Why my on-board video card stopped working after i cleaned it up?

armrodnun · 04-02-2009, 04:45 PM

I cleaned all the dust inside of my PC, and now, my video card does not works.

It was working fine but now, i just get a "check video cable connection" message but nothing else.

what is strange, is that i got video card from a friend to see if it was the video card, but no, still did not work. I tried the same video card in my Other PC which is was working fine, and after i tried the video card, i am getting the same message: "check video cable connection".
in other words, the video is messeed up in my other PC too.

Now, both of them are giving me the same message: "check video cable connection"

what happened? I don't understand! can someone please tell how to fix this problem? thanx!

CardboardSword · 04-03-2009, 04:50 AM

Maybe when you were handling the card/components, you were statically charged, damaging it. Did you wear an anti-static bracelet? Seems unlikely, but this is the first thing that springs to mind for me, someone else may have a better suggestion, and I hope for your sake that I'm wrong, I do believe static is one of those fatal things for computer components.

lawson_jl · 04-03-2009, 06:26 PM

Also be sure to check all the cables and that all cards are properly inserted. Is your computer booting at all? Do the lights come on? Do the fans spin? Does the hard drive and optical drives spin up as well? Or does it just sit ther doing nothing?

Twist86 · 04-03-2009, 07:26 PM

Do you see anything from the moment you hit the power button you can't see any lettering etc?

If you can see the BIOS boot up boot into safe mode..uninstall the GPU drivers and reinstall should fix the issue.

Also you don't need a wrist band...just make sure your grounded to something metal will do just fine. I usually use the side of my case and never had a issue yet after 12+ builds.

Also when hooking your buddies GPU up your inserting the monitor to HIS GPU back instead of the on-board correct?

04-02-2009, 04:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
armrodnun New Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1	Why my on-board video card stopped working after i cleaned it up? I cleaned all the dust inside of my PC, and now, my video card does not works. It was working fine but now, i just get a "check video cable connection" message but nothing else. what is strange, is that i got video card from a friend to see if it was the video card, but no, still did not work. I tried the same video card in my Other PC which is was working fine, and after i tried the video card, i am getting the same message: "check video cable connection". in other words, the video is messeed up in my other PC too. Now, both of them are giving me the same message: "check video cable connection" what happened? I don't understand! can someone please tell how to fix this problem? thanx!

04-03-2009, 04:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
CardboardSword Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Age: 19 Posts: 308	Maybe when you were handling the card/components, you were statically charged, damaging it. Did you wear an anti-static bracelet? Seems unlikely, but this is the first thing that springs to mind for me, someone else may have a better suggestion, and I hope for your sake that I'm wrong, I do believe static is one of those fatal things for computer components. __________________ CPU- Pentium EE 840 @ 3.2Ghz (Intel mobo, no OC) RAM- 2Gb Dell brand, 533Mhz GPU- HIS 4850 Ice Q4 PSU- 460w Dell XPS Case- Tacky Dell XPS gen 5

04-03-2009, 06:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
lawson_jl Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Age: 30 Posts: 588	Also be sure to check all the cables and that all cards are properly inserted. Is your computer booting at all? Do the lights come on? Do the fans spin? Does the hard drive and optical drives spin up as well? Or does it just sit ther doing nothing? __________________ Any answears I give are free and without warrently. I answear questions from the point of view of a working computer tech because that what I am.

04-03-2009, 07:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
Twist86 Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Missouri Age: 23 Posts: 2,321	Do you see anything from the moment you hit the power button you can't see any lettering etc? If you can see the BIOS boot up boot into safe mode..uninstall the GPU drivers and reinstall should fix the issue. Also you don't need a wrist band...just make sure your grounded to something metal will do just fine. I usually use the side of my case and never had a issue yet after 12+ builds. Also when hooking your buddies GPU up your inserting the monitor to HIS GPU back instead of the on-board correct? __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 400x8- 3.2ghz / XFX GTX 260 868mb 192 Core 2x2GB G-skill PC6400 DDR2 800 / Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 (rev. 1.0) / TX750w Corsair PSU Antec 900 Case / 1680x1050 Acer X223W 22'' Logitech S-220 Speakers / Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Last edited by Twist86; 04-03-2009 at 07:29 PM.

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