T6420 bad on board video red is out Does it make sence to put a new video board in this machine

You are guessing on this without testing, so yes that could be the problem

If your problem is No water coming IN the machine, then it is One of your two water inlet valves need replacing. Feel the water that IS NOT coming in. That will tell you which valve. Cold only water means the Hot water valve is bad. If the water is NOT leaving the machine it will not spin and you need a New drain Pump installed.

E-Machine tech support are the same as Gateway Support. their answer to to reload always. sounds like a trouble video card or Monitor. try plugging in a different monitor and see if you have the same result. Make sure to check the pins on the video cable to verify none are bent. if you get the same results. you have a bad video in the computer. If it is, I believe that the video is actually integrated into the mother board, you can purchase a new video card and plug it in, that will automatically disable the onboard video.

Hi,
The motherboard in the machine is an MS-7207
The chipset drivers are nForce 430/410

You can download the chipset drivers from nVidia here >>>>>>>>>





http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_nf4_winxp32_8.26_11.09.html





Don't worry, the network (LAN) driver is included in the package.



Regards.

you can try to reset cmos.the cmos jumper is in most cases near the battery on the motherboard.or,if you dont know how to move the jumper remove the battery for 3 minutes and put it it back.if the problem persists you might have a problem with video card.

No you cant, the gateway GX7018E uses integrated graphics like the T6420. You will have to buy a cheap PCI or PCI-E graphics card to test it out. 

Most likely your video card is broken. To check if the motherboard isnt broken either, I would suggest you test usb, sound, and other features of the motherboard.
 If your motherboard isnt broken then you have to buy a "pci-e graphics card" at your local store. Shouldnt cost much, about $40-70. Hope that helps.

That's exactly what it sounds like. I would put in a new video card (or used one, if you have one) into one of the expansion slots and run it from there.

I would suggest to go into VGA mode just to make sure, but since your monitor never even gets off standby, I'd be 99% it's the onboard video.

Hope this helps!

you need to run the new hardware wizard as there are differnet drivers needed for the mb

CPU: AMD Athlon™ 64 3400+ Processor (with AMD 64 technology)
(2.20GHz, 1600MHz system bus, 512KB L2 cache) Operating System: Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Chipset: NVIDIA® nForce™® 410 Memory: 1GB DDR (2 × 512MB), 400MHz dual channel
Expandable to 4GB Hard Drive: 200GB HDD (7200rpm, 2MB cache) Optical Drive: 16x DVD±RW multiformat double layer drive Media Reader: 8-in-1 digital media manager (Secure Digital™ (SD), smart media, micro drive, memory stick, memory stick PRO, compact flash, multimedia card, USB 2.0) Video: NVIDIA® GeForce® 6100 GPU
up to 128MB of shared video memory
PCI-Express® (PCI-E x16) slot available Sound: 6-channel (5.1) high definition audio Network: 10/100Mbps integrated Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 port) Modem: 56K ITU V.92-ready fax/modem (RJ-11 port) Peripherals: Premium multimedia keyboard, 2-button wheel mouse, amplified stereo speakers Ports/Other: 5 USB 2.0 ports (4 in back, 1 in media reader), 1 VGA external connector, 1 serial port, 1 parallel port, 2 PS/2 ports (keyboard and mouse), 5 audio ports (2 in front, 3 in back) Dimensions: 14.25"H x 7.25"W x 16"D Weight: 22.5lbs
LInk to spec page : http://www.e4me.com/support/product_support.html?cat=Desktops&subcat=T%20Series&model=T6420