On 18/12/06, James Wilkinson <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dotan Cohen wrote: > A Fedora 4 machine that I haven't touched in a while won't take it's > monitor out of standby mode. When the machine is started, I hear the > hard drive and fan spinning, and the motherboard give the familiar > POST beep. However, the yellow light on the monitor does not turn to > green, and nothing is displayed. I connected the monitor to another > machine (my everyday machine, where it is usually connected) with the > same cable and it works flawlessly, thus eliminatng the monitor and > cable as problem sources. I swapped video cards (A 32mb Nvida and > something else unknown), this did not help. Might the motherboard be > at fault? What can I check? The machine does not have SSH, otherwise > I'd operate it that way. Does it sound (from hard drive noise) like the system is booting normally? Can you ping it over the network?
Yes, it sounds like it's booting normally. It's not on any network, but when I get home I can try to get it up on the lan.
Have you tried unplugging *all* drives and all cards (apart from the video card) and seeing if you can get into the BIOS?
Only the video card, and an spare video card. I'll start pulling the sound card and nic out, though it won't get on the lan that way!
I presume that both graphics cards are AGP or both PCI-E. You wouldn't have an old PCI graphics card that you could borrow? (It's not worth buying one to troubleshoot this).
It's AGP, and I did try another card.
Honestly, there's very little else to blame. It has to be the motherboard, BIOS, memory or processor, (or very possibly a marginal power supply) since there is nothing *else* involved in getting the BIOS up and displayed (apart from the graphics card).
So the m/b could be at fault? I doubt that it could be the memory or processor, as they are not responsible for feeding the monitor. The BIOS it could be, though, as it is responsible for EnergyStar and the like.
One option might be to transfer the hard drive to another machine, boot it up, and install SSH, then transfer it back. Otherwise you're probably best off using the machine for parts.
Good idea, and wholy possible. Assuming that Fedora will boot with radically different hardware (AMD instead of Intel processor, 1GB RAM vs 256MB, etc...) Thanks. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com/what_is/top_posting.html http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/437/savage_garden.php
