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Removed Vista, Installed Ubuntu, Now the monitor says No Signal

Asked by Hossack

I had downloaded and Installed Ubuntu for my brother as he lost his Vista disk and had to re-install it but of that requires a disk. So I installed Ubuntu no problems everything went as planned. It said to restart, but first remove disk .I did so and now it starts up but the Monitor says No Signal. I am not trying to dual boot. I have removed vista completely from the harddrive.

Any help would be great,

Ryan

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Hossack (hossack-8) said : 		#1

Some more info. The monitor is hooked up right. I can see the start up of the computer and then it says no signal and goes black.

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Alex Bruce (alexbruce7) said : 		#2

do you see the bios start up? ie the hp/toshiba etc screen pop up, run checks etc. at what point does it say no signal? obviously booting from a live cd worked for you as you used this to install it so Ubuntu should be able to display on your monitor. can you reboot from the livecd?

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Patrick Eigensatz (p.eigensatz-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#3

Make sure that the cable from the monitor attached is.

If you can boot from the cd, choose repair broken Ubuntu.
And repair it.

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Patrick Eigensatz (p.eigensatz-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#4

Make sure that the cable from the monitor attached is.

If you can boot from the cd, choose repair broken Ubuntu.
And repair it.

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Hossack (hossack-8) said : 		#5

I tried doing a Memory Test on Start up and it seems to be working fine. I was wondering though how do I install a D-Link Wireless router on it?

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Willrandship@gmail.com (willrandship) said : 		#6

I have one question:
Are you using a fancy video card? If so, try using the integrated one on the M/B until you manage to find drivers for it. I've heard some older ati's and certain nvidias are notorious for this.

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Andy Zebrowitz (kitten-mirrorshades) said : 		#7

Actually, I've seen this happen when the resolution is incorrect -- usually too large for the monitor, so the monitor just doesn't process the signal. Unfortunately, if you can't get to any sort of graphical interface, that means your'e going to have to mess with the X config file and add a line in there that specifies your resolution.

To get there, wait for the machine to boot (you'll have to guess when it's done, since you can't see) and then hit ctrl-alt-F2. That will drop you to a console, where you should be able to log in and get to the config file (should be /etc/X11/xorg.conf).

You can do some reading about the necessary changes to make here:

http://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/8201-editing-basics-for-the-xorgconf-file

Good luck.

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Hossack (hossack-8) said : 		#8

I solved it myself by doing a memory test.

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Willrandship@gmail.com (willrandship) said : 		#9

Good For You! glad to see it is working! I wouldn't of thought of that, but come to think of it it does do something with the X server, so it can test your Video card ram.