[Borndeception]

I have a computer that will not turn on the monitor. the computer starts ok but the on board Graphics will not turn on the monitor
I have listed what troubleshooting I have done jsut to check that there is nothing I have missed before I go and get another M/Board or computer.

Trouble shooting(

- checked monitor with other computer (monitor works fine)
-checked cables (cables work fine)
-borrowed graphics card (Still will not power up the screen)
-I have reset the settings on the computer by removing the Cmos
-still will not boot with on board and PCIE Graphics card
)

I understand that I will need to put the new card settings in the bios but the Monitor will just not start up

[spot]

I take it we're discussing getting the BIOS screen up, not an operating system.

If you've "borrowed graphics card (Still will not power up the screen)" then you're setting your BIOS wrongly somehow. Nothing about the on-board graphics being dead would spill over into using a PCI graphics card, not even the VGA/DVI socket's shared. The factory-default BIOS settings on any motherboard should show you the BIOS screen from an external card if one's plugged in or the on-board graphics if one isn't. If you've done a CMOS reset properly and then powered the computer on with the monitor plugged into a PCI graphics card and you can't see the BIOS screen then I doubt "the computer starts ok".

Try it again - I've been known to use the wrong graphics socket and not noticed. Redo the CMOS clear, check you're using the PCI card socket with a card you've tested elsewhere, power up. You just get a steady orange light on the monitor power LED, no green even for a second or two?

[Borndeception]

the monitor light is a steady Orange as you say. there is only one socket (PCIE), after I placed the Cmos back in and powered back on I tried both connections and still nothing.

Thanks for the quick reply

[spot]

So, expand on "the computer starts ok but". Do you mean the CPU fan spins? There's no speaker beeps and there is a speaker connected?

[Hybr!d]

Most of the time no display on the screen from power on is actually a faulty power supply, regardless of the machine actually turning on, faulty power supply's commonly work in part.

[spot]

Thank you Dave, there are times when Bulldog Drummond cuts to the chase before Sherlock Holmes has even started on his second pipe.

[Hybr!d]

Sorry. I see now you were working through a diagnosis.

Don't aways have much time so don't always read everything and just bowl in there with the probable fix.

[Carbon]

With this sort of thing you have to. It's almost comical how many PSU failures you get when dealing with prebuilts (or, rather, what percentage of failures stem from the PSU).

[spot]

I've no doubt your right. It's a bitch to test when you've no spare PSU though.