Computer Problems on Day 2 :O
Posted by John Fineral on Saturday, August 6, 2011
Under: General
8/6/2011 - 12:08 AM Today I found out that after my 2 week vacation there was a problem with my computer. The display was not showing when I turned on my computer even though everything seemed fine inside the actual PC. This was the first time I had ever experienced this type of problem.
I'm pretty decent with computers so i decided to take a look inside and see what was wrong. I unconnected and reconnected all the power connections. No luck. checked to see if the cable connecting the Graphics card and the Monitor were working properly. No luck again. I tried a few other things to attempt to find the problem with no luck with each attempt. Finally I gave up and decide to give in and Google the answer. I checked out about 10 posts with people who had what seemed to be the same problem. Through out the day I read 10 posts; 6 before going to the store and 4 afterwards. The 6 posts said that when the monitor would not display anything from the computer, although the computer would appear to set up everything fine, the problem lied with the graphics card.
Thinking that my problem lied with the other 6 posts I decided to invest in a new, up to date, graphics card. I went to the store, and bought a $200 Dollar GPU. At the store I must admit that I was worried that the new graphics card wouldn't solve my problem. Keeping my doubts down though, I bought the card and brought it home. I took out the old card and installed the new one. I attempted to start the computer and.... NOTHING! The same problem was still occurring! Upset that I had just spent $200 on a new GPU, I decided to try what the other 4 posts had said.
The 4 posts I had not read until after spending the money on the GPU said to try and switch around your memory (RAM). I decided to try this. I switched around the RAM and attempted to start the computer and... IT WORKS! Oh my god! It turned on!
I suppose the moral of this story is to make sure you try your options in order of convenience to you, so you don't end up wasting money like I did. As for now on I will make sure I exhaust the easier of my options before attempting to waste money. Luckily I'm pretty sure I can return the GPU for a full refund.
I'm pretty decent with computers so i decided to take a look inside and see what was wrong. I unconnected and reconnected all the power connections. No luck. checked to see if the cable connecting the Graphics card and the Monitor were working properly. No luck again. I tried a few other things to attempt to find the problem with no luck with each attempt. Finally I gave up and decide to give in and Google the answer. I checked out about 10 posts with people who had what seemed to be the same problem. Through out the day I read 10 posts; 6 before going to the store and 4 afterwards. The 6 posts said that when the monitor would not display anything from the computer, although the computer would appear to set up everything fine, the problem lied with the graphics card.
Thinking that my problem lied with the other 6 posts I decided to invest in a new, up to date, graphics card. I went to the store, and bought a $200 Dollar GPU. At the store I must admit that I was worried that the new graphics card wouldn't solve my problem. Keeping my doubts down though, I bought the card and brought it home. I took out the old card and installed the new one. I attempted to start the computer and.... NOTHING! The same problem was still occurring! Upset that I had just spent $200 on a new GPU, I decided to try what the other 4 posts had said.
The 4 posts I had not read until after spending the money on the GPU said to try and switch around your memory (RAM). I decided to try this. I switched around the RAM and attempted to start the computer and... IT WORKS! Oh my god! It turned on!
I suppose the moral of this story is to make sure you try your options in order of convenience to you, so you don't end up wasting money like I did. As for now on I will make sure I exhaust the easier of my options before attempting to waste money. Luckily I'm pretty sure I can return the GPU for a full refund.
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