To anyone that can give me advice:
- I have 2 PCS (HP Desktop Pavilions 7940 & 8860)
- I swapped my working 40GB Hard Drive from the 7940 into the 8860 (which had a 60GB Hard Drive previously)
- I also took out a 128mb ram card from 8860 and put in a 256mb ram card from the 7940 (the 8860 now has two 256 ram chips)
Both systems were previously running Windows XP, though the 8860 was previously Win ME, but updated
I cleaned the 8860 with canned air, and added the ram and replaced the hard drive with the one I wanted to use in it.
When I turn on the computer, I get drive light flashes and both fans working but a BLANK SCREEN. The monitor goes into standby mode as soon as its connected to either the Aftermarket card or internal graphics card. When I disconnect the monitor from the PC I get the standard (Monitor not connected screen - so I know it is working)
I also have a rage 128pro graphics card that I have installed and taken out numerous times to test if it was the internal graphics that were not functioning, but got the same results.
Can anyone give me advice on how to troubleshoot this problem
- I have 2 PCS (HP Desktop Pavilions 7940 & 8860)
- I swapped my working 40GB Hard Drive from the 7940 into the 8860 (which had a 60GB Hard Drive previously)
- I also took out a 128mb ram card from 8860 and put in a 256mb ram card from the 7940 (the 8860 now has two 256 ram chips)
Both systems were previously running Windows XP, though the 8860 was previously Win ME, but updated
I cleaned the 8860 with canned air, and added the ram and replaced the hard drive with the one I wanted to use in it.
When I turn on the computer, I get drive light flashes and both fans working but a BLANK SCREEN. The monitor goes into standby mode as soon as its connected to either the Aftermarket card or internal graphics card. When I disconnect the monitor from the PC I get the standard (Monitor not connected screen - so I know it is working)
I also have a rage 128pro graphics card that I have installed and taken out numerous times to test if it was the internal graphics that were not functioning, but got the same results.
Can anyone give me advice on how to troubleshoot this problem