icewizard2k4
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Hi guys, let me get straight down to the dillema.
i've just built a new machine for a friend, that is BRAND new. it was working fine, he took it home, plugged a printer into the USB, his system froze.
now everytime the machine is powered up the monitor stays in standby mode.
i've tried:
changing the graphics card
changing the monitor
removing all the unnesessary hardware
re-seating all cables
resetting the cmos
basically all i can do is pull the machine apart and reassemble it because i cant get any display on the screen. im not game enough to put a multimeter on the agp slot or anything like that.
strangely, the card that was in there when the computer stuffed up, causes the monitor to attempt to come on. that is when i power up, the light comes on green and then goes into standby before i get a display. where as other video cards are staying on standby.
my friend also moved some components around in his machine after he took it home, i've inspected the motherboard for damage but there appears to be none.
has the connection of the printer shorted out the board??? it was through the front usb but it was all correctly plugged into the mobo with the grounding plugs etc.
please HELP. any ideas please put them forward.
thanks
i've just built a new machine for a friend, that is BRAND new. it was working fine, he took it home, plugged a printer into the USB, his system froze.
now everytime the machine is powered up the monitor stays in standby mode.
i've tried:
changing the graphics card
changing the monitor
removing all the unnesessary hardware
re-seating all cables
resetting the cmos
basically all i can do is pull the machine apart and reassemble it because i cant get any display on the screen. im not game enough to put a multimeter on the agp slot or anything like that.
strangely, the card that was in there when the computer stuffed up, causes the monitor to attempt to come on. that is when i power up, the light comes on green and then goes into standby before i get a display. where as other video cards are staying on standby.
my friend also moved some components around in his machine after he took it home, i've inspected the motherboard for damage but there appears to be none.
has the connection of the printer shorted out the board??? it was through the front usb but it was all correctly plugged into the mobo with the grounding plugs etc.
please HELP. any ideas please put them forward.
thanks