IBM PC300GL no video
I've had this IBM PC300GL for about 6 years and it's never given me any crap before. I think sometime around last month the video stopped working. It has two video cards, a built-in Cirrus Logic GD5446 and a GeForce FX5200 in a PCI slot. I can't get video out of either card (monitor stays in power-saving mode) with or without the GeForce installed. Other than that, the machine boots up and operates normally.
System specs:
Pentium 233MHz w/ MMX
512KB L2 cache on COAST module
64MB SDRAM in two 32MB DIMMs
3com 3c905C-TX-M LAN PCI
SoundBlaster AWE64 Gold ISA
3com 56k hardware modem ISA
2x 4GB Maxtor hard drives of some variety (haven't been down there in awhile)
1x Toshiba DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo
Triple-boots Gentoo Linux, Windows 98SE, and MS-DOS 6.2.2
I have a vested interest in getting this machine working again; it's got all of my DOS games on it.
-drasnor
System specs:
Pentium 233MHz w/ MMX
512KB L2 cache on COAST module
64MB SDRAM in two 32MB DIMMs
3com 3c905C-TX-M LAN PCI
SoundBlaster AWE64 Gold ISA
3com 56k hardware modem ISA
2x 4GB Maxtor hard drives of some variety (haven't been down there in awhile)
1x Toshiba DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo
Triple-boots Gentoo Linux, Windows 98SE, and MS-DOS 6.2.2
I have a vested interest in getting this machine working again; it's got all of my DOS games on it.
-drasnor
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I can only think of two things to try:
1. reset the BIOS and start over with settings
2. remove all components, including the motherboard, and reassemble
If those two steps don't accomplish anything, it's probably the motherboard. I'm assuming fans and hard drive spin up when you start the system?
-drasnor
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LOL!