Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/74484/ 2009-11-23T12:27:51-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/74484/ /images/halogo.gif text/html 2009-07-03T15:05:30-05:00 Pirate http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/74484/#561557 If the fans are spinning at a low speed it might be the motherboard that's gone bad.<br /> <br /> <br /> Now I am not sure if this is a laptop a desktop, but if it is a desktop you can pull the small round battery for a few minutes that way the BIOS will get reset and maybe it will switch from onboard to whatever interface you have. text/html 2009-07-03T03:58:18-05:00 scott middleton http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/74484/#561540 weelllll... i have done as suggested, with the monitor plugged into both the old and new cards and still nothing. It is an eMachine and we have another one sitting on their table next to it so i would guess the key to get to the bios would be F2 as it is on the other one?? text/html 2009-07-02T21:57:01-05:00 Reason   http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/74484/#561521 No, but he needs some type of video output. If you can, try installing the video card and maybe it'll default to the discrete card instead of the onboard. text/html 2009-07-02T21:56:03-05:00 MrBungle http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/74484/#561520 scott middleton said: <div class="quote">but if the video card is not working how am i going to be able to see anything to enable or disable things in the bios??</div><br /> <br /> have you tried firing up the system with the monitor plugged into the replacement video card? text/html 2009-07-02T21:51:36-05:00 Michael C http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/74484/#561518 scott middleton said: <div class="quote">but if the video card is not working how am i going to be able to see anything to enable or disable things in the bios??</div><br /> <br /> ROFL!!!!!!!<br /> <br /> You don't need a videocard to see the BIOS. <img src="/images/smilies/smile2.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":(" title=":("> text/html 2009-07-02T21:28:36-05:00 scott middleton http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/74484/#561517 but if the video card is not working how am i going to be able to see anything to enable or disable things in the bios?? text/html 2009-07-02T16:55:30-05:00 Reason   http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/74484/#561496 YOu wn't have to replace the hard drive. Just press the appropriate button on bootup, usually Delete or F2, it should say, and you should be able to get into the BIOS to disable onboard video. text/html 2009-07-02T16:30:28-05:00 scott middleton http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/74484/#0 Recently my mother's computer stopped sending a signal to the monitor and we figure the reson is the video card is fried. The monitor still works just fine and I cant think of anything else that would be the problem. The video card is an onboard NVIDIA GeForce 6100 and we just purchased the 7200 version recently. Am i going to have to swap hard drives with another computer so i can play in the BIOs? I am kind of unfamiliar with this process.