Like I said, it's very unlikely the mobo is fried because obviously the entire mobo can't be fried or it wouldn't boot at all. You know how rare it is for a mobo to be fried in such a way that only the PCI won't work? I've never heard of it personally lol.
Originally Posted by
ZENBOY123
Although if it was a monitor failure it would power on right?
Originally Posted by
Kyure
Correct, no clue what Gorman is talking about.
Depends on the problem, there are several things that can cause a computer not to boot when a monitor is plugged in. Shorted pins is probably the most common cause, but it's certainly not the only.
It's more common than you'd think, google something like "computer won't turn on with monitor plugged in" and you will probably find thousands of threads about it lol.
Last edited by ImmortalPig; Feb 5, 2016 at 06:26 AM.