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Date: | Tue, 26 Jan 1999 21:34:41 -0500 |
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"Villano, Paul" wrote:
Paul, what you describe is a classic problem when video signals don't
get to the monitor for some reason. Could be a bad card, mother board
or
a bad connection.
> I called Tech Support at Gateway. They said the video card must be
> loose and that I should try reseating it.<snip> got the gray
> screen again except it momentarily switched to light blue as if
trying
> to show the Windows screen. <snip> back to gray and white
> stripes. You could see the hard drive chunking away, and it tries to
> boot, but you can't see anything.
>
I'll snip the rest of the message to preserve bandwith. One problem to
watch out for is putting too much torque on a mother board when you're
plugging stuff into slots. You can EASILY break a connection or the
board itself with too much force. You may well have had a bad video
board, which is why gateway had you try another slot.
At this time, you may have both a broken board AND a bum video card;
don't be too hard on gateway OR yourself. As price pressures on
manufacturers has increased, motherboards have physically gotten
thinner
and thinner -- costs less to manufacture. You've really got to watch
the
motherboard as you're plugging boards into slots -- I've been known to
use wood (disposable chopsticks no less) or plastic shims to keep from
flexing a mother board too much.
You can use off the shelf parts but why pay for something you don't
have
to?
Best regards,
Jim Griffin
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