Computer not working properly [FIXED]

[Laughing Man]

Hooo boy, lots of advice and no one actually touched on the fact that the 8500GT does not come with a god damn HDMI port. It comes with a bog standard VGA port and a bog standard DVI port but it far to low end to have an HDMI port.

Here's your test, turn on the computer on and keep an eye and ear out. If you get no post beeps then their is no major issue with CPU, RAM, GPU connection that could be causing the problem. If the IDE light (Hard drive light) starts flashing then chances are it's loading windows thus the chances of it being a motherboard fault are reduced.

Now a quick search of google for HP Pavilion with GT8500 brings up

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01324212&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&lc=en&dlc=sk&cc=sk&product=3659641&os=2093&softwareitem=pv-62452-2&lang=sk

You have several options for testing

- Is it the monitor? Plug it in to another computer does it work, if so then your monitor is fine.
- Is it the cable? Test the cable on another PC if it works then it ain't the cable.
- Is it the GPU, or the GPU port (that card has two ports a VGA and DVI port.) If you are using the DVI port then get hold of a VGA cable and hook it to the monitor via that if it works then your DVI port is busted on your GPU. Vice versa if you use the VGA port, get hold of a DVI cable and hook the monitor up with that.
- The motherboard spec shows that it has onboard graphics, you will need a VGA cable to test this. You may also need to do a bios reset before trying to test it. Since you have to disable onboard GPU from within the BIOS the onboard GPU may not work until you select to use it. As you have no means to do that because of a possibly busted GPU the only way to do that is to reset the BIOS....

lol Just a thought, your PC is 3 or 4 years old if your Bios battery has run out, then your Bios will have been reset to use onboard graphics. If you plug in your VGA graphics cables and it displays without you having to change anything in the Bios then your Bios battery has run out and needs to be replaced and onboard graphics use has to be disabled from within the Bios.

 

[LiftYourSkinnyFists]

Do you use any linux?

Not since High School. Never got around to getting it on my home PC, and never used it during work. My friend Ryan uses it though.

I prefer nix to windows for most things. It just lacks gaming compatibility with most "popular games" however there are a bunch of open source games that are on par with the for pay ones. You should dual boot or boot it from a thumb drive or cd/dvd and play with it more. You may find you like it. There is also a program called Wine that will run "most" windows programs in nix.

Wine is essentially a joke, sure it'll run it after a good configuring session but to hell with WINE and Linux both working well enough to utilize hardware, Hands down it's a good idea but unless you're experienced it's no more than a work-box.

 

[dsmops2003]

Personally I have had no issues with Wine. I run Diablo2 on it without issues, as well as a few other apps. There are plenty of nix games. Nexuiz , warzone 2100, savage 2 etc.

 

[Wintermoot]

I suggest disconnecting everything to the bare minimum (only the motherboard electrics and HD) if it works reconnect something if it works reconnect another thing keep doing it till you get the error again and that part would be malfunctioning or get a friend/family member too take a look at it

 

[TN II Alpharius]

Sounds like it isn't getting past post. I had this problem a while ago and I reseated all the cables to make sure it was getting to BIOS and if that fails, it might be a little more serious. Chances are you're gonna need either a new motherboard or it might be the graphics card. Either one can be replaced quickly and cheaply. Might even be simply the battery on the motherboard in which case it's a few quid and your good.

Turns out in my case that I had missed a cable when I was transferring to a new case