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Monitor is showing "no signal", but all is connected fine.
Have you actually disconnected all the connections, dusted 'em off and firmly reinserted (?)
Since starting this reply - I've been off on a trawl...
and the following is the best set of help I can find on the www. Not my brains and experience someone sensible.
But as above - the emBOLDened bits often DO make the difference...
"I have fans that spin; LED's that light up, all seems normal but I have no signal on the monitor" is a problem that crops up almost daily on this forum.Usually the cause is simple - but "no signal" invokes a sense of panic that can often lead to unnecessary RMAs or even new hardware shopping.
So you would be well-advised to follow all the advice in this FAQ before giving away your beloved graphics card or shelling out $$$ on new hardware to replace a mother board that works perfectly.
First things first - If it has NEVER worked, are you sure all your hardware is compatible, check PSU watts and gfx card requirements. (Make sure it's all plugged in).
1) Kind of obvious) Switch all off and try again.
Switch off the power at the PSU (switch on back), then hold down the ATX switch (on button on the front of the case) for 30 seconds to clear residual charge in capacitors. Switch back on. - If this worked you really didn't need this FAQ...
2) Ensure that ALL cables are tight, pay special attention to the dongle going to the GFX card (if applicable).
Also make sure that your monitor is actually plugged in to your GFX card...
3) Reseat the GFX card, take it out, check for obvious signs of damage, you may want to clean the gold contacts with alcohol or meths.
Put a small amount on a "lint-free" tissue, or use coffee filters.
Put it back in. Make sure it's all the way in and nice and tight.
You should just be able to see the very tops of the gold contacts sticking out of the socket. Make sure that there's nothing obstructing it - e.g. open RAM clips on the motherboard.
If there are any clips to lock it down make sure they are tight.
4) Clear the CMOS.
The CMOS battery provides charge when there is no power at all going to your motherboard; this charge keeps the adjustable settings of your BIOS set. Clearing these settings resets you BIOS.
If you have one, use the clear CMOS jumper located near the battery on your motherboard. Get exact details in your motherboard manual, but basically it's three pins, with a jumper over two of them
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With power switched off as in step 1, move the jumper to short the other pin
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leave for about 5seconds then put back, switch power back on.
If you do not have a clear CMOS jumper, remove the CMOS battery. The battery's a pretty easy thing to spot. It looks like a watch battery... To remove it, look for the little clip holding it down towards one edge, push it back so that the battery "pops up" (Tooth-pick is a useful tool for this - Do not use a screwdriver or force the battery in anyway.). Once it's out, place it on a nonconductive, clean, and surface. Try to hold the battery by the edges if possible.
Leave for about 30 minutes then put back in. Switch on.
If you're still getting "no-signal" at this point then you may have more serious problems.
5) Last-resort, but oddly the most common cause - imho) Thermal Paste. Thermal paste forms a thin layer connecting the Heatsink to the processor. Both the heat spreader on the CPU (the metal bit) and the Base of the Heatsink have tiny grooves in them; the thermal paste fills these grooves and provides a Larger S.A. of contact between the CPU and Heatsink, thus increasing thermal conductivity.
If the Heatsink moves even the slightest amount, it can break this bond, losing that critical thermal advantage. And causing the CPU to shut down instantly on startup.
This is particularly common if your thermal paste is old or thinly applied. Newer and a higher quantity of thermal paste is more mobile, allowing more Heatsink movement. As it adapts to fill those grooves.
*I know it SOUNDS unlikely, but try this before RMA or shopping spree.*
(Ensure you have thermal paste to hand before you begin)
Remove the Heatsink, (this can be tricky, you should be able to work out the release mechanism but it's still very difficult sometimes.) then clean it remove the CPU (Look for obvious burn marks at this point on the bottom of the CPU).
Wipe away as much of that thermal paste as you can with a coffee filter or "lint-free" tissue, Then use a dab of meths/alcohol to get the rest off - you need it out of those tiny grooves remember? Be VERY careful when using solvents around CPUs, only use a small amount on the tissue/coffee filter and only touch the metal heat spreader. You can be more careless with the Heatsink.
Put the CPU back into it's socket and secure it, Place a SMALL (no more than a BB sized amount) of thermal paste/AS5 in the centre of the CPU heat spreader Remember, you can always add more if needed but too much will cause the same problem you're trying to solve. Spread the Compound over the CPU heat spreader using something like a razor blade or hobby knife blade. The compound should cover the heat spreader, and be no more than a paper thick layer; it should also be even... Just a flat layer of white or grey...
Reattach the Heatsink - If you got a S754/939/940 processor this is easy, so count yourself lucky, other CPUs it's more difficult, so be prepared to sweat. Ensure you have the correct orientation before you put the Heatsink down, once it's down, keep it down. If you lift up you'll get bubbles in the thermal paste and problems start all-over.
Reattach fan cable and switch on...
If it's still not working then you're pretty stuck... Start thinking about RMA. It's more likely to be the motherboard than the graphics card - static maybe?
I hope this FAQ helps you, remember if it does reps are always appreciated
.ty - Jacks Smirking Revenge
(apologies for lack of pictures, also any glaring grammatical or spelling errors I’ve made.)
I hope this helps?
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"Suddenly, Dunfermline's Premier dream - became a nightmare!"
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Lying 2nd to.... Stenhousemuir...
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So hypothetically, in the future, maybe one of us Buds get married or need a Band for any sort of Function, would the offer of a FREE gig still stand ?
