hi i was wondering if some one could help me i have a compaq computer it had windows me on it but it was running kind of funny so i put windows 2000 pro on it everything was running fine until i shut it down when i went to power it back on the next day the monitor wouldn't startup nothing shows up on the screen the green light stays dim on the monitor but when i plug the monitor on another computer with windows xp it runs fine i don't know what is wrong with the computer with 2000 pro on it i took out the ram and re seated it and took out the ge force4 mx420 64mb sdram graphics card out and re seated it it is a agp slot card i even put another graphics card in it but it does the same thing i hear all the drives starting up and all the fans work the drive lights come on the keyboard lights up but only for a secound could someone help me please

You might try a simple BIOS reset, look on the board for a jumper labled CMOS Clear, or Clear CMOS, or BIOS Reset (should be labled as such on a Compaq), and see if that works. To do this, just move the jumper into the clear position with the power off, power the PC on, wait for 3 beeps (confirmation of the BIOS reset), and power the computer off. Move jumper back to previous position, and power on. Hope this helps. BTW, this doesn't by chance have onboard video as well, does it? I know most Compaq's do, just wondering.

ok i had the same problem with compaq and win 2000 pro. first try to use a pci graphic card instead of an agp card. and second make sure that power supply has enough power to boot your computer with current settings.if you are still having problem then let me know,
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