Goofed up Motherboard?

[Xeqtr]

So, I recently bought a "BIOSTAR NF520-A2 AM2 NVIDIA nForce 520 MCP ATX AMD Motherboard" and built my first computer with a friend, and we completed the computer except the graphics card didn't come yet, because it's being shipped from CA from NewEgg, but when we plugged everything in, we realized that the motherboard doesn't have a port for the monitor to plug into, but on the spot where it would plug in, there a prongs sticking up, so we thought that we had to buy the port for the monitor seperately, (Don't understand why they wouldn't put it in there) so we went to radioshack to look for something like that, but didn't succeed in finding it.

Everything will be fine when the graphics card comes in the mail, because I'll just put it in there, but for now, my monitor won't plug into the motherboard, so I'm wondering is that a bad design and they forgot to put it in? Or is it something else?

 

[PC eye]

One look at the specifications for that model boards shows that it doesn't have onboard video to start with. http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en-us/mb/content.php?S_ID=159

On the back of the board there you have the standard com port as well as the RJ-45 intended for other use. For display you will have to wait for the video card to arrive. sorry!

 

[Xeqtr]

yeah i didnt realize it until it came, but why wouldnt they put a monitor port on the mobo?

 

[StrangleHold]

The nForce 520 does not have a onboard video chip just like the nForce 4-570 or 590. To get onboard video it has to have like a Geforce 6100-6150-7025 or 7050 and so on.

 

[PC eye]

That isn't a monitor port being seen there. The RJ-45s are for ethernet application while the com ports are used for... http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/11/23/pc_interfaces_101/ That covers the various types of connections and connectors seen with pcs with photos.

 

[StrangleHold]

yeah i didnt realize it until it came, but why wouldnt they put a monitor port on the mobo?

If your talking about the pins between the serial and USB ports on the front panel thats pins for a parallel port for use with a cable if you need a parallel port

 

[PC eye]

Xeqtr is referring to plugging into the board directly which would be on the rear of the case. The article there shows the various types with descriptions for each type whether usb, serial, com, parallel, nik, 1394, etc. to easily identify what is being referred to. Boards that do come with the onboard video will see a standard vga port designated for that.

 

[StrangleHold]

Xeqtr is referring to plugging into the board directly which would be on the rear of the case. The article there shows the various types with descriptions for each type whether usb, serial, com, parallel, nik, 1394, etc. to easily identify what is being referred to. Boards that do come with the onboard video will see a standard vga port designated for that.

Hes talking about the pins on the board between the USB and Serial ports, its for a Parallel port cable to add to the I/O. He was thinking it was for a VGA cable or adaptor.

 

[PC eye]

Hes talking about the pins on the board between the USB and Serial ports, its for a Parallel port cable to add to the I/O. He was thinking it was for a VGA cable or adaptor.

I know what is being described there while he didn't. The article explains with photos what that is actually used for. It makes a good reference when reviewed if you looked.

 

[StrangleHold]

I know what is being described there while he didn't. The article explains with photos what that is actually used for. It makes a good reference when reviewed if you looked.

That link has nothing to do with what his board has, the pins on the board are for a Parallel cable with a parallel port to add to the I/O sheild.

 

[PC eye]

That link has nothing to do with what his board has, the pins on the board are for a Parallel cable with a parallel port to add to the I/O sheild.

For a start you first come across the photo of a standard vga port.



See the difference between the two except that is the picture of an "addon" card installed in a pci slot not how the female connector is seen on the rear of a board right next to other ports.

 

[StrangleHold]

Forget it PC eye both of the photos I posted were Parallel ports cables and thats what the pins are for on the board, this is my last post on this!

 

[PC eye]

Forget it PC eye both of the photos I posted were Parallel ports cables and thats what the pins are for on the board, this is my last post on this!

Except the question was on the port seen on the board itself.

 

[StrangleHold]

Except the question was on the port seen on the board itself.

Read the post. He wanted to know what the (prongs) (pins) where for sticking up inbetween the USB and Serial ports was for. He thought it was to hook up some type of VGA and they didnt include the adaptor. Its not, the pins are for a Parallel cable.

 

[Xeqtr]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowI...cription=BIOSTAR+NF520-A2+ATX+AMD+Motherboard

im talking about the prongs sticking out of the pink part in between the serial/com port and usb ports, like am i supposed 2 buy something 2 put there?

yeah i know, im a noob with computers, but im just curious about my parts

 

[Xeqtr]

wut is a parallel port for?

so now i think i understand it

the prongs that i was talking about are for something else totally different than a vga monitor, and the motherboard didnt intend for it 2 have a monitor port

 

[StrangleHold]

Quite a few things, at one time harddrives and cd-roms but at the end scanners and printers mostly. There not used much anymore.

 

[Xeqtr]

oh and was it just the designer of the mobo that decided not to put like a vga monitor port on it?

 

[StrangleHold]

They just didnt include it (Cheaper) since its not used much anymore. But as far as onboard video, the reason theres no onboard video port is the boards doesnt have a onboard video chip. The Geforce not the nForce chipsets are the onboard video chipsets

 

[Xeqtr]

oooh i understand now, thanks for all your help