I put together a computer from scratch for the first time last summer. For a while I had zero probles with the machine, but eventually I started having problems getting the monitor to display anything when I booted the machine. A restart always fixed the problem and so I didn't worry about it.
2 months later I bought a new Hyundai LD90+ 19" LCD screen to replace my old CRT, and I hoped the display issue would go away, instead the problem remained, and eventually I would only get a display by booting the machine, turning the monitor on, waiting for about 30 seconds and rebooting, leading me to believe that the monitor needed "warm-up" time to display, but turning the monitor on 30 second before an initial boot didn't seem to do anything.
I suppose I was still in denial that there was a problem, because I didn't bother to do anything about it. But now, I can't get a display at all, no matter what I do.
The monitor is hooked up to my BFG 6800GT 256MB via DVI and is powered by a Seasonic S12-500 PSU. I really don't know much about the internal workings of computers, but my gut feeling is that there's a problem with the video card since I was having this problem with the old monitor, however, like I said, I really don't know much.
Anyone have ideas about how to fix this?
2 months later I bought a new Hyundai LD90+ 19" LCD screen to replace my old CRT, and I hoped the display issue would go away, instead the problem remained, and eventually I would only get a display by booting the machine, turning the monitor on, waiting for about 30 seconds and rebooting, leading me to believe that the monitor needed "warm-up" time to display, but turning the monitor on 30 second before an initial boot didn't seem to do anything.
I suppose I was still in denial that there was a problem, because I didn't bother to do anything about it. But now, I can't get a display at all, no matter what I do.
The monitor is hooked up to my BFG 6800GT 256MB via DVI and is powered by a Seasonic S12-500 PSU. I really don't know much about the internal workings of computers, but my gut feeling is that there's a problem with the video card since I was having this problem with the old monitor, however, like I said, I really don't know much.
Anyone have ideas about how to fix this?
