My PC starts up, can enter password (hear the sign on sound) but monitor just stays in standby

[reko91]

Basically as the question says.I turn my PC on, the light comes on, you can hear the fans etc moving inside but the monitors connected to the PC stay in standby, they dont turn on.

I have looked online for an answer. Last time i looked someone said to keep hitting, i think it was, numLock and it actually turned on, it got kicked out of standby mode. This time however it didnt work 🙁 I did however find an answer that said remove the RAM.

I removed one stick of RAM restarted the PC and then the PC came on 😀 so i turned it off to put the RAM back in and nothing. Back to square one. I took the RAM back out and restarted the PC and nothing again, monitor stays in standby but the PC runs still.

 

[avenseth12]

Did you build this PC yourself, if so, when? Also, please list your components.

 

[reko91]

Did you build this PC yourself, if so, when? Also, please list your components.

wow now your asking. Luckily found my online purchase order from 2012

Item: XFX HD 6850 1GB DDR5 VGA DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card

Item: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 Socket AM3+ 7.1 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard

Item: G-Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX Memory Kit CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V

Item: Seagate 1TB Barracuda 3.5" SATA-III Hard Drive - 7200RPM 64MB Cache

Item: LiteOn iHAS124 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black with Nero Essentials

Item: Xenta USB 3.0 Card 4 Port - PCI-Express

Item: Coolermaster Silencio 550 with GX 550W PSU

Item: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium w/SP1

Item: Logitech S220 2.1 Speakers

Item: AMD FX-4 4100 Black Edition 4 Core 3.6Ghz Socket AM3+ 8MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor

Item: Xenta HDMI To DVI Cable - 2 Metre

Item: LG IPS234V-PN - 23" LED LCD HDMI IPS Monitor

Hope that helps

 

[wolfbm09]

I may be off here but it sounds like either a graphics card issue or the power supply isnt pushing enough juice (could be dying)

 

[reko91]

I may be off here but it sounds like either a graphics card issue or the power supply isnt pushing enough juice (could be dying)

yeah maybe. I dont get why it worked one minute not the next then worked again and doesnt now How can i check which parts faulty do you know ?

 

[wolfbm09]

If it's your psu I think the only way to check it is with a multimeter (haven't found a reliable program on-line but I could be wrong). If the power is fluctuation great enough it could be giving enough juice one moment and then dropping to not enough later.

 

[avenseth12]

I don't think the 4100 has integrated graphics, if it did you could remove the graphics card and see if that was the bad component. Try to remove the graphics card and start the PC and see if the BIOS shows up.

 

[reko91]

I don't think the 4100 has integrated graphics, if it did you could remove the graphics card and see if that was the bad component. Try to remove the graphics card and start the PC and see if the BIOS shows up.

I cant connect my PC to my monitors without the graphics card or is that what you meant ?

 

[avenseth12]

you should still have a VGA connection off the motherboard. See if you can see the bios without GPU.

 

[reko91]

you should still have a VGA connection off the motherboard. See if you can see the bios without GPU.

My MOBO doesnt have any display ports

 

[reko91]

Fixed the problem. Found out it was the graphics card 🙁( it failed. bought a new one, everything is fine so far, touch wood )