PC won't output video, help please.

[Yea123]

Hi, I recently built an old PC for emulation, but when i turned it on, I saw nothing on my monitor, just a window saying "No Video Signal". Im connecting it through VGA.

I have a Gigabyte GA-945GCMX-s2 motherboard with Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 2.80GHZ and 8GB of RAM, no Graphics Card.

The PC boots up fine and the fan is spinning but I cant even get to BIOS, I don't know what's the problem. I tried almost everything, please help.

[RapidDevil]

Um....I don't think that CPU has on board graphics? i.e. separate graphics card needed.

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/cpu-specs/core-2-duo-e7400.c1532#:~:text=Intel's processor supports DDR1%2C DDR2,need a separate graphics card.

[Middcore]

4 minutes ago, RapidDevil said:

Um....I don't think that CPU has on board graphics? i.e. separate graphics card needed.

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/cpu-specs/core-2-duo-e7400.c1532#:~:text=Intel's processor supports DDR1%2C DDR2,need a separate graphics card.

 

The motherboard does. Graphics on the motherboard was a thing back then. 

 

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-945GCMX-S2-rev-66#ov

 

 

[RapidDevil]

1 minute ago, Middcore said:

 

The motherboard does. Graphics on the motherboard was a thing back then. 

 

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-945GCMX-S2-rev-66#ov

 

 

Wowzers.

 

In that case, has OP tried different VGA cable/monitor? Or other outputs it may have.

[Yea123]

56 minutes ago, RapidDevil said:

Wowzers.

 

In that case, has OP tried different VGA cable/monitor? Or other outputs it may have.

Yes I've tried different monitor and cable, but I dont have the cable for other outputs, Im gonna try. Im going to try to replace the CPU with a different new one, maybe the old one Is damaged because it hasn't been used for a long time.

[RapidDevil]

30 minutes ago, Yea123 said:

Yes I've tried different monitor and cable, but I dont have the cable for other outputs, Im gonna try. Im going to try to replace the CPU with a different new one, maybe the old one Is damaged because it hasn't been used for a long time.

Hmm yeah I'd try the cable firstas it's not uncommon for certain outputs to be faulty. If it's booting and fans spinning I would have thought it makes it more likely to be the Mobo than CPU, if it's the mobo providing the graphics. 

[Yea123]

On 2/13/2022 at 7:31 PM, RapidDevil said:

Hmm yeah I'd try the cable firstas it's not uncommon for certain outputs to be faulty. If it's booting and fans spinning I would have thought it makes it more likely to be the Mobo than CPU, if it's the mobo providing the graphics. 

Hi, im back after ive got a graphics card, connected it but it still wont work, my graphics card is Palit 9600gt 512 mb, I dont know what can it be, tried every port.