Al should start learning Handel's Dead March in Saul cos Shull's obviously trying to arrange his funeral for f**k-aw...
Carr's pies, one assumes, for the wake munchies?
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Two emotionally sparking wee pictures there, FS!
It's started out a bright black and white day!
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The Ting-Tings (from pressing a red button to see them via BEEB) doing their Glasto gig.
Brilliant dance music. (and for the gym, mah wummin sez...) But I began to pine for a wee ballad from them...
Have they EVER tried a slow number - has anyone heard that from them?
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What about Now You See It, Canna f**k....that was GOOD!
A quiz show about Scottish Islands?
That would be Handa if it wisnae such a Rum idea.
Is it on Skye? Or did it Uist to be on the Beeb?
If the series is over - please Yell if it comes back on again.
Don't Uig-nore me.
All the above silly puns is the kinda Humour you get on Larsen's DaVaar Side....
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Happy Mondays on main stage on the Sat night,SFA on the Fri night.Apart from that it's
zzzzzzzzzAs I said............................... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzIn life there are no surprises, but...
Never figured you as a fan of these dudes, HSS...
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Easy.
1958.
1. Bertie joined brother Gibby Ormond at Airdrie in the front line it says on the programme.
2. Bertie was with Airdrie 1958-60, PLayed 10 scored 4
ORMOND Bert IF 58-60 Falkirk Dumbarton 10 4
3. I can't recall Priestley in goals or Ralston at Centre forward for the Buddies but I do remember Tony(?) Gregal and McTurk - a hammer man! And that was afore we won the cup! Thus NOT 1959 so it has to be 1958.
I hope this helps?
For free.
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Actually - there's only two.
You lost the plot (as usual) when you extended beyond that....
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Some more photos here...
And also good!
Don't suppose you went to Finland...?
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sorry, should have pointed out that my pics are unofficial. just thought i would take the opportunity to blow the dust off the camera.
Don't apologise - they're excellent images!
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In fact, he's a kinda central heating engineer - but if you watch how he plays with his tools and how skilfully he applies all the mechanical paraphernalia, then you can see his performance is based around past 'acting in the role of safecracker'...
...if ye want to be pedantic.
And if ye really want to split infinitives er... and job descriptions, he's described as "Tuttle, guerrilla mechanic".
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Brazil was an amazing picture - scary as hell story and brilliant images - and DeNiro was a super safecracker - a good guy.
Loved it!
Raging Bull also scary and brilliant
also wonderful..
King of Comedy, Taxi Driver and Deerhunter.
I've avoided most of the others. Never seen Godfather movies.
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Can you please tell me where in Paisley I can find pubs called Platform 2,3 and 4?
They're normally right BESIDE Platform 1!
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Congratulations, Buddies!!!
Have a great day!!!
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beautiful voice...
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Stu's right - we're all using it tho we don't need to know about it.
Most websites use Java in the source code.
Like when you move your cursor over a picture and it changes?
Or you go to click a link and the colour of the link changes...?
Or where there's a ticking clock with moving hands...?
Or a moving avatar... sometimes...?
You DO need (like Flash or Shockwave or Adobe) to have some of it installed on your pc to let you view sites at their 'best' and to get most out of them.
If you want it.
eta:
Move your cursor over the Fast Reply button and
look at the bottom left of your screen,
where it normally tells you what page your linking to or that a page is fully loaded or... in that instance, you'll see a wee bit of Div's Java coding leaking through...
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Fuxake, free thinking becomes too much for Shull.
:blink:
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What a pretty girl today
Not particularly.
It's just the liberal use of cooking oil that's turned YOU on.
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Aye.
Took me a wee while, too.
A coupla minutes of life never to be seen again.
And for that?
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I used to chose my pubs cos of how 'healthy' the air in them was.
Hated smoky ones - and how your clothes always stank afterwards. So I'm VERY happy indoors is a no smoking environemnt in general.
I could NEVER understand why girlies go to all the trouble of washing and preening long lovely hair, putting on nice smelly stuff, then smoking.... weird.
As for Tom's list of pubs - on the positive side - it's not that so many are closing - quite a lot of them on the list were NEVER pubs before I left Paisley, in the first place. Business opportunities that ultimately failed to cut the mustard.
EG
In New Street, in 1970, there used to be The Imperial Bar at the foot and The Bull up top.
NO other bar was in New Street. So, it's not that there's a crisis - just that many drinking venues have shifted location.
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This month's (ok March's) Computing Which Mag had a review of all broadband providers.
Cannae mind which was their best buy (and unknow cmpany to me...) - will dig it oot and give resume ramorra.
Check it out in the Library? They'll surely have copies...
Paisley Pubs
in General Nonsense
Posted · Edited by chingford
Just beeen reading the thread on p+b, Tom...
...and it occurred to me that MANY of the closed pubs on the list you published DIDN'T even exist before I left Paisley in 1970.
The only ones I had knowledge of (and I purposely drank in EVERY pub in Paisley at least once before I left) are the following:
Which means that either the below 10 had existed under another name (cos I don't recognise them) or these were simply new start-ups/business ventures that failed.
And even in those I'd been in, some of those were never what you might call 'established drinking dens...' more like new ventures, in themselves - developed to exploit a market...
eg
Silver Thread, Friarshall Centurion Arkleston, Brabloch and Rockford.
Certainly we'd never have dreamt of going anywhere near Friarshall, Brabloch, thread or Rockford if there hadn't been Sunday drinking laws - that meant those places were able to exploit a trapped market and charge accordingly. Such places shouldnae be mourned after the laws changed.