Problems booting up with radeon 9700 pro

phongtruong12 · Dec 27, 2005, 04:07 AM

Yesterday, my computer froze up on me while I was trying to download a demo, so then I shut it down improperly out of frustration. I try to turn it on today, and the monitor has no power. Assuming that this may be a video card problem, here's the steps I went through:

1. Restart the computer several times
2. Unplug and plug in the monitor cables securely
3. Using the onboard video card (monitor cannot recognize its signal)
4. Removing the 9700 pro and brushing off the dust off of it
5. Reset the motherboard battery, and reconnected the video card

After repeatedly switching back and forth between video cards and many combinations of tries, my monitor still does not get a signal from the 9700 pro. I have a VGA silencer on it, but I did not have it overclocked and it has been running on stock speeds for quite awhile now. The weird thing is that when I plug the monitor into the SiS onboard video card, it gets a signal at Windows bootup, but whenever it goes to the desktop, it instantly loses a signal saying that its not set at 1280x768 (native resolution). When I plug it into the 9700 pro, I can't even get a signal, even at bootup.

I have also checked the power lines and they are stable, and the VGA silencer fan is still running. There seems to be no signs of the card being fried (it's also winter...).

This has happened to be numerous times before, but it usually would start up when I reset the battery, but not this time. CAN ANYONE HELP ME ON THIS ISSUE????!!!!

p.s. my power supply is a thermaltake silent purepower 480 watt, if that helps any.

phongtruong12 · Dec 29, 2005, 12:14 AM

help anyone?

Dec 27, 2005, 04:07 AM	#1
phongtruong12 DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 264 Rep Power: 0	Problems booting up with radeon 9700 pro Yesterday, my computer froze up on me while I was trying to download a demo, so then I shut it down improperly out of frustration. I try to turn it on today, and the monitor has no power. Assuming that this may be a video card problem, here's the steps I went through: 1. Restart the computer several times 2. Unplug and plug in the monitor cables securely 3. Using the onboard video card (monitor cannot recognize its signal) 4. Removing the 9700 pro and brushing off the dust off of it 5. Reset the motherboard battery, and reconnected the video card After repeatedly switching back and forth between video cards and many combinations of tries, my monitor still does not get a signal from the 9700 pro. I have a VGA silencer on it, but I did not have it overclocked and it has been running on stock speeds for quite awhile now. The weird thing is that when I plug the monitor into the SiS onboard video card, it gets a signal at Windows bootup, but whenever it goes to the desktop, it instantly loses a signal saying that its not set at 1280x768 (native resolution). When I plug it into the 9700 pro, I can't even get a signal, even at bootup. I have also checked the power lines and they are stable, and the VGA silencer fan is still running. There seems to be no signs of the card being fried (it's also winter...). This has happened to be numerous times before, but it usually would start up when I reset the battery, but not this time. CAN ANYONE HELP ME ON THIS ISSUE????!!!! p.s. my power supply is a thermaltake silent purepower 480 watt, if that helps any. __________________ Sony VAIO RX860 2.4 @2.6 Ghz, 533 @580 Mhz PQI 1 GB PC2700 80 GB Hard Drive 5400 RPM Thermaltake 480W PSU X800XL 256 MB VIVO Soundblaster Live! 5.1 Logitech X530 Speakers Last edited by phongtruong12; Dec 27, 2005 at 04:14 AM.

Dec 29, 2005, 12:14 AM	Thread Starter #2
phongtruong12 DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 264 Rep Power: 0	help anyone? __________________ Sony VAIO RX860 2.4 @2.6 Ghz, 533 @580 Mhz PQI 1 GB PC2700 80 GB Hard Drive 5400 RPM Thermaltake 480W PSU X800XL 256 MB VIVO Soundblaster Live! 5.1 Logitech X530 Speakers