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im trying to sort an AMD K6-500 windows ME system that on boot up displays indication lights (HDD amber,CD-ROM green)but no graphics.Monitor fault ruled out by testing system on a known working monitor.Motherboard has on-board graphics and there areno beeps sounded on boot up.Would very much apprieciate a push in the right direction thankyou

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by thechas

Make sure that the header that connects from the motherboard to the graphics port is connected properly.

Check for jumpers that disable the on-board video.

Check the position of the CMOS reset jumper.

Next, try re-setting the CMOS memory toallow the default graphics setup.

Chas

by pctech

The onboard graphics shares ram with the system. Should you have more than one memory module, try changing slots of the ram to see if this corrects problem. Should this reolve your issue, then replace the bad ram module. I am thinking that the CMOS settings have not been changed or that a jumper was not changed since you have made no mention of this. My next step would be to install a known good above board PCI video card, since there are different AGP standards and they are not all compatable with each motherboard. Should this solve the problem then it is probable that you have a bad chip for the onbaord video. When all else fails, remove all of the expansion cards, except video, and disconnect power and data cables to any drives. Should you have video at this point, add one expansion card at a time, to discover the culprit, and one drive at a time. Beaware that static discharge will kill a system and/or compnonents, so always assure that you are grounded and that the system is unplugged before doing anything inside the computer. A ground strap is also suggested. I hope this helps.

by coldman

no beeps sounded on boot up shows that the booting process has not reach the bios.

boot up displays indication lights (HDD amber,CD-ROM green) shows that they are working fine.

it could be a spoilt cpu, ram or even motherboard.

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