Greydawg

I have a 1.13 ghz P3 system with 512 MB PC133 RAM with a ATI 3D rage PCI video card (for dual-display) and an AGP ATI 9000 card as my main display.

Last night, I hooked up the s-video connection on the ATI 9000 to watch Ghost in the Shell on my TV. Everything went fine, but after it was over and I turned the computer off and hooked the connections back up with my monitor, I didn’t get any video. I tried hooking it back up to the TV (eventually), and still got nothing—not even the BIOS info screen. I even tried removing my AGP card and running off the PCI card, but no luck. Basically, I can’t get ANY sort of a video signalon ANY type of display! WTF?! I have a hotkey to switch between my main display and the TV, so I tried turning the computer on, waiting long enough for Windows to start, and hitting the hotkey, but with no luck. It’s a dual boot system running Win 98 SE and XP Pro.

I canÂ’t figure this one out at all. Not sure what else to do exceptÂ…reset the BIOS?.... Is that the only way out of this situation? Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this before? IÂ’m stumped, and I donÂ’t particularly WANT to reset the mobo settings, but IÂ’m afraid thatÂ’s my only option. Ideas?

THANKS!

Joose

man Greydawg that sucks dude....

Did you try reseating your cards? They may have been dislodged while moving the computer...

First thing I'd do is clear the CMOS. That may help get you running on either the AGP or the PCI card.

hawklen

remember, you have to specify which video first in BIOS, PCI or AGP. Usually defaults to PCI when you reset CMOS..

Greydawg

Right. That's what I was afriad I would have to do is reset the darn CMOS. I did check that the cards were seated, and I doubt that was the problem. Don't know HOW or WHY this happenned, but I'll try resetting the CMOS tonight. Do I need to remove everything or take any special precautions before resetting the CMOS?

Rafiki

whiat MB you got?

putwig

To qoute myself (in a different thread):

Quote: Originally posted by putwig To clear the cmos: 1. shut down 2. unplug 3. wait 5 mins 4. clear jumper 5. remove battery 6. wait 5mins 7. replace jumper 8. replace battery 9. plug in 10. boot

You don't need to remove cards or otherwise disassemble your rig.

Greydawg

Putwig, I dig your sig...

Anyway, I cleared the CMOS, and everything worked---rebooted windows, no problems. Moved everything back where I wanted...and had the same problem! I cleared the CMOS...AGAIN...but I waited a good 20 minutes before fixing everything back. Looks good to me! SIGH.

No idea why this happenned or how to prevent it in the future, but at least I know how to fix it. THANKS to everyone for your advice. Man, I love this place...

Joose

Glad to hear you worked it out...