Carnt get known working monitors to work with computer base unit?

I have a spare base unit pc but any monitors ive tried to use with it wont work, the pc seems to be turning on ok fan working lights on. All the monitors work with my no 1 pc any ideas would be really appreciated

Answers:
i think the computer is dead. Are there any beeps when it is powered on? MB, Processor, memory or video card should be the problem...
Buy a seperate graphics card.

more than likely the on board card is faulty or if your lucky just been disabled.


you can pick up cheap ones for a tenner
Maybe your graphics card is not working, or the on-board graphics is not working, or the computer looks as if it has on-board graphics but actually needs a graphics card.
it seems, therefore, that the video system in the 'spare' PC isn't working.

given your level of expertise, this is a task for a friend with some experience of video cards/video on motherboards, or for your computer repair operation.

on the other hand, if the 'spare' unit is more than a couple of years old, it probably isn't work fixing anyway. [Here in the US, a repair shop would charge a minimum of 100 USD (50 GBP) just to figure out what the problem is.]


oh
if you cant see the initial text bios boot then the graphics card/chip has gone
buy a cheapo card
Just a thought: maybe you have onboard gfx and a gfx card. If so swap the video connection over.

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