Greetings--

In addition to all of Russ's good suggestions, have you examined the motherboard for a jumper that may need to be set to disable on-board video? Some boards will not show any video if the on-board video is enabled and an AGP or other video card is also installed.

HTH.

Paul A. Shippert
Library Media Specialist
Margaret Brent Middle School
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> My PC Setup
>
> P4 3.4GHz 800M LGA 775 550
> Radeon 9800 SE 128mb Video Card
> 2GB DDR 400 (3200) System Memory (2x1gb)
> 300W Power Supply
> Additional Sound Card
> Dial-up Modem
> CD-RW Drive
> DVD Drive
> Floppy Drive
>
>
> I just recently bought an ASRock P4 Combo Socket 478/LGA 775 Intel 848P ATX
> Intel Motherboard from Newegg.com. I recently installed the board and have an
> issue with the motherboard reading the video card (monitor will not work). The
> video card is receiving power, as the cooling fan is turning, and we have also
> installed a secondary video card to ensure that it is not an issue with the
> newer video card and we receive the same result – the monitor is not receiving
> signal from the video card. Also, just before we installed the new motherboard
> the monitor was working properly. We have also removed the battery and reset or
> cleared the CMOS.
>
> I’ve been to their website for support and Q&A but to no avail nothing seems to
> correct the problem.
>
> The monitor light just remains orange no matter what we do.
>
> Do you have any feedback or suggestions as to why the motherboard would not be
> reading the video card or any other suggestions that would help correct the
> problem?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
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