Monitor screen blank

Vincenzo

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After a lightning storm, computer has no display at all on monitor. On boot, hard drive is running, but not even a post screen appears. There is a discrete video card, so I removed it and plugged the monitor in to the onboard VGA, still no image. Power supply voltages are good. I removed all external connections/devices, still the same.

I am wondering if bad ram could make this happen. I don't have any spare ram, there is only one ram module. I did remove the ram and tried to start the computer, still no display.

Thanks
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
To check your RAM try the Memory Diagnostic tool.

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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1.1 Pro with Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway
    CPU
    AMD K140 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name AMD K140 Package Socket FT1 BGA Technology 40nm
    Motherboard
    Manufacturer Gateway Model SX2110G (P0)
    Memory
    Type DDR3 Size 8192 MBytes DRAM Frequency 532.3 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio USB Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Name 1950W on AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x76
    Screen Resolution
    Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x768 pixels
    Hard Drives
    AMD K140
    Cores 2
    Threads 2
    Name AMD K140
    Package Socket FT1 BGA
    Technology 40nm
    Specification AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
    Family F
    Extended Family 14
    Model 2
    Extended Model 2
    Stepping 0
    Revision ON-C0
    Instruction
    Browser
    Opera 24.0
    Antivirus
    Avast Internet Security
Thanks, but this computer is unusable with no image on the monitor. And I don't have another computer that takes DDR3 to put it in to test it.

BTW I forgot to say, I did try another monitor. did not help.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
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