My PC starts up, can enter password (hear the sign on sound) but monitor just stays in standby

reko91 · Jun 19, 2015

Basically as the question says.I turn my PC on, the light comes on, you can hear the fans etc moving inside but the monitors connected to the PC stay in standby, they dont turn on.

I have looked online for an answer. Last time i looked someone said to keep hitting, i think it was, numLock and it actually turned on, it got kicked out of standby mode. This time however it didnt work

I did however find an answer that said remove the RAM.

I removed one stick of RAM restarted the PC and then the PC came on

so i turned it off to put the RAM back in and nothing. Back to square one. I took the RAM back out and restarted the PC and nothing again, monitor stays in standby but the PC runs still.

avenseth12 · Jun 19, 2015

Did you build this PC yourself, if so, when? Also, please list your components.

reko91 · Jun 19, 2015

avenseth12 :

wow now your asking. Luckily found my online purchase order from 2012

Item: XFX HD 6850 1GB DDR5 VGA DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card

Item: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 Socket AM3+ 7.1 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard

Item: G-Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX Memory Kit CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V

Item: Seagate 1TB Barracuda 3.5" SATA-III Hard Drive - 7200RPM 64MB Cache

Item: LiteOn iHAS124 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black with Nero Essentials

Item: Xenta USB 3.0 Card 4 Port - PCI-Express

Item: Coolermaster Silencio 550 with GX 550W PSU

Item: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium w/SP1

Item: Logitech S220 2.1 Speakers

Item: AMD FX-4 4100 Black Edition 4 Core 3.6Ghz Socket AM3+ 8MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor

Item: Xenta HDMI To DVI Cable - 2 Metre

Item: LG IPS234V-PN - 23" LED LCD HDMI IPS Monitor

Hope that helps

wolfbm09 · Jun 19, 2015

I may be off here but it sounds like either a graphics card issue or the power supply isnt pushing enough juice (could be dying)

reko91 · Jun 19, 2015

wolfbm09 :

yeah maybe. I dont get why it worked one minute not the next then worked again and doesnt now

How can i check which parts faulty do you know ?

wolfbm09 · Jun 19, 2015

If it's your psu I think the only way to check it is with a multimeter (haven't found a reliable program on-line but I could be wrong). If the power is fluctuation great enough it could be giving enough juice one moment and then dropping to not enough later.

avenseth12 · Jun 19, 2015

I don't think the 4100 has integrated graphics, if it did you could remove the graphics card and see if that was the bad component. Try to remove the graphics card and start the PC and see if the BIOS shows up.

reko91 · Jun 19, 2015

avenseth12 :

I cant connect my PC to my monitors without the graphics card

or is that what you meant ?

avenseth12 · Jun 19, 2015

you should still have a VGA connection off the motherboard. See if you can see the bios without GPU.

reko91 · Jun 22, 2015

avenseth12 :

My MOBO doesnt have any display ports

reko91 · Jul 10, 2015

Fixed the problem. Found out it was the graphics card

( it failed. bought a new one, everything is fine so far, touch wood

)

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