Pavilion monitor issues

[Claire-lee]

Can someone pls help!<br>I have a hp pavilion slimline s5306uk running with hp monitor. I was working on it the other day when a message appeared saying high CPU usage then everything went off.<br>I switched it all back on and the monitor said &quot;no video signal&quot; then went to sleep mode.<br>I have : change VGA cables =nothing<br>Monitor works with another tower<br>Tried pavilion to another monitor and nothing.<br><br>I have cleaned inside the tower and nothing looks charred or burnt. The fans all work and when I switch the tower on all the lights come on and it sounds like its booting but with no image!<br><br>Unfortunately I have tried to reset BIOS but due to it being a newish tower the mouse and keyboard are USB or wireless and my brother has re-synced these to another computer so I can't now use them, as I can not sync back to this computer as I can not see anything!<br><br>Someone has suggested crashing and starting again but I have files on here I need to get off and would prefer not to crash!<br><br>Please some help!!!!!<br>Thanks

[vnyga]

Hi,

check this thread about a overheated pc, maybe you have the same problem:
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Audio-Video-Monitors/HP-Pavilion-a6600f-desktop-PC-not-communic...

Without graphics (no bios to see) you also will not be able to crash the pc.
But of course you can attach your hard disk to another pc as slave and backup your files.

I hope the link solves your problem
V.

[Claire-lee]

Hi thanks for this however I can't find a nvidia chip in my tower? Where should I look?!

[vnyga]

It's Intel, not Nvidia, but sorry, can't say - it's not notified at the layout:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01925513&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=4108475#N42...

It's very IT-related, maybe it's integrated at the CPU, so maybe CPU has tio be dis- and re-assembled, I think you have to ask somebody to check your mainboard.

Other tipps you can test before:
RAM:
If you have more than 1 memory chip, remove one and start the PC and see if anything changes. If not, remove the other one and replace it with the one you had previously removed.

CMOS:
Check the mainboard link - at the bottom:
'Clearing the CMOS settings' - clear CMOS and try boot again.

V.

P.S.
If you want to replace your mainboard, for example:
http://icomputing.ecrater.co.uk/p/14210895/pegatron-ipmel-ae-motherboard-hp

[Claire-lee]

Thanks yea I found the intel chip!!! Cheers I'll see what happens!

[vnyga]

Yes, I saw a Intel chip, but I think, what you mean is annouced as 'Southbridge' (check the sub-menu 'Motherboard layout') - this is for I/O-units:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southbridge_(computing)

But from the SB there should be a connection to the Graphics unit (GPU):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IBM_T42_Motherboard_IMG_2591a.jpg

HTH
V.