Testing onboard video

[tamcmichael]

I have a Boistar Tseries MB with onboard video.  Windows Vista is installed.  My onboard video quit working.  My monitor works fine on another PC.  I added a video card but I still have no video.  The PC boots, I can hear Windows WAV file when the system boots.  Any suggestions on how to test the mother board for the video problem?  I am at a loss, other than swapping out my mother board.  Thanks

[cruisin702]

Did you test the monitor AND cables on another PC or just the monitor?

[t_blake07]

Wouldn't happen to have another monitor would ya?

[tamcmichael]

All of the cables are connected to the monitor, so when I tried it on another box they were tested.  I also, connected a different monitor to the board in question and the video did not work.

[t_blake07]

There should be a set of jumpers on your motherboard. It's a set of 3 pins close together in a straight line. This is the video jumper.

Do you have the manual for your MoBo? If so, it will show you the location of the jumper pins.

Let us know if you have the manual and if you still need help.

*Edit*

It might not be 3 pins. You should be able to switch the jumper setting and that would allow your motherboard to use the PCI video card at boot.

[cruisin702]

I looked at a T-series manual and didn't see the option for a jumper. It is showing an option for a auxilary 12V power supply plug directly above the PCI-E slots. You might try that if you haven't already done so.

[t_blake07]

I looked at a T-series manual and didn't see the option for a jumper. It is showing an option for a auxilary 12V power supply plug directly above the PCI-E slots. You might try that if you haven't already done so.

Yeah, I looked at a couple T series boards and one has the jumpers and the other one didn't.

Whats the exact model number of your board, tamcmichael?

[tamcmichael]

The motherboard is a Biostar TFORCE TA780G M2+.  I check the manual and I didn't see anything related video jumpers.

[ale52]

Are you sure the video card is good?

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