Video Card Install - Maybe Monitor problem

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Ace_IVI_ecA

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Hi, I recently had my computer power supply replaced. And the guy who did it said he booted the computer up and it worked fine. When I tried to turn it on when I got home, the CPU worked, but the Video did not. I'd been using onboard video, so I figured I could just get a new video card and correct the problem. I inserted the card then plugged in the monitor and......to my complete surprise - nothing happened. Just as dead as it was with my onboard video. I guess the monitor could be bad. But when I UNPLUG the monitor, the indicator light on it goes green, like it's getting signal, and the little Menu box giving you the monitor controls like brightness and positioning pops up and it even says "Monitor is ok" blah blah. So I don't know what's wrong and I could really use any help anyone has to offer. Thanks
ACE
 
did he fry your motherboard? you said you unplug the cable for the monitor to seem like it worked?

have you checked any other thing that connects to your motherboard to see if they are working?
 
Was the replacement installed at a repair shop or by a private source? If you brought it in for repair the service should be under some form of guarantee on the work. You would have to bring it back in for questions there. If a private source inform that person that the system is seeing problems promptly to complain there.
 
Thanks for your replys. I seem to have gotten it all worked out. I swear I plugged and unplugged and replugged that monitor up to the mother board without any success. And then my mom asked what was wrong and I went in to show her and boom...apparently the onboard video was fine. But that's okay cause I got a decent new vid card out of it. And I got it all installed. Still I seem to have one last obstacle. The video only kicks in once windows has booted up. I don't see any of the bios options or load screens. Any help there?
 
You could try clearing the cmos under better circumstances to get the normal setup screen when powering up. It sounds like the onboard video option is still enabled in the bios itself. With the monitor now connected to the video card instead of directly to the board the base vga signal is being sent into ??? nowhere! Temporarily reconnecting the monitor to the board and disabling the onboard should see that solved.
 
Hopefully it is just a simple quick trip into the bios there to change the setting. When Windows is loading the video drivers included in Windows by default are also being loaded which is why you are then seeing the video card then becoming active and sending a signal out. Once at the desktop the drivers for the card have taken over.
 
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