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computer on but does nothing
Name: Tegan KG Date: February 7, 2005 at 20:39:45 Pacific OS: Win XP CPU/Ram: athlon and 384
Comment:
the computer powers on, but displays nothing on the monitor - absolutely black, as if in sleep mode. disconnecting the monitor cable, the monitor displayed a message saying it was working, so the monitor appears ok. i tried restarting the computer with a gateway recovery disk. nothing. when the computer powers on, it does not sound as if it is going through any of the normal startup procedures. and inserting a scanner cable into the usb port did not create the quick double buzz sound it normally makes when you hook it up. since i can see nothing on the monitor, it makes it very hard to trouble shoot. any ideas?
Name: Sci-Guy Date: February 7, 2005 at 21:12:13 Pacific
Reply:
Can you hear the fans spinning?
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Response Number 2
Name: Tegan KG Date: February 7, 2005 at 22:39:37 Pacific
Reply:
Yes, fan sounds like it's on
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Response Number 3
Name: Sci-Guy Date: February 8, 2005 at 01:07:53 Pacific
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What about post beeps?
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Response Number 4
Name: seany Date: February 8, 2005 at 05:27:31 Pacific
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sounds like the graphics card to me, had a similiar problem a while back. my pc was working fine then i left it and came back 2hrs later and all i had was the pc turned on, but just a blank screen. I built this pc so i decided to do some troubleshooting and the problem i found was caused by the video card, so i installed an old card i had lying about and it works fine. if you have an old card about, try giving that a go
seany
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Response Number 5
Name: Tegan KG Date: February 8, 2005 at 21:21:28 Pacific
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