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Really there is no way to check a video card for problems unless 1.) You have another PC that will support the same connections (PCI-E, PCI, AGP, etc) as the video card you have. 2.) The display still works to where you can run some software that will test the card for problems.
According to HP's website, I looked up your PC, you may have a graphics card installed in the PCI-Express X16 slot. If so, and your motherboard still has the Intel graphics built in, you can remove your video card.
You stated that your motherboard has another video port and you tried using it but no go. This is because HP has stated that if you have a card installed as well as on-board graphics (this means there are two video ports on the back of PC not including HDMI) then they can not work at the same time. So, try removing the graphics card installed in the expansion slot and use the one attached or built on to the motherboard.
Still, if all else fails and that does not work, graphics cards can be replaced with your type from $80-$400 dollars. Just depends if you want a mfr. replacement or boosted performance!
If you do get the built-in graphics to work, then your know it was your video card most likely. They are known to go out quite easily in some cases. PCs and PC components are rated to last a certain amount of hours before that fail, sometimes you surpass this time greatly and sometimes they fail short of this. It happens, I have gone through at least 3 graphics cards in the past 4 years because I am cosntantly puching them to max hahaha!!!
Hope that helps and happy computing. Let me know if you have any further questions.
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Oct 15, 2009
- I believe this link has the motherboard you have.
Take a look at the pictures and if it is, scroll down to the BIOS clearing section and try that to see if that will enable your on-board graphics.
If you do believe that is may be your power supply, then pay special attention to fans and see if you can tell if your Hard Drives begin to spin. If they do and dont stop, then there may be something wrong with the mobo. Its hard to say what it might be. If you have more than 2GB of ram installed, try swapping them or removing one at a time. If it was you HDD drives you would still get some readout from the monitor, so I would eliminate HDD issues.
More than welcome to let me know what you find and I can give you more feedback
Hope that offers some insight!
