Bad Video Card or MB?

[Michael Johannson]

Someone donated an older Compaq Deskpro 4000. Using a known good
monitor we can get NO video, just blank screen at startup. Power
is on and HD appears to be turning on.

Is this a bad video card? How can I determine this? Anyone know of
a cheap source for a replacement? Took case off and system appears
to have separate video card from MB. Or is this a bad MB?

Thanks for any helpful information.

[Charles Howse]

Previously Michael Johannson <MJ910_nomail@freeware4you.com> wrote: Someone donated an older Compaq Deskpro 4000. Using a known good monitor we can get NO video, just blank screen at startup. Power is on and HD appears to be turning on.
Is this a bad video card? How can I determine this? Anyone know of a cheap source for a replacement? Took case off and system appears to have separate video card from MB. Or is this a bad MB?

Impossible to tell. A non-initialized vidoe card also produces
no output. A hdd can start itself.

Try the video card in a different computer and try a different
video card in this one. That should tell you more.

Arno
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