 board

AMD Sempron 2800+ CPU

1GB PC2700 DDR333 matched crucial memory

GeForce FX5500 256mb GPU

WD 80gb IDE HDD

Sony RD-RW dirve

450W unbranded PSU

 

now apart from the Mobo all the other components worked before the build and have done since in another barebones system I have. I have even tried a combination of other parts but nothings getting through to the monitor?

So is it the AGP socket or something else? and if it is can it be repaired? Would it be worth repairing?

I realise its likely to end up in the trash but perhaps not, only time (and you helpful people) will tell

thanks for reading

Guy

[I4n]

Probably a basic thought but I have had a similar problem many moons ago when I had an interconnect lead go duff, we tend to take them for granted.

[GuyMartin]

what is it you refer to as an "interconnect lead"

[I4n]

The lead from the PC to the monitor that carries the data.

[danzil]

does your motherboard have intregrated graphics. if so remove the additional graphics card then try using on board to see if that works.

if so re-install the additional graphics card.

also make sure your GeForce FX5500 does not need additional power, there may be a 4 or a 6 pin connector on the card, and sometimes a standard molex connecter on the card (molex-standard cable).

also try resetting the bios, remove the cmos battery for 20 minutes then pop it back in and retry...

 

have you also tried different memory (if integrated graphics work then ignore memory change).

 

is there any chance the motherboard is shorting on the case.

regards

danzil

[GuyMartin]

hi danzil

right! firstly the motherboard is an MSI K8T-NEO FIS2R and it doesnt have onboard graphics :(

I have 2 FX5500 GPU's (both of them in full working order) and I have tried both of them, neither of them require an additional power source

I havent tried the trick with clearing the BIOS but I will do when I can, also I didnt try with different memory modules and again I will try that to.

I will remove the board and check that there is the required clearance to prevent any shorting problems

 

I4n, thanks for clarifying the "interconnect lead" thing, the monitor complete with lead is working happily on several other systems I have so I think its fair to say there isnt a problem with it

 

thankyou for you help and I will keep you informed of any progress I make

cheers :)