NO Video at startup

[sweatyox]

HI if anyone could help it would be much appreciated.

I have a compaq ml370 G2. It was working fine and i did not open it or do any work on it. I went to start it up and couldn't get video to the monitor.

Thought it was the video card so i got a replacement PCI video card and put it into one of the PCI 66mhz slots which i believe can be used with a normal PCI card but without success.

I have unplugged all everything from teh motherboard. When i take ram out it beeps so the POST is working, when i take one of the processors out it beeps so the POST is working, The harddrives spin up the CD rom drive spins up, the lights on the RAID Controller card are all green. :-? :-/

I am stumped, I am thinking either it still is the video and the card i have put in is not compatible for some reason or doesn't work in the 66mhz slot or the motherboard has had it. :-/

Any thoughts would be much appreciated

thanks

[patio]

Have you tried another monitor on it to determine if it's the video or the monitor itself that has gone South ? ?

patio.   8-)

[ale52]

[highlight]"When i take ram out it beeps..." [/highlight]

What happens when you put the RAM back in, same problem?

If so, sounds like a RAM problem.  Do you have any other you can put in to test?

Alan <><  

[Raptor]

Try to reset the CMOS by removing the CMOS battery of short-circuiting the CMOS jumper.

[patio]

What type of vid card is this ? ? ?

patio.   8-)

[sweatyox]

yeah when i remove the RAM i get the beeps when i put it back in  beeps are gone but still video problem, i have changed the ram still same problem

The monitor had been  tested on another computer all working fine

I have removed the battery for the CMOS still no good,

Don know the exact model of video card that i tried i think it is an S3 TRIO PCI

Thanks for the help

[patio]

You mention PCI 66mhz slots...this board is fairly old. Do you know which board it is and have you checked the manuf. site to see which vid cards are supported ? ?

patio.   8-)