My desktop seems to have lost video. I tried onboard and with the gpu plugged in. The pc seems to power up, but none of the 5 monitors and TVs I plugged in work. Could it be a bad mobo?

I would try re-seating the RAM first.

And if you used the same cable to check all the monitors...try a different one.

Yep I took out the ram and battery and it’s been fine since then!

So this computer is actually my dads. I built it 8 years ago. It’s started to slow down a bit. Can I drop a new mobo cpu ram in there and it be like new? He doesn’t game so I’m sure the gpu is fine

Just get a ssd

Yeah, you can.



/e Why don't you give us a Speccy screenshot so we know where we are starting from.



Get SPECCY here: http://www.piriform.com/speccy/download
...get the FREE version from either link listed.
...Speccy is a really nice system hardware/temperature, information Utility.
...simply install it...and run the program...then post a screen shot of the main page of the program, when posting a problem/question on these forums.


This post was edited by Ghot on Mar 25 2019 09:42pm

shoot i already gave the computer back to him lol. it currently has an i5 2500k and some random combo mobo, 16gb ddr3 sniper something, radeon 6870, a nice modular psu that seems fine.

CPU etc., is still OK. Maybe overclock it a bit and have him get a more modern vid card.

a video card would make stuff load faster? i figured the processor was burnt up or something by now

You figured wrong, cause clearly its working.
Question really is does your dad need more?
If not don't bother.